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		Mo3 on March 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I See Numbers That does sound like synesthesia. I have sound -> touch synesthesia. There's some discussions about whether a pretty big percentage of people have some form or another actually

yeetard on March 3, 2022 [–]

Not necessarily synesthesia. I think what OP describes is closer to Ideasthesia which indeed isn't as uncommon.

Enginerrrd on March 3, 2022 | | [–]

Welp... now i understand why I've only encountered like one other person that seemed to immediately understand what I was talking about when I used the word "thought-shapes".

Mo3 on March 3, 2022 | | [–]

TIL.

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