Mirror Touch (Pain) Synesthesia with the author Pieter Daniel Groesbeek
- Smadar Frisch
- Oct 27, 2024
- 1 min read
Mirror touch synesthesia is also relatively rare, occurring in about 1 to 2 percent of the population. Individuals with this type of synesthesia experience a tactile sensation on their own body when they see someone else being touched. This heightened empathy can be quite intense and is linked to a strong mirror neuron system in the brain.
This time on Chromatic Minds I am interviewing the author of the book "Mirror-Pain Synesthesia: My Understanding and Coping with a Rare Condition" by Pieter Daniel Groesbeek.
Pieter shares his inner world with us of experiencing other people pain as his own as being a Mirror Touch Synesthete, feeling inside his own body, other people body aching. He shares the recognition of this situation on an early stage of life, his struggle in separating when it's his own feeling and when it's others and the realizing this condition has a name and is a part of the neurological phenomenon called Synesthesia.
Pieter's life story is an inspiring life journey about the self-will of a M-T Synesthete in overcoming difficult situations breaking a condition of trying to numb your senses completely and being reborn, growing from the struggle as a mindful being who is one with his inner self and his environment and Pieter is also a very gifted musician!!
What an inspiring individual, Please check out his art -
Here's a link to Pieter's Books:
Pieter's beautiful music:
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Yours Colourfully,
Smadar Frisch
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