By: Aggie

Aggie — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:32:22 +0000

I appear to have mirror touch synesthesia, an annoying ability to feel it when others touch themselves. One side effect is that weeks or months later, I can remember when someone physically touched me and, if I’m fond of the person, I remember when that person physically touched themselves. One example is that a close friend of mine touched his face 4 times between his lip and nose; I felt compelled to touch *my* face 4 times, which I was certain he’d notice. When I brought it up a couple of weeks later, he had no memory of the touching–his nor mine. I, on the other hand, could still remember the feeling. If someone touches me sympathetically, I remember it. It would be interesting to research we mirror touch synesthetes and whether touching makes such a profound difference in our behavior.

By: rita

rita — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:07:33 +0000

Perhaps the social inhibitions on touching (superiors/inferiors etc) had something to do with not gaining influence, then………

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