Imagine that you are watching the symphony orchestra perform, listening to a wide array of different instruments. When you hear the vibrations of the strings of a double-bass, your brain associates that specific sound with the smell of a fruit. When the clarinets wail their tune, you visualize the color orange. Finally when you make eye contact with a harp, if one is present, your right leg begins to itch. This seemingly supernatural phenomenon doesn’t occur once, but it occurs every time that you hear a double bass, listen to a clarinet, or make eye-contact with a harp. This example portrays the complication of what an individual diagnosed with Synesthesia may face not only as they travel to a symphony orchestra, but instead within their everyday
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This process for Synesthesia includes eliminating either the unconscious mind or conscience mind by several sessions of deep hypnosis, including, but not limited to, methods such as the magnetic hand method and the Betty Erickson method. Most Synesthetes who undergo hypnosis often choose to remove the unconscious mind, simply because this could possibly eliminate dreamlike perceptions; however, there are both benefits and detriments associated with Synesthetic hypnosis. If the Synesthete chooses to remove their conscious mind, he/she would have to eliminate sense either partially or in its entirety. The possible loss of a sense proves why most Synesthetes chose to remove either strictly the unconscious mind or choose to cope with Synesthesia, rather than undergoing hypnosis. The other rumored, but not confirmed, forms of treatment include gene therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy; however, many experts consider ridding of the unconscious mind to cure Synesthesia exceedingly risky, and many Synesthetes opt out of hypnosis and find multiple ways to cope.
While there are few potential signs associated with Synesthetic prognosis, there are not any fatal or life-threatening symptoms. In terms of prognosis, Synesthetes tend to experience chronic migraines, deja-vu, predicted dreaming, obscure phobias, and/or a bad sense of direction. A majority of Synesthetic prognosis can allude back to the …show more content…
If I could personally choose any type of Synesthesia to obtain, I would choose to experience sound-to-color Synesthesia. Being a musician, and future music major, this type of Synesthesia may help me understand concepts such as tone quality, chord construction, and basic music theory. The only detriment to this type of Synesthesia is that it may or may not work with every sound. If I were a Synesthete, I would-not want to experience with lexical gustatory Synesthesia. I am severely sensitive to taste as is, and associating a specific taste to a specific sound would annoy me beyond belief. Moreover, it is hard to rank the different types of Synesthesia from most to least beneficial, since there are approximately 60 confirmed types of Synesthesia, and each type affects each person differently. . To put this into perspective, there are five senses, and Synesthesia creates cross-wiring anywhere between 2-4 of the senses. This gives a potential range of 360 different types of Synesthesia. Only 16.67% of all possible Synesthetic combinations have been confirmed and/or discovered. How many more could potentially achieve
This process for Synesthesia includes eliminating either the unconscious mind or conscience mind by several sessions of deep hypnosis, including, but not limited to, methods such as the magnetic hand method and the Betty Erickson method. Most Synesthetes who undergo hypnosis often choose to remove the unconscious mind, simply because this could possibly eliminate dreamlike perceptions; however, there are both benefits and detriments associated with Synesthetic hypnosis. If the Synesthete chooses to remove their conscious mind, he/she would have to eliminate sense either partially or in its entirety. The possible loss of a sense proves why most Synesthetes chose to remove either strictly the unconscious mind or choose to cope with Synesthesia, rather than undergoing hypnosis. The other rumored, but not confirmed, forms of treatment include gene therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy; however, many experts consider ridding of the unconscious mind to cure Synesthesia exceedingly risky, and many Synesthetes opt out of hypnosis and find multiple ways to cope.
While there are few potential signs associated with Synesthetic prognosis, there are not any fatal or life-threatening symptoms. In terms of prognosis, Synesthetes tend to experience chronic migraines, deja-vu, predicted dreaming, obscure phobias, and/or a bad sense of direction. A majority of Synesthetic prognosis can allude back to the …show more content…
If I could personally choose any type of Synesthesia to obtain, I would choose to experience sound-to-color Synesthesia. Being a musician, and future music major, this type of Synesthesia may help me understand concepts such as tone quality, chord construction, and basic music theory. The only detriment to this type of Synesthesia is that it may or may not work with every sound. If I were a Synesthete, I would-not want to experience with lexical gustatory Synesthesia. I am severely sensitive to taste as is, and associating a specific taste to a specific sound would annoy me beyond belief. Moreover, it is hard to rank the different types of Synesthesia from most to least beneficial, since there are approximately 60 confirmed types of Synesthesia, and each type affects each person differently. . To put this into perspective, there are five senses, and Synesthesia creates cross-wiring anywhere between 2-4 of the senses. This gives a potential range of 360 different types of Synesthesia. Only 16.67% of all possible Synesthetic combinations have been confirmed and/or discovered. How many more could potentially achieve