Smell

"Smells reach the olfactory sensory neurons by way of two pathways. The first pathway is through your nostrils. The second pathway is through a channel that connects the roof of the throat region to the nose. When we chew our food, aromas are released that access the olfactory sensory neurons through this channel" -http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/smelltaste/pages/smell.aspx

THIS is why I keep thinking of smells by how it tastes and why everyone keeps saying if you can't smell you can't taste. I can taste though and I was wondering how I couldn't smell. I can taste perfectly fine except candies and some sweetened drinks where I can't distinguish between berry flavor and watermelon or something like that. II just know grape sticks a bitto your tongue and lemon is sour. I can't recognize smells, though I think I can detect them. If it's smelly in like a locker room or someone farts, it's more huimd or the air is thicker and I "feel" the smell,...or maybe I'm just feeling it and not smelling it. other warm airs may smell nice and I don't know. mint or something I think of as....refreshing. i dunno, but it's cooler. the air is thinner and fresher. It's not cold like when it's freezing outside and you have a clear nose and you breath in and your nose stings or there's a little pressure near the bridge of your nose. So I think that's mint. Ummm, not sure about anything else...

I first noticed when I was... 5? 6? IDK, I got a pink doll in a decorative bag who's supposed to smell like strawberry. I couldn't tell the difference, and I guess by psychology I assumed it smelled sweeter but if I didn't know I probably wouldn't know it had a smell. Then after that, I noticed some kid farted in a room at camp and everyone said it was funky and left I went in and didn't notice anything wrong. Over the years, people ask me "Does this smell good?" or "You smell that?" or "what's that smell?" or "That stinks" and I wouldn't really know yes or no if it's true or if someone's pulling my string. No one knows I can't smell and that's fine. But I just won't know if milk is bad or some yogurt is rank or if there's a gas leak. It's fine. I can live with people all my life and If they smell something, they'll mention it. I'm not odor-blind -- I know how I should act if something smells a certain way and I know what to do if there's a gasey smell in the room.

I can sense vinegar, or smell it...idk. but i get that sort of sensation in my nose like it's clearing up but it's not clearing and i don't know how to describe it. My mom was boiling vinegar or maybe it was salt or something...idk, but i could tell it wasn't just water vapor coming from the pot. I could tell something was in there and since I heard my mom earlier, I knew it was vinegar. so idk.

smell's supposed to be linked to taste, but i think i can taste pretty much everything. or maybe I just go by texture of foods and a few taste buds. I know what sweet and sour and salty and stuff is, and I KNOW i don't like spicy.

hmmmmm wanna come out but don't know how. awkward just saying it, you know? but i've always just played along so no one knows I can't smell. It's not a big deal so i don't want to make a big deal out of it, but i just don't want people asking me to smell stuff for them or smell test stuff before they buy something....