Synesthesia-Personal Narrative Analysis

This is purple. If my counting skills are good, which I hope they are, this is the fifth time I have started writing one of these college essays. The first, was a somber piece about my grandfather’s suicide; it was dark green. The second, which was light blue, was a rather cliche piece about not having anything to write about (we have all been there). The the next one was an odd recollection of my nine years of competitive cheerleading and all the “glamorous” events within that. I think that one was pink (figures). The fourth was brown, it was an average essay describing how it feels to be a first generation aspiring college student in a town of, for lack of a better word, snobs. Unfortunately, none of my previous essays captured who I am the way I wished they did. It felt like I was describing a character more than myself. It was all so red. …show more content…
Synesthesia is considered a neurological condition, but I see it as a gift. It is something that can have a myriad of definitions, but for me, it is the overlapping of my senses. This results in experiencing sensory overload, light headaches, and constantly confusing my right and left. Of course these are not the only consequences of my gift, but it is hard to give a comprehensive explanation without an example. A simple one happened just a week ago, I was driving with a longtime friend, who is purple, to a nearby college where we are taking classes. We passed by a dead skunk on the road, and as I tried to comprehend the smell, I blocked my eyes from the sun. My friend looked at me, confused at first, and then asked, “Synesthesia?” As I nodded with my eyes squeezed shut, I wondered how anyone could smell a skunk in the bright