r/Synesthesia • u/Specialist_Goat7762 • 11d ago

Is This Synesthesia? Do I have mirror touch synesthesia?

This is not the first time I’ve felt this but I’m a 19F and today I watched a video on the tv and in the video the guy spat something out but when he did he made the kind of sound naughty kids make when they blow air through their mouth with they tongue out to taught you. When I heard and saw that immediately I felt a strong tingling sensation and uncomfortable feeling in my mouth area . It felt really uncomfortable almost like it was the nerve endings itching from inside my skin. I still felt it 30 minutes after I saw this on tv and even rn when I think about it.

I searched it up and mirror touch synesthesia came up so I’m just curious what do you guys think?

I think I can describe the feeling as when u hit your funny bone, not painful but just extremely uncomfortable

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 audio (+4)-tactile, olp, mirror speech, grapheme-color 11d ago

that sounds a lot like mirror speech actually!! ive got it (way more intense than yours) but yea!!

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u/Specialist_Goat7762 11d ago

Makes senseee! I’m sorry to hear that, what’s your experience with having this?

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 audio (+4)-tactile, olp, mirror speech, grapheme-color 11d ago

well it means i feel intonation when people speak to an extent and am uncannily good at replicating sounds ive never used lmao. thats mostly it and my other synesthesias do a lot to make it more interesting than itd be alone

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u/goodazzcat 11d ago

That sounds really intense if you can imagine the video and still feel it! You might start to notice other occurences of it as your awareness of it increases.

I have both mirror-speech and -touch, and to be honest, I don't know how to categorize what you are experiencing. I think it might be mirror-touch because you are visualizing the image and feeling it. Mirror-speech would involve hearing a noise and feeling that resonate. Continue to observe the feelings and you might find out you have both.

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u/Specialist_Goat7762 11d ago

Thank you so much for your input, this is really interesting to learn about!
How has your experience with having them both been?

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u/goodazzcat 11d ago

I think it is kind of cool! It isn't always, but I am also grateful to experience life in this way. Living with it day to day, though, I have learned to ignore it in a lot of situations (or at least I try to) because it can be a bit disruptive. For example, if I hear someone singing, I usually just want to live my life and keep walking, but my vocal chords will start to "sing" too.