For Carolyn Hart, empathy is more than a feeling—it's physical. The professional masseuse has a rare neurological condition called mirror-touch synesthesia. When Hart sees another person in pain ...

Synesthesia 6 Impossible Things the Brain Can Actually Do Mirror-touch synesthesia, "blindsight," and other phenomena. Posted May 4, 2018 Source: KieferPix/Shutterstock ...

Well, synesthetes, help has arrived. Dr. Judith Orloff of California is highly empathic herself and has many mirror-touch synesthetes in her practice, which exclusively serves empaths.

But a young Texas girl might be the only person on the planet identified to have what's known as "mirror touch" synesthesia — where an individual feels the emotions of those around her — with ...

Synesthesia is not uncommon; it's estimated that about one of every 25 people (4%) have some form of it. Since to them this is the normal way they perceive the world, they may not mention it.