By Sarah Swenson — 2021
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Head trauma made her see strange colors, even ones that are “not even real.”
She also told Jimmy Fallon he appears to her as a “vertical brown rectangle.”
Synesthesia makes ordinary life marvelous.
Anecdotal observations from my own dealings.
It is estimated that approximately 3 to 5 percent of the population has some form of synesthesia and that women are more likely to become synesthetes than men.
Therapists, psychologists and nurses who are autistic say it has made them better at their jobs, but that misconceptions about the condition are forcing them to keep their diagnosis a secret.