Let's talk about stimming and synesthesia. 🧵
Music: "U" by Belle x Millennium Parade
Stimming is repetitive motions or behaviors that may represent or regulate sensory input or emotions.
Ex: nail biting, singing, jumping, flapping, leg shaking, insert your stims here.
Stimming often taps into the 8 senses. So it makes sense that it could connect to synesthesia.
Ex: nail biting, singing, jumping, flapping, leg shaking, insert your stims here.
Stimming often taps into the 8 senses. So it makes sense that it could connect to synesthesia.
Synesthesia is when you experience one of your senses through the other, often at the same time.
Examples: Smell sounds, taste sights, feel smells, hear touch.
Examples: Smell sounds, taste sights, feel smells, hear touch.
When I stim dance I am personally tapping into audiomotor, or sound-to-kinetics, synesthesia.
Basically, sounds often cause involuntary movements in my body. I hear a sound or a part of a song, and my body responds immediately without my control or intentional thought.
Basically, sounds often cause involuntary movements in my body. I hear a sound or a part of a song, and my body responds immediately without my control or intentional thought.
For a database on synesthesia, check out this site:
thesynesthesiatree.com
thesynesthesiatree.com
For a starting point on autism and synesthesia, check out this article:
autism.org.uk/advice-and-gui…
autism.org.uk/advice-and-gui…
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