What were you doing to my daughter?
I was trying to confirm a diagnosis. Um... I... I want neurology to run some tests, but based on this and Ariel's history, I think that she has a condition called mirror touch synesthesia.
What?
It's a condition that... that causes her to experience the physical sensations and emotions of the people that she's interacting with as her own. My left knee hurts, Ariel feels it in her right. I slap my right cheek, she feels like her left is being slapped. She's mirroring me.
Her stomach; she's responding to your ulcer, not imitating you. She's literally feeling your pain.
Whoever heard of such a thing?
It's a pretty recent discovery, the existence of these mirror neurons.
Is there a cure?
Not yet, but there are... coping strategies we can teach her to help her manage her condition.
[her cell phone buzzes]' Uh... I'm sorry, I... I have to get this. [answers the call as she leaves] Yeah?
I cannot believe this woman.
How's that old saying go? You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it gaze at its own reflection.
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