Childhood Misconceptions.

[BlackMetalWhiteGuy]

Numbers and letters still have an assigned color for me. For example a is red and 3 is yellow

Are you synesthetic?

 

[cookiecutter]

I don't think so. I see color when I listen to music as well though.

 

[BlackMetalWhiteGuy]

I don't think so. I see color when I listen to music as well though.

Those are both symptoms of synesthesia. My ex-girlfriend has it, and so does my favorite professor.

 

[Ender Rises]

Yeah, that's synesthesia. I would kill to have that.

 

[Pessimism]

It's a very awesome trait.

 

[cookiecutter]

Sweet! I guess it makes up for the partial red-green colorblindness thing

 

[ohiogrinder]

naw, just kidding, but ya want to be careful about flinging insults about peoples parents over the internet.

you should tell Relapse that.

as for my childhood misconceptions, I used to think making babies and having sex were two different things.

oh and I have synesthesia as well, I believe it may be a symptom of autism, not sure.

 

[BlackMetalWhiteGuy]

oh and I have synesthesia as well, I believe it may be a symptom of autism, not sure.

As far as I know, they're two completely different things. While it's likely possible to be able to have both, I kind of doubt that one would lead to the other. On the other hand though, autistic people have a lot of trouble communicating, so maybe a lot of them are synesthetic as well and we just don't know because we can't interpret most of what they're telling us.

On a slightly related note, in addition to synesthesia, my ex has PMDD, and possibly undiagnosed bipolar or social anxiety disorder. Her mother was apparently considered high risk for autism as well and mental illness runs rampent throughout their entire family.

 

[False Joe]

How can people remember all this stuff? My childhood memories are a mass of static and swirling colours.

Parents junkies?

 

[Zephyrus]

I used to think Wayne's World II and World War II were synonymous, when referred to verbally.

 

[FenriR]

I used to hate Germans. Like, personally. Because of WWII.

Then I actually met one, and realised they're fucking awesome.

 

[MannequinLimbs]

Omgsies I've been discovered.

 

[Ben_t]

I thought America was all there was in the world.

Isn't that what most americans think regardless of their age?

Personnaly I guess I'm getting too old or something because I can't remember any misconceptions I had when I was young...

 

[mutantllama]

I think of numbers as "dark" and "bright". For example, 3, 8, 9 and 10 are all dark numbers. 1,2,4,5,6 are all light. Same with music.

 

[waif]

I didn't realize that jumping was the result of pushing your own mass away from the Earth's comparatively larger mass and thought that simply the action of moving your legs in a jumping manner would result in a jump. Because of this, I concluded that it was possible to fly by jumping once, jumping again before you hit the ground, and continuing to jump repeatedly before you fell back to the point of your previous jump. I even spent a few minutes in my back yard practicing, and was extremely confused and discouraged when I couldn't get it to work.

I used to believe in the double-jump, too.

Before that, I was going to be a "scientist," which was a person who dug up dinosaur bones.

I went through that. At one point when I was about 6 I actually knew more about dinosaurs than the people in the museums.

EDIT: I also swore that I hated girls and I would never like them because they were gross. The only girl I liked was my mom, and I would never get married unless it was to Mommy.

Freud would be proud.

I don't think so. I see color when I listen to music as well though.

Me too. I don't think I'm synesthetic, though...
I have partial blue-red colorblindness, which most people confuse with me being retarded.

It took me a long time to learn left and right - didn't figure it out till 6th grade. Still a little embarrassed about that...

 

[Zephyrus]

I used to think that classical music was the epitome of human expression. Now I place it secondary to metal.

 

[cookiecutter]

I just remember something. I used to think those dust particles you can see in the air when it is sunny were "white bees"

 

[Zephyrus]

I used to think I could see through things because I could see through my fingers when I held them up to my face. Later I discovered that's an effect of having two eyes that can see what's behind either side of it.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

I used to think that classical music was the epitome of human expression. Now I place it secondary to metal.

Yes - nothing touches the joy, sadness, and inner aspirations of every human being like a heartfelt screech.

 

[cookiecutter]

Sarcasm aside, for some people you are absolutely correct