What It's Like To Have Mirror Touch Synesthesia: A Doctor Who Literally Feels Your Pain

Dr. Joel Salinas is a neurologist who possesses a rare neurological trait himself: he has mirror touch synesthesia, a rare form of the perceptual condition that allows him to experience the same physical sensations and feelings as the people around him.

He's a doctor who can quite literally feel your pain.

Salinas, who also experiences other forms of synesthesia (such as seeing numbers as colors and tasting shapes in foods), recently wrote a book about life as a synesthete: Mirror Touch: A Memoir of Synesthesia and the Secret Life of the Brain. He shares with the Cut, in the video above, how mirror touch has colored his personal life and opened up a profound sense of empathy for those around him.

Buy his book here: https://www.amazon.com/Mirror-Touch-Notes-Doctor-Feel/dp/0062458663/ref=sr_1_1_twi_har_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1481920080&sr=8-1&keywords=mirror+touch+joel

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