I thought that everyone saw numbers and letters as shapes, sounds and colors and moldable objects, but today I found out I have something called synesthesia today, It's crazy how I've just been accepting it since I was born, amirite?

Synesthia seems pretty cool. I think everyone, to a certain degree has it, too. If you ask people what color they think the number 2 is, you'll probably get some answers, but when most people look at the number 2, they don't see any color but the one shown. And to answer your question about how we (or I, at least) do math, most of it is memorized. I can tell you, without delay, that 8 times 4 is 32. That's just engrained in my memory. When things get difficult and numbers get large, my minds tends to kind of cloud, as if I was tired, and I can't think too clearly or quickly. Generally, though, I view problems as the actual process. If I was adding 136 and 814, I would picture one number over the other and sort of act like I was doing it on paper. It's hard for me to explain as well because, normally, you don't really think about what you're doing. After all these years, you just do it.

You just found out today?