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Person-Objectification Synaesthesia vs. Object-Personification Synaesthesia - C C - Oct 8, 2015
http://syndiscovery.com/reverse-thinking-person-objectification-synaesthesia-vs-object-personification-synaesthesia/
EXCERPT: My name is Spring. My blog is largely based on my children’s real synaesthetic experiences. Some come from my own or other family members’ experiences.
[...] Thomas has two nick names. One is “The Why Boy”. Since he was two, he has never stopped asking questions. [...] His other nick name is “Mr Opposite” due to his reverse thinking. One of his most predominant synaesthesia types is reverse colour synaesthesia where he perceives the colour in the opposite to what is displayed, e.g., white or grey in black.
Thomas thinks many things in an opposite way, a thinking method he has naturally developed from a very young age. [...] I always appreciate Thomas’ unique and advanced way of thinking as much as I appreciate Skye’s profound creativity. I have learnt a lot over the years from Thomas’ reverse thinking technique. I often apply this method to my work or problem solving which is very effective.
[...] Thomas pointed to a white swan on the TV screen, “Mum, that’s you!” I had known Thomas perceiving me as a white swan for a long time.
“Yes, I know. What’s dad again?” I asked Thomas what his synaesthetic perception of his dad was.
“Black coffee.”
“Oh yes, I remember now. I think Skye has similar perceptions. He sees me as a swan on a green golf course, and your dad in a coffee shop.” I remembered what Skye said a couple of years ago.
My husband is fairer than me. Of course, there is no surprise that Thomas thinks I am white and his dad is black through his reverse thinking.
All of a sudden, the words “Person Objectification Synaesthesia” came to my mind. How come I did not think about this earlier? What Thomas had just described was opposite to “Object Personification Synaesthesia”.
I remember quite clearly that I had both of those synaesthesia types, i.e., seeing a person in object and seeing an object in person, when I was a child as well. [...] Nowadays, I hardly associate any person with an object. My Object Personification Synaesthesia has also been weakening for many years....