Is it normal to taste/smell a memory?

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I was just wondering if it's normal to have a taste in my mouth or a smell if I'm remembering certain memories. I get this feeling in my head and then a taste. I feel like I am at that point in time, it's a very odd feeling. Anyone else get this?

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  • pooooopie
    12 years ago

    Totally normal!

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  • G1993
    12 years ago

    There is a plastic smell that takes me back to my giant snakes and ladders set from when i was 3 every time i smell it. Also, i taste sherbert whenever I think about it, same with vinegar.

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  • Bellapro
    12 years ago

    Yes! This happens to me!

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  • MyNameisMilk
    12 years ago

    You could be synesthetic.

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  • dappled
    12 years ago

    Smell is the sense most linked to memory centres in the brain. A certain smell can conjure up a complete image of something the five year old me experienced. Never heard of it the other way around, but it's probably not unusual.

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