I spent a day with SYNESTHETES (Neurological condition aka SYNESTHESIA)
I spent a day with people with synesthesia to learn what it’s really like to live with this neurological condition in which stimulation of one sense activates another unrelated sense at the same time.
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So cool! :0
imagine getting punched in the face then tasting chcolate milk
bruh
Loved that
😂😂😂😂😂
Image if they threw a glass of Chcolate in your face and ypu thought you were getting punched
*punch me again I’m hungry*
bruh now i'm self-conscious about how i taste to people with synesthesia
just one thing, there are different stadiums of synesthesia: harder or lighter. Like, I have synesthesia but i don't really get to taste the words or sounds, I see colors of letters, numbers or sounds. Sometimes I can tell what they are like in touch or smith like that. * Im so sorry if I made some grammar mistakes or I sound very chaotic, Im not native speaker :)
Lol worrddd
Noo not more anxiety
oh great a new insecurity 😭
LMFAOO
I learned I had synesthesia when I took piano lessons in high school, but my earliest memory of noticing a difference in my brain, is when I laughed at a boy next to me in kindergarten and said “dude your name is yellow why would you use a purple crayon?” I’ll never forget realizing other kids didn’t see colors w sound and letters/numbers
I've had similar experiences especially throughout school but when I got to university and took an Art major, I found so many other Synesthetes and it felt really nice to be understood regarding that topic!
I don’t have synesthesia but I have a good sense of relative pitch, I can match a pitch from a movie or song without hearing it just from memory, like a photographic memory but with sound. It would drive me insane when people would sing a song but wouldn’t do it in the right key, and I didn’t know that not everybody heard it in their head
@@jaeda4632OMG I DO THIS TOO I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE!!
This made me want to know what colour my name is
@@gabbygold2692 for me it's white because I have KZhead dark mode on
I think people with synesthesia are very cool. I met a guy in my school once who had it. He saw sound as colors. I didn't really ask about it, but he mentioned that he wanted to become a singer because when he sang he saw a "perfect bright green color", and he really does have an amazing voice. The poor boy had a rough childhood tho, so I'm glad he has that future for him.
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I have the same kind of thing. I won't remember the lyrics of a song, but I know the song is burgundy and crunchy. It's... hard sometimes to "translate" these things in a way that people understand. But I hope he keeps seeing his perfect green. 😊
Anthony: giant violin Musical community: *extremely triggered*
Yep.
@Freda Martin U literally copied a top comment, don't even
@Freda Martin Imagine wanting attention so badly that you copy someone's comment word-for-word
dont know if we hate giant violin or fucking guitar
Ikr? I was triggered. A lot, actually
You’ll have to tell Lana Del Rey if she actually tastes like Pepsi cola.
we need a convention for people with synesthesia, and to have lana del rey do a meet and greet. its free, they just have to fill out a paper on the way out that asks if she really does taste like pepsi cola lmfao
@@somedude172 iconic. That would make a killer Netflix documentary imo
Dafuq 🤣🤣🤣
That's some big Brain energy!
she does tho
I was in the state choir and our conductor had synesthesia. He was the best conductor I’ve ever had and it was really helpful when he told us what color we were singing in. At one point he said his favorite sound to see was purple.
hah! My favourite sound is dark purple! With electric green highlights
"favorite sound to see" is a sentence I would laugh at if I hadn't watched this video! Very interesting stuff...
When he said everyone has a tiny bit of synesthesia : I thought to myself about how I was SO SURE the red notebook was math , the green was science, the blue was history and nobody could ever talk me out of it 😆
I thought the same, but about how the blue color is math. So ig we have the "what I see is right and yours is wrong!" kinda situation that they explained here lmaooo
Hold up, we have almost the exact same organization of subjects to color. Many of them also have secondary colors and some of them overlap. Spanish is purple with red as secondary, social studies (including history) is blue or purple, not really sure which is on top, math is red, English is blue or yellow, and science is green (though I have used yellow for it when I was taking two science classes in the same trimester, green for one yellow for the other). For me, though, I don't think it's synethesia, it's just a way for me organize things. Most of them are based on just continuing what was originally random selection, but some of them are intentional (science is green because it is my favorite subject and green is my favorite color).
yea bruh red is definitely math, science is definitely green, blue is kind of whatever subject it needs to be
@@spookyaliens6286 agreed, and then when I started taking languages they were orange 🍊
Personally I think E.L.A. is red, science is green, math is blue, and social studies is indigo-
"I can't enjoy my cake, because I'm with a girl that tastes like oranges!" That was kind of the cutest thing I've ever heard! This was so fascinating. I've heard about this, but I didn't quite understand what they meant until this video!
Same here! I’m so thankful for Anthony and his crew, and the guests for creating this ☺️
I want to see if she meets anyone who tastes like her favorite food, they’ll sure be best friends lol.
the person who created the expression “to feel blue” most likely had synesthesia
I was just thinking this!!! Like how did they come up with "looking blue" and then correlate it to sadness? Is this a synesthesia thing? Then how bout our correlation of red with aggressiveness or passion, is this what they were saying how we have some kind of synesthesia too?? Or is this just shared learning that we got throughout our life? So many questions. Hahaha
yeah lol im always confused about sad meaning blue because the word sad is like an autumn leaves orange and it sounds like a really minor chord, i guess if the person had synesthesia it would have been blue
Nothing to do with your comment, but I love your Miley profile picture 💗
@@FaiaHalo miley is everything to me 💘
@@laurapineschi9698 same!! I've been a fan since 2008
i have synesthesia, mostly where sound makes me see colors, but plot twist i also have aphantasia (no imagination, just dark void when i close my eyes) the best way i can describe having both is like seeing/ being in a pitch black void, but if i were to just turn around i would see a world of imagination, colors, shapes, and sounds. but because i haven't learned to turn around, im stuck seeing nothing and just sensing the sounds/colors behind me where i cant see them. btw some foods have color milk doesn't taste white, it's mossy green. And Anthony has a cerulean personality with a khaki (the color) voice and no aura. 4 is E. Anyone with blonde hair's name starts with A. Triangles are red. almost every sound a chello makes is a shade of yellow-ish orange.
oOoOO nice I'm also a synesthete but I see triangles as a yellow orange ish and circles are blue rectangles are red and I can also see colors when I listen to music
and I associate personalities and genders to inanimate objects
That's so interesting because I'm blonde and my name is Amanda
I don't have synesthesia, but I think triangles are naturally yellow. Naturally, like... in their natural habitat. 😆
I also have aphantasia and although I don’t have synesthesia I totally relate with what you described because that’s what it’s like whenever I try to picture something I’m definitely going to explain it like this now
Coming back a year later…I actually had a buddy in high school who could taste color in my ap psych class. We were all so intrigued to know more about her, so our teacher brought skittles for everyone and we blindfolded her and asked her to tell us the color she was eating and it was obvious right every time. I have never met anyone like this other than her, and I think its interesting to hear about more people similar!
Don’t they have flavors?
@@katya6946 nah that's a myth
My dad could and I can to an extent. I don't like the taste of (artificial) green.
Is that not just a taste sensitivity that enables her to recognise the taste of common food colourings?
so that girl is a real definition of.... "i see your true colour" expression..
hello fellow canadian
now I just afraid to meet someone like her.. I mean.. actual garbage ._.
Yeah! my friend can see peoples colors! mine is pale yellow and my other friends is pink :)
wow i wish i know my true colour too
@Glockiana17 ...ouch
Imagine falling in love with someone that taste bad..... that must SUCK
You probably wouldn’t fall in love with them then hahahh
@@bliss7166 but what if you can’t help it? YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE BAD TASTE FOREVER
I don't think that can happen, the same way I don't think you'd fall in love with someone who stinks, there's no way around it
@@Atermoiementeuse I believe I read or listened to maybe a pod cast, at one point, where it was exactly that scenario for someone; they could not date the person they were otherwise falling for, because the taste was just so hideous. I believe it was triggered, for this individual, more around their name or...not 100% sure. But... exactly that scenario. Too unpleasant. I wonder if it’s similar to say, a HSP non-smoker dating a heavy smoker...
All people like certain bodysmells more than others, when you fall in love someone’s bodyscent is a factor in it. So i think nobody would fall in love with someone who smells bad.
My friend has something similar to this, she will see letters and numbers and immediately in her brain, there is a color that pops into her head. If I ever have a project that I want to add some color too, I’ll ask her” what color is this word” and she’ll be like “ oh it’s smoky blue,” or something like that, it’s pretty cool honestly
"Everybody's brain can connect in a certain way that's exactly like synesthesia." That makes sense to my experience.
'I can't enjoy my cake because this girl tastes like oranges' honestly killed me 😭😂
@JustBethy what
@JustBethy what
No
@JustBethy what
I died at that part too 😂
I have a friend who smells feelings. She links the way she feels or thinks about people or certain things with people. It was very interesting to have this described to me when I was told I smelled like cucumbers, and then she panicked with a "Nonono not actually I just like cucumbers!!" which just threw for an even bigger loop.
This video has just coloured this entire comment section. Look at all these cute humans, making space for each other and bonding over the experience of synesthesia, similar experiences, or lack thereof. I feel so seen, as this is something I’ve always experienced, but only just opened up about recently because just nobody talked about it. Thanks Anthony!!!! ♥️
I like that Anthony never says “normal” when talking to these people. Like when he was asking if the one guy would ever like to see what it’s like without Synaesthesia to see what most of the population perceive as the world instead of saying “normal.” It’s very respectful and nice and I like it.
Its called neurotypical brains.
@@Camila-qm1vu dude he could’ve easily just said normal, but instead of saying normal, he’s treating them respectfully and not saying that.
@@Camila-qm1vu iirc neurotypical and Atypical brains specifically refer to people who are and are not on the autistic spectrum
@@jxmxz5453 neurotypical isn't just about autism. It means not being neurodivergent in any way (autism, adhd, dyslexia, dyspraxia etc.). Allistic is the term for people who aren't autistic. :)
And when he was talking with nudists, he didn’t ask for them to put on clothes. RESPECT.
"I can't eat my cake when I'm with this girl who tastes like oranges." This is one of the most odd but really interesting things I've ever heard of.
666th like and I'm proud
Sounds a bit cursed... ngl
its oddly relatable tbh haha
I love people with colored hair! They taste like cotton candy. Not like the actual flavor but the flavor I get when looking at it. Edit: this is weird to admit but sometimes I feel weird looking at people because their skin color tastes good.
@@solsystem1342 ok cannibal lol
I had a friend in college that when she wrote she would see the sentences in her mind, grammar and all. She could "write" in her head and then just transcribe the sentences, editing as she went. She was an Art History major and she told me this because I studied creative writing and she figured this must be how I write my drafts. I was blown-away! I can't see letters or words in my mind at all, let-alone sentences or paragraphs. It really hit me that this is why I struggled so much in spelling and grammar. I was really like "Wait... all this time people could SEE the words in their MIND!? No wonder they aced spelling tests and I struggled." To be fair this is also why I got into writing, I HAD to write things down because otherwise the words I think are only auditory, seeing, typing, and crafting sentences only exists when I actively write. Anyways I don't think any of this is synesthesia, but it really goes-to-show that minds are all so different and the way we think influences how we learn and what we do.
Wait what?? People see whole phrases in their head? Is this the norm?
Are you aphantasic?
I can craft entire scenes, outlines, stories, and do detailed world building in my head. Saves me lots of time editing!
I can never see words in my head. I just… know which letter is next? If I’m not sure how to spell a word I usually have to write it down to see if it looks weird, though sometimes I can sort of picture it maybe. I’ve always been really good at spelling and grammar. now i’m not sure if my experiences are normal lol
I can fully visualise what I need too as well! a word, sentence, paragraph, object, person, even a movie scene or show I can replay or visualise in my head. it's VERY helpful, and I was always top of the class when it came to spelling and grammar because I could visualise it in my head. I also wouldn't say I have an idetic memory, but I can recall information like I'm reading a flash card so that's also super helpful when visualising because I can physically see it in my head.
Anthony, this has nothing to do with synesthesia but I just wanted to let you know thank you for sharing this series with the world. It helps people even if they've had a bad funk I've been having major anxiety for the past couples of days and it's been hell. Watching this series helped me fall asleep and even had calmed me down and broke my anxiety at 3 in the morning. You're basically saving my life here. I want to cry because I feel like I can breath again. Thank you so much for educating people, and not even knowing that you're helping people in amazing ways. Love ya dude, keep doing what you're doing ❤️
If someone said I tasted like garbage. I’d be confused and offended
I'd constantly follow them around.
Confused screamind
It would low-key be a meme though. BECOME THE TRASH MAN
@@Hugo-pg9hq ooooo definetly
I’d just say “your probably right”
the girl who tastes like rancid garbage watching this: 👁👄👁
Bruh😂😂🤣
its me 😔
It me :(
I love that she said "I'm sure she was a lovely person" though
@@becz9485 🧢
I remember reading a book called "a mango shaped space" (it's targeted at a younger audience, but it's pretty good) about synesthesia and how trauma took away her color for a bit.
I read that one.
omg same!! it’s such a good and wholesome book and it made me realize that seeing numbers in colors isn’t a normal everyone thing. lol
I have synesthesia and can see words being spoken. It’s kind of like having permanent subtitles on in a movie. Safe to say, it definitely makes spelling words a bit easier.
What happen if you see someone speak in Korean or Chinese? Do you see their words written in Latin? For example if a Korean says 'good morning' you see 'joh-eun achim-ieyo'?
The spoken word would be seen in Latin writing in my case - unless I happen to know the language’s script
@@connor6309 Thanks for the reply
Anthony’s intros: dark and mysterious Anthony 2 seconds after his intro: hiii omg
Hahaha
yeah that shit crazy
@@halemashah2047 aaaaaaaààaaaaààaààaaààaàaaàa
Hey Anthony you should keep your gf in check
Lmaooooo
Random related fact: The rats in ratatouille have synesthesia
OMFG HE DOES
@@larrystanuwu4744 Yessss
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THATS SUCH A GOOD WAY TO DESCRIBE IT!
Remi totally does
I've had this for as long as I can remember. I have lots of memories describing what this was like to my mom. I have always associated colors to everything, people, objects, places, even memories. I only recently found out the name of it, it's good to know I'm not crazy. I'm glad Anthony posted this.
as a classical violinist of 12 years, i’d like to say that the cellist’s vibrato is probably the prettiest i’ve ever heard. he’s so ridiculously talented.
So neat!
but I mean honestly i find every cello vibrato on a nice note beautiful. I love the cello
The cello requires such a specifically skilled touch, and when someone is good at it, it's probably the best thing you could ever hear 💙
@@mohaa2006 Thank you so much! It’s nice to see passionate musicians out there so I wanted to give him credit for his work.
@@s0lastsummer7 Exactly!
I would love to see: "I spent a day with the cameraman"
Lmao yasss
O my god yes
Doesn't he spend the day with the cameraman on every episode? haha jk
oh they have seen a lot of it hahah
He need sum love
I didn't realize synesthesia was this rare or misunderstood. Both me and my sister are synesthesic. It makes things interesting sometimes, but it doesn't change too much of anything.
i give personalities to numbers and when i’m doing any math i imagine scenarios with them. i had no clue this was a thing and not everyone felt like this!
I’m not too sure but i think the giving numbers personality thing is called ordinal linguistic personification
me too!!!! and genders
me too omg!!
My best friend has synesthesia and she can always tell when I'm tired because she sees sound and apparently my voice looks like blue fairy lights and when I'm tired they get dimmer, its so cool
Damn blue fairy light? ✨ur voice must sound so pretty✨
This disorder is like a super power!!
Awe You’re a blue fairy💙
@@Ana_16350 literally a webcomic called Catharsis has the main character who sees people's voices in colors, and the girl he likes is his favorite color
That’s so cool Katie is such a pretty bame
The video editor is giving us THE EXPERIENCE!!!
*obnoxious clapping*
the editor is amazing
YES!!
LOL
Video editor ON POINT
Ok so I have multiple. Colored Pain: when I experience pain I see colors physically, making it projective. For example, if I have chest pain, I see a translucent kinda red disk about 4 inches from my face. When I had a terrible stomachache earlier, it was a deep green/muddy yellow color that I could like see next to my eyes. Chromesthesia: This one is associative for me, meaning I can’t physically see it there in front of me but I still see it inside of my head, which is actually more common among synesthetes. I don’t know the names of notes but if I hear a certain note it’ll have a color. Songs have shapes and colors that float around in my head. For instance, the song Loonatic by Loona OEC is pink bubbles. Grapheme-Color: Also associative, pretty self explanatory, I associate graphemes with colors. I also don’t know the name for it, but I’m also gonna include associating words, names, dates, concepts, series of things (like months and days) with colors. Not sure what this is called, but whatever it would be to associate a voice or sound with a very specific shape and color: For instance, my friend Rory’s voice is a kind of yellow blob with like idk it’s not really yellow but it’s not… it’s too abstract to explain. I can’t even draw it because thinking too much about it is extremely overwhelming. Well, idk, that’s all from me. I’m up to answer questions.
24:16 "So you're constantly getting to experience the feeling of eating cake or some kind of junk food? [She nods affirmatively.]" This is the real question! I think it relates to the prior one about why are synesthetes commonly artists... I want to know the followup: SO, do you have a collection of art that TRIGGERS the sensations you enjoy the most? ie. sound bytes, colors, numbers, etc. framed on the wall? Essentially synesthesia porn? haha. Does it ever get old to experience your favorite things? lol That's what I want to know!
"Or saying climate change is a hoax" *Looks directly into camera* What a legend.
Anthony's next video: I SPENT A DAY WITH CLIMATE SCIENTISTS I think he's trying to communicate something
@@wormsandmushrooms oh yeah ahah it was a sign
“You’re disgusting” has a whole new meaning
Yess ikr
I really enjoyed this video. I have had synaesthesia all of my life. When I was a child I thought everybody was that way but I got to about 14, and in the middle of explaining the concept to my older sister noticed that she was looking at me as if I was totally weird. I didn’t talk about it for another decade until I came across a documentary about the very same thing. It was very refreshing and videos like this are essential. I would say for me synaesthesia is 99.9% a blessing. I have at least four types of it and couldn’t imagine life without it. I sing,write and compose music and have had a very successful career in the music industry. I do not read music but synaesthesia has helped me immensely. It’s a secret creative tool🤩🤩🤩
As a person with synesthesia, it was interesting to see what these people experienced! Some of it was very different from what I coordinate things with.
The girl talking about “the colour was gone” during a bad period of depression, that’s literally what happens to me during a depressive episode, all the colours of the world go muted. It looks like I’m looking at everything on a dark rainy day. So, I get not wanted to have that be a permanent thing, we need colours however we experience them
Yes, the colours are still the same, but somehow they feel more muted and uglier
Hey do you have bipolar disorder? Because whenever im in a depressive episode it happens to me too.
I perceive this too when I feel really bad. Colours start to lose contrast and everything turns a little more gray and a bit more dark in colour
This happens to me, I have it with numbers, letters and words and it makes me really sad because of it being so gray and colorless. Makes it harder for me in a depressive episode
@@basakaybasakay5000 I have bipolar depression and this happens to me in a depressive episode which sucks
Being married to someone who doesn’t taste good, that’s a funny out of context sentence
Guess they wouldn't marry them if they didn't like their taste
-Honey, how can I put it... We can’t get married. -why? Don’t you love me? Is it something I did? -No! No... none of that. -Then why? -You just taste bad, and I can’t stand it anymore! -whut?
Thank you
So I have Graphmeme Color Synesthesia, and I find it so fun to try and explain the colors of letters, numbers, words, etc. To my little sister. She doesn't understand it at all, but it is very enjoyable for me. Now I'm also experiencing things where when I am not able to describe something I use colors. The other day I was trying to explain the difference between sprite and siera mist and I said " no because McDonalds sprite is blue, and Sierra mist is green" and my dad just stared at me.
I HAVE THIS THING!! It's helped me as a musician to remember the notes and key signatures of certain songs because I see the colors associated with them every time I hear those sounds. (It's also hurt me sometimes when the color of the chord of the whole band does not line up with the color of the individual note I'm playing :') OR if the colors of the words/letters in the song title doesn't line up with the music colors too.) Additionally, it helps me recognize my friends' cars because each of their license plates have a specific color palette. I couldn't tell you for the life of me what the actual plate said, just that Bryan's car's palette was purple, blue and green. I'm an artist and have been since before I can remember. I wonder how much of that contributes to why I have it now? Additionally, a fun thought I've had for ages now but haven't done was to make paintings or character designs inspired by the colors I see/feel when I hear certain songs. I'm too lazy though to actually go forth with it
All the cellists: ITS NOT A VIOLIN
All the violins:THATS A CELLO
HAHAHAHAHA, indeed when I heard violin i shoulda left the zoom call. justi kidding Hell No
I love that he shouted out Ray Chen's Discord
@@happyhello5525 are u in the discord!? HEY ITS ME SIVAD/Davis
I only play bass guitar and uke and even I got mad when I heard that XD
My synesthesia is so set in stone. My mom never believed me as a kid about each letter and number having it’s own color. She thought I just ‘chose’ the colors in that moment. So she told me to write each letter and 1 to 10. And write each corresponding color. She said she would ask me about it one day to see if I remember. So she didn’t wait very long and about a week later she took out the piece of paper, and asked me random letters and numbers, and I would say their color. She was shocked that literally every color I said was exactly the same as what I wrote down. She still didn’t really believe me, she thought maybe I just remembered really well. Years later (like 11 years later lol) she found the piece of paper while just cleaning out a cupboard or something and she asked me. I was 19 I think. She asked me, just for fun. And I said every number, and every letter, exactly the same color as I did when I was a child. I wasn’t surprised at all obviously but she was seriously impressed and shocked. It just felt good to finally really prove it to her.
I’ve had similar experiences bc my mom quizzes me on mine often, but i also feel like they evolve over time. For instance yellow was always a boy to me when i was younger but as i got older and learned about other genders, yellow has become non-binary. Most other colours are the same though. I havent gone through the genders or colours for the alphabet in a while, maybe i should try and see if any of those have changed too?
That’s awesome! I know this is really annoying, (and you don’t have to answer if you don’t want to) but what does my name look like? (It’s Veronica)
Wowww
@@goodandnumb Thanks so much! That’s really interesting!
Same here, numbers have genders and colors: 0 clear no gender 1 white m 2 light blue/grey m 3 lilac f 4 orange f 5 red f 6 blue m 7 purple m 8 green m 9 navy m
i have been researching about this since i was in 9th grade. i have always chosen this topic in my presentations. now im a year away from graduating from med school and my highest grades + my research is targetting neuroscience + psychology. synesthesia will forever be the most fascinating condition i have ever heard of. if anyone reading this is also into fascinating conditions like these, you could learn about the parietal lobe of the brain (if it gets damaged, you'll see the most bizzare diseases you never knew were possible).
When you get to the top. Do a study and use a PET scan and fMRI to see if the other areas are actually physically triggered. Update me! 😆
Nick is great at explaining the visuals he experiences. I clicked on this video not knowing if I could understand another persons reality like this.
i wonder how many colors there were during the presidential debate...
Trump is orange and yellow, and Biden is baby blue. I was tired while watching the debates, but I remember there being a lot of orange and red.
@@nicotheniner Trump is orange indeed.
@@nicotheniner omg that’s really interesting
Imagine drowning in sunlight with some drop of blue food dye occasionally
Not many for me, lots of blues grays and the occasional yellow
Imagine having to tell your friend that you can’t hang out with them anymore because you hate the taste of oranges. They’d be so confused if they didn’t know
Itd be worse if you said you hate the taste of them
@C J Imagine complimenting someone by saying "wow you look like trash, today" and they go "Excuse me?" and now you have explain yourself again. :/
I lost friends because they touch too much, my space felt too invaded, and it's because of my mirror-touch synesthesia
@@whilac4827 Can you explain what "mirror-touch synethesia" is?
@@KaityKat117 Mirror-touch synesthesia is basically where people feel a similar sensation in the same part or opposite part of the body that another person feels. Like if you someone was getting punched you’d feel it as if you’re getting punched, or if a friend is poking another friend you’d feel it, or if a kid gets splashed with water you’d feel like you’re soaked.
Being ill and sad, I feel like these interviews really help me out, one of a few things I can enjoy
Loved this video man. A friend had told me about Synesthesia one time and I had no clue what it was. I did some research. It was very interesting. Been watching documentaries on it ever since, and that was about 7 years ago. It was interesting that people can use it as a memory enhancer. They can keep track of, and remember things that would boggle the mind. Loved the video man.
Popular opinion: Anthony is the worlds best interviewer.
False, Sean Evans is worlds best interviewer
Bro I'd love to see Sean Evans and Anthony interview each other. They're both really good, though I do think Sean is a leg above Anthony personally.
He has such a talent for bringing people together (and I love his open minded/nonjudgmental format). He really puts the humanity in humans.
Nardwuar
He also owns the best interviewer shirt.
*If anyone was curious Anthony is orangey red, Padilla is yellow, and Anthony as a person is magenta and fuschia*
GUYS! Even though you all have synesthesia it DOES NOT mean you can see the same thing! I can tell because of experience. If you believe that we can see the same thing then think again.
@@quinnindigo4272 Hmmm, very different from how I see him but always interesting to see how other people people perceive things!
No Anthony is a fucking cutey
to me anthony is purpley violet and yellow and padilla is red with like one tiny hint of blue and like to me his over all color is violet :)
Everyone has different opinions on what colour everyone is. They explained that.
I love how understanding and compassionate Anthony is. He is also clearly intelligent. He is never offensive, but he asks the questions we all want the answers to!
I do this to , at 2:30 when he talked about things in an order such as numbers or days of the week, I could relate. 1 = blue 2 = red 3= green = 4= also blue 5= also red 6= also green 7= brown 8= dark green 9= purple 10= brown
Im guessing the person who made the saying “you left a bad taste in my mouth” most likely had Synesthesia 🤔
and probably the person who created the phrase “music taste” too
Hah! True
Also these ones Green=Jealous Blue=Sad Red=Angry Pink=Love Yellow=Happy
@@underbelievershome4638 true
I use to be friends with a girl who has a version of this, she could taste words. She told me that my name tasted like Strawberries.
At least it's not rancid garbage
GAMING LEGEND omg LMAOO
@@gaminglegend LMFAOOO
That’s sweet
@kenzie. jade I believe it was, I never asked if there were common words she avoided saying, but thinking back maybe I should have asked :)
I can't handle a certain name. Trauma related. And I'm psychotic enough rn in my life that just the first letter coming up (J) was kinda rough.... I'm almost Glad someone else hates that letter.... I Know it's Just a name. It's not inherently Bad. Buuut..... I personally can't even trust people with that name. Without knowing them really well. (I know my reality isn't right. But hearing them talk about things that seem so "unreal" to most people so normally and casually.... makes me feel less alone.) Anthony has done an amazing job with all the interviews I've seen/ heard so far. I'm Very thankful of his inherent respect towards all these people. Thank you Anthony for making this series and being so Understanding. It has helped me feel less insane lately. So.... Thank you. /G ❤
1:38 Hey he stole my name
That brings a whole new meaning to "I have a good taste in friends"
hahaha
Why doesn’t this comment have more likes, this is fucking hilarious
This was such a good comment. Bravo👏👏👏
That's a clever comment and more people should like it
Underrated comment
I’m glad Anthony is introducing people who are different and proving that they are just as human as everyone else.
yessss
People with synesthesia aren't autistic.....?
@@hanabanana7041 I'm sure that was just an example
@@hanabanana7041 i have senthesia and autism
Synesthesia isnt autism bud, it's just the body associating senses with others
I first heard about synesthesia in the children's book series "The Secret Series" by Pseudonymous Bosch. It's a great read! I like the part where they discussed whether or not everyone has a little bit of synesthesia. It made me think of when I was in high school and how I chose what color to label different school subjects for my notebooks and folders and stuff. Like, math was red. I'm not sure why (probably because I don't like math so it makes me angry and red is angry lol). Science was green because biology was my favorite science and it's about living things, which are green. And English was purple or blue because those colors reminded me of royalty. But I guess that's really more about associations made based off life experiences and knowledge rather than synesthesia.
yeah for me math is red, science is white, and English is yellow not because of any learned ideas about how different concepts are related to colour, but just because that's what colour those words happen to be for me. that's the difference imo
Suddenly I'm reminded of how I always thought of my mother's side of the family as warm colors and my father's side of the family as cool colors.
Person: “red is sus” Team: “Oh okay, then let’s vote em out bois” *red was not an imposter* Person: “oh no no, I meant their aura, not their player colour”
lmao
WHAHAHAHAHAHHA i always feel bad when i vote someone who's not the imposter
@@ilovespaghetti3727 I know right? Lolll
@@ilovespaghetti3727 i wanna cause destruction so i don't mind killing innocent players lmao
@@Lazuley_ then you'll lose lol
The thought that someone out there in the world has probably tasted me without my knowledge....
LMAO
Hahahaha fk
Trust, they don’t want to taste you ON PURPOSE.
Its like that movie perfume
Ooooh I would feel so bad for someone who could taste me
Sometimes I forget my partner has synesthesia. He hears colors, and the first time WE both found out was when I was practicing piano in college, and he just kept blurting out different color names, and I was like.. "wait, what?" And he was just like "Oh, like, it sounds lime green when you play that, and then it goes to lavender, and a redish orange" and I had learned about synesthesia years ago but had never met someone with it. HE didn't even know it was an actual thing. We're both musicians AND artists, so we have plans in the future to someday make album and paintings based on colors he hears. I love him so much, and I'm amazed at ppl with synesthesia.
Wow, I did not know this was a condition. Absolutely love that you interview so many people in different walks of life and teach people about all the awesome things this world has to offer. Your videos always leave me wanting to learn more about the subejcts you bring forward. Thank you so much for all the great interviews.
I’m not even a cellist and I was offended
Yes same here 😂
Yeah seriously poor guy...
SAME!!!
weren't we all
@@Envy_May true...
Awh omg imagine falling in love with someone who happens to taste exactly like your favourite food or snack
I don’t have the taste kind but my girlfriend is my favorite color! Being with my girlfriend when we’re both just coexisting is like sunset tinged pink and fluffy clouds :) when she talks i hear teal and yellow bubbles :))
@@Snapplesnart das so cute ;3;
@@Snapplesnart I’m gonna cry that’s so cute
im touched.
@@Snapplesnart Or your colour and your loved one stick together, and they become an obsession (like I'm blue and my parter is orange so that's what you see in my profile picture)...
Love getting to watch these videos. Helped me with my touretts and really love learning more about all these different people. Cannot wait for another episode
One of my friends has synesthesia and I think it’s so amazing and fascinating how she can see colors in names and hear colours
My cousin has synestia. He can see smells and the color of a woman changes when shes pregnant. He has always known my aunt was pregnant before she did.
YOOOOOO THAT IS SICKKKK AND KINDA SCARY TBH
How many times your aunt got pregnant tho
Bruh 😂😂😂
That's so cool
That is really cool!
when ratatouille sees color when he eats the cheese off the lightning rod is that synesthesia?
yes!
Remy lol
@@birhb6372 lmao I was about to say
Woahhhhh u just threw me for a loop there damn
this is the funniest comment ever
I feel like i have Grapheme Color Synesthesia. ive been thinking about this for a while. its really cool to think that so many people brains work so differently from each other. It makes me wonder how different the world would look though someone else's mind. i think my brother has it also because one time we argued about the colors of numbers but i thought that it was normal for everyone.
I found out I had it when someone in my grade mentioned a book called " a mango shaped space" and I decided to read the book myself. In the book, characters reacted to the main character's colors and stuff by saying it was not normal and that it was weird. I was confused because I have always seen the alphabet, numbers, and various other things in color and when the character was diagnosed I made the connection that I was not normal either. For those curious, it has never been annoying and I have never had to try to ignore it, because I have never known letters and stuff any other way, just how many people have known letters and stuff in black and white or however you see it.
This woman deadass seeing chakra like it's naruto. Love her
Byakugan
🥺 believe it
@@lanagaga7504 Hey - that was savage.
yo thats me thank you!!!
oh my god haha she’s a hyuga
It's like the scene in ratatouille when he's explaining the combos of flavors and they close their eyes showing explosions of color
I think about this scene every time I try to explain this to people!!! Yess!!
ok im totally using that when i try to explain this to people now!! i always just say "it's like my mind is completely black but when i hear a certain word it turns to ___ color!" then they look at me like im crazy XD
So Remy had synesthesia
@@milacruz3970 OMG IMAGINE
@@milacruz3970 I JUST GOOGLED IT AND IT‘S TRUE OMFG THAT IS AMAZING
numbers and letters have always had a color to me, and food has had different colors and temperatures to me, days and months have colors, and so does certain music genres, i had never heard of the term synesthasia so this helped me understand myself a lot
first time I realised I had synesthesia is when a friend of mine showed me a song they were working on, and I told them "oooh this is awesome it's so red and black." and they asked "have you got synesthesia?". I had no idea what that meant. He explained it to me and I was just shocked no one else could see colour when they heard music. I kind of forgot about it, but then when we had a concert coming up I told my band mates we should all wear gold and black because it really fits the musics colour. They all looked at me like I was crazy. I realised what I said and then began diving into really exploring my synesthesia and now it has even become part of my work ! can't imagine how people don't have it and I frequently say "I bet people can see colour really they just dont know it yet" lol! Also what the hell , that guy mentioning the windows media player visuals .... that was unbelievable accurate for me. Like it isn't entirely like that but the motion of it really is and the digital effects !
I think he should do a "I spend a day with people with antisocial personality disorder" , since to me , it's an interesting disorder that is often misinterpreted
Would be interesting for sure
That’d be sick
Interesting, but no.
Why are y’all saying no? Is it offensive? I’m not being mean I’m just trying to figure it out
I'm sorry, i honestly didn't realise it was offensive, i thought it was an interesting idea since the channel seems to tackle normalising people with mental disorders, illness and all sorts of things
I remember the first time I started telling people what I thought their colors were and most were pretty standard colors like blue and like, then I got to my bff. When she asked me what color she was, I kind sat there for a little bit, trying to think of how to describe it. Three words came out of my mouth. "Early liver disease". Somehow, we are still besties
😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Lmao omg
She's a real one, keep her by your side
Legendary
Do you feel like in your experience the colors you see have some relation to the kind of person you are observing?
I can very much relate to this video because I have synesthesia. I can feel things I see and I relate certain words to sounds or colors. Thank you Anthony for making such a wonderful video about this topic and thank you to the people who were interviewed for helping other people understand synesthesia.
I was in a musical with a girl who had two types of synethesia: sound to color, and persons' colors. One night it was so intense, she was literally blinded by the colors and couldn't see her way up to the stage from the dressing rooms downstairs, and needed her boyfriend to lead her up.
Imagine meeting a person and being like " you taste like trash, bye." And just walk away 😂
😓
Rancid Trash
Haha
LMFAO that would make a great bruh moment!
You copied someone’s commeny
Hearing the questions asked I've come up with a new question: do people like actors have different tastes/colors when they're portraying a character?
It depends (at least for me) For example: Peter Parker is a light blue for me but Tom Holland is lime But Sheldon and Jim Parsons are the same color
@@celinasbasiic It makes sense for characters to have different colours- since they're essentially different people. Sheldon and Parsons might just be a coincidence, and if not- it's a very interesting question
@@pemo2676 i mean have you seen jim Parson give an interview? His character is very similar to his actual personality, maybe Sheldon is just over the top.
Another question for Anthony’s video about DID (dissociative identity disorder) is if one identity within the body has substance abuse issues, then will that only effect that identity or will it effect all identities in the body?
@@alexandriaboles3898 i know people with DID and for the most part as far as the people ive met, it's usually just for that alter. which makes sense to me because there are lots of interviews of people with DID who sometimes have literal vision changes if one alter needs glasses while the other doesn't. the human brain is a crazy thing sometimes.
I have Synesthesia, and it’s so cool to hear how it effects other people! I mostly have sound to color, but I also have the one where people have colors/aura like presences, and a bit of sounds to touch. So sound to color is a lot like what they were talking about, and it causes me to love different types of music because they grant me different colors and feelings. Like if I’m having bad anxiety I have songs or sounds I can put on that make me feel wrapped in a blanket even if I’m not, which can help. I can listen to songs that are a little more sharp if I’m struggling to stay awake and they help. I’m a huge extrovert, and I feel very lucky to have the aura one, because everyone I know has very specific colors and how those colors coordinate with each other in their movement, so often, if someone is having a hard time, even if they’re good at hiding it, I can usually tell because their color or texture pattern will be off. I love asking my boyfriend what’s up, and he’ll be like “I’m fine” and I just look at him and say, “My love , you are running underground in a silver stream instead of floating in a cloud with gold flecks.” And then he tells me what’s going on because I’m always right 😂
The last thing is literally like a superpower! That can and probably has helped a lot of people!
I have ASD and have experienced this my entire life, however I don’t physically see colors in sound. It’s happening in my head, and the colors are clear, but a single sound is like a tie-dye shirt with certain colors (depending on the sound) that morphs and evolves as the sound hits my eardrums. It doesn’t overlap into my vision but I see them vividly overlapped in my mind. I used to think album art was chosen by the artist based on how they saw their colors in their music. I remember arguing with a classmate who put their school subject folders in the “wrong colors”, and I figured everyone had their own internal connections with senses, but now I believe that it’s more of a conscious decision rather than a true sensation for those without synesthesia.
my ex girlfriend had pretty much EVERY type of Synesthesia. we had yet to find one she didn’t have. i remember her making a painting for me, a visual of what she saw when she felt love for me. apparently my voice tastes like the green gummy bears (thank god, there were a couple of people whose voices tasted awful and she’d avoid them because of that). whenever she saw white, she’d feel pain, where it was in her vision made different parts of her body hurt. she got incredibly overwhelmed very easily though.
so interesting! it must be so distracting to have so strong synesthesia..
are they all strong?
@@absolutelynot524 some of them were much more background than others, like how she felt textures in relation to sounds (and also taste, feeling, scent, etc). or any of them that have to do with feelings, they aren’t very overpowering, more like if you were to watch your favourite movie and so you felt happy, or someone insulted you so you were in a sour mood. you could let it affect you (negatively or positively) or you could brush away the feeling. it really is interesting
wow.. that's very interesting but kinda sounds like she was suffering so much when she was hurt..
..I bet she hates green gummy bears now..
Mentioning that even someone who doesn't have synesthesia can have a degree of synesthesia perception, like 5 is a boy, is very interesting and funny to me because when I was a cashier I would always mix up the codes for avocado(4046) and lime(4048) not because they were one number different, but because the number 8 felt stronger, more masculine? like my perception of an avocado, where as the number six felt softer, and gentle like lime. Typing this out makes me realize how ridiculous it sounds because I know limes aren't gentle, and avocados aren't tough, but in my brain both avocado and 8 are strong, and limes and 6 are soft.
I feel this, I don’t have synesthesia but some letters and some numbers indeed are more though or soft in my head. I literally had the exact same at work with bananas and watermelon. The melon had a 7 and the bananas a 5 and the 5 felt more like a melon bc it was kinda “thick” and soft and a 7 was more of a boy and tall like a banana lol.
That is so cute
8 was always a women in my head as a kid, six had a young boy vibe. Every time I describe this to people they het hella confused. Just every number, day of the week and stuff like that had their vibe in my mind.
8 to me is actually green (sometimes i look at it as blue??) and 6 is yellow. i also look at 8 as 6’s bigger brother ??? ik it doesnt make much since but 🤷♀️ also 6 is feminine
@@-AnnaDeWitt- Ayyyy, somebody else that sees 8 as green! Though I percieve 8 as a dark forest green
Its so interesting to hear others' experiences with synesthesia! I personally experience emotion-colour and sound-colour synesthesia
For me hexagons are pink and feminine, the number 16 is seafoam green and the letter C is yellow. :)
hexagons totally are pink I can respect this lmao
i don’t understand how people don’t believe that synesthesia is real??? there is so much connection to colour, sound, music, taste and much others, in everyone’s brains that is similar to synesthesia! baffling.
G-go just go.
@@ribcage5295 what ???? 😐
@@ribcage5295 ???
I just would reccomend doing research because people who have this could be really offended.
@@ribcage5295 dude this is the internet. You can’t just tell them to leave.
This made me so jealous because I have aphantasia, which means I can’t imagine anything. I always thought “imagine being on a beach” exercises were a figure of speech, I only recently discovered people actually can /see/ images in their heads. It’s honestly been really depressing to know that I lack the ability to see loved ones or places I’ve been on demand. The same percent of the population has red hair- I also have red hair 😂 won the genetic lottery - I would LOVE if you could cover aphantasia!
I just learned about this recently too, and had the same realization after trying to start meditating and never feeling like I was doing it right when the recordings asked to picture scenes or places. Would love to see an episode on this!!!
I have aphantasia and synesthesia, they aren’t mutually exclusive. Mine isn’t with colors though. Everything I taste just also had a shape
@@emilym7848 interesting! How do you perceive the shape if you can't picture it though? Or does it appear in your mind anyways? Or is it more a like a knowledge: "this is square"?
@@rose1318believe I don’t really picture the shapes. It’s kind of a feeling that I get and if the flavor is strong enough I can almost actually feel it. I don’t sit there and think “oh this is a square,” it’s more like I’m easing chips and salsa and the “curvy flavor” is just part of what it tastes like.
You have no imagination? Thats a thing???
One time I had a synesthetic experience listening to a professional mixer reacting to one of TOP's album. He was explaining it in 3d terms like depth or texture and me being an artist I somehow started to experience it in my own way and for a solid 2 minutes I felt like I could touch the music and even visualize it like it was a sculpture. It felt really weird like I was warping reality or something but it is till this day the coolest experience listening to music I've ever had.
I feel like a lot of us had it and lost it as life happened. Life be happening man.
NO ONE TALKS ABOUT SYNESTHESIA THIS GAVE ME SO MUCH SEROTONIN
I know this will sound weird as hell but the word serotonin is orange for me, idk why (Keep in mind ive never really been diagnose with sythesta, what i just describe is the color thats flashes in my head each time i heard it)
@@Fisinocean no one really gets diagnosed with synesthesia so it’s all good, and u probably are a little synesthenic then!
@@aveldun1365 its not really that intense tho, its just sth i subconciously do
@@Fisinocean what color am I?
@@Fisinocean serotonin is an orange colour for me too! sick!