I just got a cell phone tonight and my mother handed me a piece of paper with my new number written on it. I have one of the worst number combos I can think of in my phone number: 206.
The two is an ugly blue sort of like but lighter, leaning more towards , yet not as light. The six is an ugly tickle-me-pink sort of color. It's not bright or exciting, but not dark and dreary like M or P. I HATE 6 like this! The 0 is white, which is usually fine, but right in the middle of the two and the 6 makes both numbers even uglier. It is like a bad cream effect; not oranges and cream or peaches and cream, but 2's and cream and 6's and cream. Bad color combos! It almost made me cry when I saw it.
This next part is hard to describe. On top of that, the 206 combo made me feel...not exactly poor, but boring with no life, just sort of the person someone calls as a last resort because they don't want to associate with me, but are bored out of their minds. Yet, the feeling wasn't like that at all. I can't explain it.
So when my mother saw I was getting upset she said something along the paraphrased lines of: "Well, why don't we just call up the company and say 'Hi. Can I please get a new number. You see, the six is pink and the zero is blue..' " (I then corrected her and said zero was white). "And then he'll say 'Absolutely. I get that comment all the time; it's rather common." She sort of laughed a bit, and so did my dad. She wasn't trying to be mean or anything, but it still upset me. It's not my fault.
You see, both my parents believed the colored grapheme thing, but as soon as I mentioned something else like sound/pain being colored, my mother was hesitant to believe me (my dad was a bit more receptive), saying maybe I was just so excited about finding my syn out that I was imagining it to get more syn types.
Luckily, I don't have to see my number all the time, which my dad pointed out. He thinks that if I don't see the numbers, then I won't get a response. That's wrong because when I even think about it, let alone speak it, I see the colors of the numbers. I honestly think this is the first real negative syn response I've had. (Well, other than reading and finding ugly combos, but those I don't have to live with like my cell phone number.)
Wow that's too bad. I've had mini versions of that...like words that just look horrible like sexist which is hideous yellow, green, and brown. and just unwelcoming. Some numbers i also find negative, like 639, 83, and some other ones. Just today I was playing bubble trouble and for some reason the shape and color of one of the balls and the way it looked was just SO horrible to me!
I would suggest...well ah it's hard to say. Maybe one thing you could do is find some number combos that you do like, and if you're ever stuck with 206, think of those other numbers to get a better feeling. Sorry that's not the best advice, it's all I've got!
Well, this just happened today. Maybe my stupid mistake will make you feel better!
(I posted this in another section also.)
Okay, so I was driving along. I was having a horrible day. I was thinking about my new syn. experiences (lately I've been having "pings" of white light ). I was trying to figure out if it was sound related or touch related. Or if it has nothing to do with syn. , which could be, I don't know.
Anyways I RAN A RED LIGHT!!!
Don't worry, no one was hurt. I didn't even hit anyone.
But I just feel so bad. I've never ran a red light. Heck, I've never even gotten pulled over.
Well, this lovely guy yelled at me.
(keep in mind, I'm having a very bad day already. )
((and I already felt so bad.))
I just sat in my car when I got home. I guess I'm happy I'm alive and didn't kill anyone. I just sat and cried.
So indirectly, I guess this is a problem caused by syn.
My advice to you about your parents is this.
They don't know what it's like because they are not in your shoes.
They don't understand when they over simplify the problem, they are invaladating to you and your feelings.
It's like they are saying, " Uh, ya... here she goes again."
Maybe someday it will change. I hope for your sake it will. Just know that there are other people, us and other non-syn.'s that will understand. Or at least believe you.
I know how you feel. I used to get really upset when anyone made a joke about my syn, whether it was just a "yeah sure" type joke, or a "what are you taking?" one. But I think one of the things we have to learn is to be able to see syn from a non-synees point of view.
We have to be prepared to have a laugh at ourselves, because it is inevitable that people will poke a bit of fun at us (people use humour to relate to others, especially when they're confronted with something they can't quite get). Embrace that syn is weird-sounding, and that our explanations for things do sound very strange (and funny) to people who don't live with it.
I'm sure your mum didn't mean to hurt your feelings, she was just trying to laugh with you about a comment that would have sounded funny.
JazzGirl>> Wow...running a red light. That must have been such a joy. It's true (about the parents), but it just makes me feel like my mother doesn't believe me at all about any new syn types I may have when she'll believe my colored graphemes. My dad at least listened and pretended to understand and care. Now I hardly mention my syn to either of them.
Emma >> I try to see it from their point of view, but it just didn't work this time. Maybe I was too upset with 206 to even think of taking it as a joke. (I usually love being thought of as weird or freaky. )
pinkcapricorn >> I tried that, too. It doesn't look nearly as bad when typed here than it did when it was written down. Maybe it was the color of the ink (I'm not used to seeing blue) or maybe because the two wasn't written the way I write it: it had a loop at the bottom instead of a line, and I haven't written that way in a while. I dunno. I'm still trying to figure it out. I think 20 and 6 would be better than 2 and 06.
Anyway, thanks a lot guys. I'll try out your different tricks!
Emma >> I try to see it from their point of view, but it just didn't work this time. Maybe I was too upset with 206 to even think of taking it as a joke. (I usually love being thought of as weird or freaky. )
Fair enough. I only say that because I've had to get used to similar jokes from my parents. If I don't like a food, Mum's always very quick to say things like "Oh, didn't I add enough spikes?" (often in front of visitors ) and it's just easier if I laugh about it instead of arguing that she's made it too wiggly at the back.
Glad we could help you! Good luck with your parents...and just to reiterate what everyone else said, it's probably really hard for them to think about. I have sight syn but I can't really imagine having taste syn. So for them, the whole thing is different from anything they've ever experienced. But I do have a suggestion - if you now are scared to talk about it when they're around, you should tell them. A similiar thing happened with my mom (not syn-related) and she said she definitely didn't want me to feel that way.
Ugh, I know how you feel. My mobile number is so boring. It has too many shades of brown in it and I really miss my old number as it was all yellow and green.
My sister also has syn and my parents think we're mad!
Ugh, I know how you feel. My mobile number is so boring. It has too many shades of brown in it and I really miss my old number as it was all yellow and green.
My sister also has syn and my parents think we're mad!
Sorry about the number. I hate bad combos!
Welcome to the club! I'm sure my parents think that, too. But at least your sister has syn, too. My brothers don't and my sister is just 5 1/2 so I don't know if she has it.
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but lighter, leaning more towards 
, yet not as light. The six is an ugly tickle-me-pink sort of color. It's not bright or exciting, but not dark and dreary like M or P. I HATE 6 like this! The 0 is white, which is usually fine, but right in the middle of the two and the 6 makes both numbers even uglier. It is like a bad cream effect; not oranges and cream or peaches and cream, but 2's and cream 
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) and it's just easier if I laugh about it instead of arguing that she's made it too wiggly at the back. 
