3/17/2023 0 Comments Random thingsThat seemed to check out since people’s faces often have smells/tastes associated with them. When I was 20, I discovered it was synesthesia, a harmless linking of senses/concepts in the brain. Turns out, not every violinist has this, let alone absolute pitch (frequency in Western countries: 1 in 10 000). To me, it was plainly obvious what each letter and number was, and my brain even expanded the letter/number system to work with cello and the entire piano range. And, whenever I heard a song, I always thought of a letter or number with each note. So, I learned the letter names of each string and the finger numbers. I’ve played violin since I was 3 years old. The takeaway from this is that if you think that other people "deal with it better" or "suck it up" or "control it better" chances are that's not normal, and you should speak up about it. Its estimated that around 1 in 2,000 people have this disorder, and the lucky few that actually get diagnosed usually only do so later in life after 5-10+ years of multiple tests and misdiagnoses. The symptoms of Narcolepsy are so common, in both puberty where it starts to present more heavily, and other diagnoses such and depression and anxiety. I was lucky to be diagnosed as early and quick as I was, since the condition is widely unknown outside of the context of Narcolepsy patients and specialists. Cataplexy happens when a trigger, such as strong emotions like laughter or fear, trigger a sudden loss of muscle tone, making it difficult to move, stand, or even breathe. My friends all agreed that it in fact did not happen to them, and that I should get it checked with a doctor.ġ year later I was diagnosed Type 1 Narcolepsy: a sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, and Cataplexy. It ranges from droopy head and weak knees, to full body collapse.īecause of the term "roll over laughing" and portrayals of people in media falling over in laughter I thought this happened to everyone, and they were just better at controlling it. They were noticably confused, so when I regained my composure I explained that everytime I laugh, my muscles go limp and I am not be able to move them. My arms went limp and when my friends started coaxing me to put it in I told them I couldn't. I was joking around with my friends in 8th grade History and we were trying to see how many pencils we could stick into my friend's afro (with his consent) and right as I was trying to lift my arm and put the pencil in his hair one of them cracked a joke that sent us into a fit of laughter.
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