Telling people you have mirror touch synesthesia and they, without fail, immediately go “so can you feel this?” and immediately start poking their own face or some shit even if I just told them not to test it out because I don’t like when people do that.
Like bro, I’m telling you because I trust you and you are using that information to go out of your way to do something that I specifically asked you not to do.
I’m not asking you to change anything you are doing, I’m just asking you not to test my condition like it’s a fucking party trick.
No, I don’t feel everything the exact same intensity as the person/thing my brain is mirroring.
No, I don’t understand how this works. I am just as confused as you are. All I know is that this is one of the ways my brain is fucked up.
Yes, I’m sure I don’t want you to poke your arms because you want to pay attention to how I react.
Yes, this is why i rarely tell anyone irl.
