As a child, it was quickly noticed that I was often confusing letters and numbers in my writing. At first it was thought the slip-ups were due to my young age; after all, I was only 5 or 6 at the time. When I was questioned about it, I gave the real reason for my puzzlement: the colors of the letters and numbers were mixing together in my mind, and I was having trouble distinguishing the differences.
As I would come to find later, I have a condition called synesthesia. Before birth, one’s five senses and various cognitive functions are crossed in the brain. This results in the meshing of sensory experiences. For example, my mind will