Reality is not real; imagine a world in which two or more of your senses are combined into a single sense and perceived by you as a single sense. You can begin to see the world as a synesthete; their reality is completely different from most. Synesthesia is a bonus or condition of perception, not a disease for those who suffer from it; I think this condition should be more widely explained and understood by the general public and resources should be made available for people to see if they are synesthetes. This can be done by looking at how synesthesia works, the abilities of mirror neurons, what and how synesthetes feel, what qualifies a person to be synesthetic, and my personal experiences with synesthesia. If the general population understands how synesthesia works, they will be able to better understand how synesthetes feel and function. I, Kyle Turner, am a synesthete, which has its own implications for me. I'm primarily a mirror-touch synesthete, but I also have a more minor case of space-time synesthesia. In my case, I didn't discover that I had synesthesia or that something was different about me until May 5, 2010. For me, this is a very recent and very shocking discovery. I have been a synesthete since birth and until May 5, I believed that everyone had the same senses as me. I saw no reason to question my own senses, because I saw nothing other than what I saw and felt. For my mirror touch, I feel almost every touch I see, but I usually need to know the recipient of the touch or I need to be able to relate to the recipient. All synesthetes have different abilities and different technicalities. For example, 3 is not always green in color grapheme synesthetes, and these deviations also occur in my mirror-touch case. I generally feel like......middle of article......http://prometheus.kai.ru/anomal_e.htm>.Jarick, M. "The Cognitive Benefits of Space-Synaesthesia time: neurophilosophy “Scientific blogs. November 19, 2009. The web. May 24, 2010. Jedacek, Natalie P. “Synesthesia.” Personal interview. May 1, 2010.Silverman, Jacob. “Can people feel the pain of others? Audio blog post. How it works. Discovery Networks, June 22, 2007. Web. May 23, 2010. .Steen, Carol. “About synesthesia.” American Synesthesia Association. American Synesthesia Association, May 15, 2010. Web. May 24, 2010. “Synesthesia and mirror neurons.” Weekends in Paradelle. May 2, 2010. the web. May 24 2010. .