Nu ai mai auzit asa ceva! Are ORGASM de fiecare data cand… „Viata mea a devenit un cosmar”

Este al doilea caz cunoscut de sinestezie (n.r. asociatie spontana intre senzatii de naturi diferite; corespondenta) provocata de un din lume.

Dupa un atac cerebral suferit in 2007, barbatul de 45 de ani si-a dat seama ca propozitiile sau simplele cuvinte scrise intr-o anumita nuanta de albastru il dezgustau.

Apoi a observat ca vocile inalte si instrumentele de suflat – in special coloana sonora a filmului James Bond – ii provocau senzatii orgasmice. In plus vedea

He then became aware that the sound of high-pitched voices and brass instruments — specifically, the theme music from James Bond films — triggered out-of-body, orgasmic sensations and blue flashes of light in his vision.

He said he felt as if ‘he could ride the music’.

The Toronto St. Michael’s Hospital patient specifically recalled a moment when he watched the Beijing Olympics.

He said when a woman sang at the opening ceremony it triggered an overwhelming and frightening reaction.

He said: ‘I had the sensation of entering the TV, and entering the stadium and I was floating above the crowd. I could feel the heat and humidity coming off the people. I could feel it on my skin.

‘It scared the hell out of me. I thought, „this is how you lose your mind”. I was convinced I was going to go crazy.’

He was eventually referred to his Dr Luis Fornazarri, a behavioural neurologist, who instantly diagnosed him with synaesthesia.

Synesthesia is a condition in which one sense is simultaneously perceived as another – a person tastes sounds or feels colours.

Around four per cent of people are thought to have the condition, which is eight times more common in women. Most synesthesists tend to be left-handed.

There are no dangerous side-effects to the having the condition

Famous synesthesists include Marilyn Monroe, Mary J Blige as well as the artists Kandinsky and Hockney.

Other symptoms exhibited by the man include an insatiable hunger for raspberries because they taste of a ‘certain shade of blue’.

The patient’s stroke occurred in his thalamus – the area of the brain responsible for processing sensory information.

Experts say the process of repair after the stroke caused the brain to ‘miswire’, connecting areas of the brain that once never came into contact with each other.

The only other reported case of synesthesia following a stroke is a 35-year-old U.S. woman who experienced tingling in her body when she heard certain sounds.

Since the male patient’s diagnosis, he has learned to control his synesthesia, saying that having a diagnosis has reassured him that his ‘weird feelings’ aren’t a sign of madness but just a side-effect of his stroke.

R.N.