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@MarieAngell I’ve heard that Synaesthesia often skips a generation. I’ve heard as many as 1 in 100 people have it, but other places stats can run as high as 1 in 10,000. Does she say 1 is white? Most people seem to say that.
My guess is that there’s no link between Synaesthesia and ADD. I just wonder from the standpoint that it’s a different wiring function in the brain than what’s called “normal”. It’s a gift, and with the advanced ways we are using our brains in modern times, we create conduits in our brains that prior generations didn’t have, so maybe it will become more prevalent. At least for me, my ADD brain just has one more stimulant to latch itself onto, having fun with colors and arithmomania. Synaesthesia shows up often in artists and musicians.
Being a babbler, I used to make the mistake of blurting out about having Synaesthesia, but now I try to introduce the topic only to closer friends and try not to get on a rambling motor mouth session about it. Sometimes people ostracized me once I babbled the topic even though Synaesthesia (like ADD) is nothing “bad” or deserving of alienating someone. It’s nice to know my odd color association does have a name, and others who share the gift.
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