Meet The Nurse Who Feels Other People’s Pain - Literally | Megyn Kelly TODAY

Megyn Kelly TODAY welcomes Megan Pohlmann, a nurse with a rare condition called mirror-touch synesthesia that enables her to literally feel the pain of others, and even their emotions. “Just the awkwardness of everyday interactions with humans can be overwhelming,” she tells Megyn.
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Meet The Nurse Who Feels Other People’s Pain - Literally | Megyn Kelly TODAY

[@beingashope]

I can’t. That chunky baby is so adorable.

[@__violetart9171]

Hope Liston ikr lol

[@rabim106]

Hope Liston I know lol awww chunky munky

[@Dadgasm]

“Chunky baby” That killed me lmfao

[@negg7046]

Aww, I've never heard a baby called chunky before! I'll try to use that now.

[@ellie04026]

IKR

[@rosiedee2013]

Being an empath is not easy, you feel everything. Happiness, sadness, anger, pain, loneliness, tiredness, isolation. You can be worn out easily by interactions with people. Being an empath you can help others in need. Empaths don't judge, they look at life differently then others. Stay strong empaths.

[@MercuryLeo555]

Rosie Dee Very true. You feel very over wehlmed with all the emotions you feel.

[@lunatheartfulforce1781]

I'm a witness!

[@hayliedlr]

My mom, my sister and I are empath.

[@raven77737]

Most important to use your empathy to help others . It helps with the overwhelming sense of feeling everything around you .

[@parrisestatessouthernhomec3246]

amen im an empath. i can feel when somethings off an i know whats wrong. with ppl.

[@hazelsder8638]

*Megan’s kid:* Mom I don’t feel so good I think I should stay home from school today *Megan:* Don’t even try

[@Ms-om3cv]

😂😂😂

[@afafabdaoui527]

😂😂😂😂

[@nickroth593]

Haha comedy is so necessary for us! Thank you! ❤️

[@InTheEndOnlykindnessMatters]

😂

[@mandigurl2341]

I may have had her as a nurse! I’m not sure. I had lots of surgeries on my legs when I was little at St. Louis children’s hospital (she may be too young to have been this nurse) but I had a nurse that would stay back with me and cry with me when I was in unbearable pain. She was really beautiful, like this nurse. I’ll never forget her.

[@saranwright271]

mandygurl2341 awwwwww

[@rebeccalucas6063]

mandygurl2341 Check time and hospital records to see if she was there.

[@ellie04026]

🙌🙌🙌 so sweet

[@meganslonksnis7067]

See that is a good nurse.

[@sarahrobinson3423]

Awwww!!!

[@reneevalentine]

I am an empath and also experience mirror-touch synesthesia. I try to avoid large groups of people and I am unable to watch or listen to violence of any kind without having a strong, visceral feeling that can be overwhelming. On the other hand, I use the "gifts" I have been given to work as a social worker and administrator at a personal care home. My being hyper-attuned to others allows me to relate to my overworked, stressed staff as well and provide a loving presence to the elders who come to our home as their last.

[@monicaglidden8338]

Renee Valentine my husband & I as well !!! we cannot handle large crowds. I cannot handle watching horror films or most documentaries. I will have a difficult time sitting still. my husband in a large crowd, will have to run out - because he would feel & hear everyone, & just break down. it’s tough !! I literally FELT when my best friend had died almost 4yrs ago. that was THE HARDEST feeling ever.

[@jencampanini9928]

Renee Valentine Same.👍🏻

[@bobbijokortness355]

Renee Valentine I do as well. Never have said anything cause I thought something was wrong with me. I get panic attacks when around a large group of people. It’s hard to explain to people. People that are not open to it think I’m crazy.

[@amandanicole7449]

Renee Valentine I feel your pain. I can't go to casinos or various other places. The anxiety drowns me. I have ripped the tubes out of my arms at the hospital because i couldn't stand it. I couldn't even see the person who lost their baby but I felt it.

[@cindywhittaker3003]

Renee Valentine me too!

[@shonaharris9328]

A really gifted empath.

[@jencampanini9928]

Shona Harris I was going to say the same thing. I have this, and just consider myself an uber sensitive empath.

[@butterflynerd0078]

That's what I was thinking too. I don't experience mirror-touch but I can sense the energy of where someone is in pain physically, and I can feel everyone's emotions all the time. A blessing and a curse, but I feel it's something we can use to help others when we have the ability to destroy them if we wanted to.

[@pengui3394]

I have almost the same ability as you. I understand how you feel completely.

[@burntwaffl3z]

@@jencampanini9928 me too

[@rachelmacdonald9195]

exactly. She's an empath.

[@blf679]

So basically she has a beautiful gift from God.

[@AndreasinGodshands]

I agree! Thank God for His gifts to serve others

[@Angie12278]

When GOD gives a gift it isnt fake

[@tamarakennedy4976]

@@bv2745 No,....it is not....it really isnt....and there are people who feel and see things to a greater degree and no it isnt fake. Our brains are well most of us are only using 5% of our brain capacity to function...we are capable of so much more and some of us are using more some by choice and others who are just born this way. No choices.

[@Angie12278]

@@bv2745 according to who you? You make that the determination for every one? I didnt get that memo. But be blessed anyway. My faith is mine and if i choose to share just like you can share your opinion no matter how ignorant.

[@jamiep7322]

I agree it's a gift from the Lord but I pray she knows I know who he is and she uses it the right way to lay hands and pray

[@chloereeve1199]

This reminds me of the last episode of black mirror

[@sarahmarshall9787]

Chloe Reeve SAME

[@jamiewilson4479]

Right!

[@NouwaraMakeupLove]

Sameeeeeee

[@carries2613]

Chloe Reeve I just started watching and I wanted this... SAME 😂

[@juliocarter695]

Which episode is that?

[@nataliecangini9750]

My mother was a nurse and was told that she was to empathetic and cared to much for her patients to be a nurse. There was a little boy abandoned in the hospital by his mother, he had a cleft palette, webb feet and a dozen other problems, he was 6 and looked as if he was 3 and he couldn't talk but my mother was so affectionate to this little boy he used to smile and wiggle in his bed every time he saw her. She used to buy him toys, clothes and took him home for Christmas day so he wouldn't be left by his own over the holidays. No one would even look at him and other nurses used to ask my mother why she would even bother with him. When she started work into another ward she tried to find out what happened to him but the head nurse wouldn't tell her were the boy was. Still to this day we have his photos and she talkes about him.

[@ilypeep905]

She has SYNESTHESIA. Empathy and SYNESTHESIA are different. I have 4 types. Grapheme-color, ordinal linguistic personification, lexical-gustatory, and chromesthesia.

[@sheeransstardust8130]

I have it too! I hear in shapes and textures!

[@hoodpriestessphilosophy7669]

Science only admits spiritual gifts exist to steal them and take credit???

[@meganhoward8820]

Is that like when i refer to numbers as shapes? Like lego blocks

[@tamarakennedy4976]

@@hoodpriestessphilosophy7669 what does that even mean? Science tries to steal credit for peoples spiritual gifts? Im asking in a curious kind intent.not sarcastic or mean spirited. I am always searching for answers. Please reply at your earliest opportunity I appreciate and value the time you have taken to read this question. Have a wonderful day. Namaste.

[@floridagirl386]

@@sheeransstardust8130 did you have any struggles in grade school? Im having my 8 year old studied.

[@HopeElayne]

I am so validated in what I’ve been saying for years about feeling others emotions. THIS is why I avoid being around so many people and negative people. I know all too well that electric tingle the nurse is explaining, that goes down the spine.

[@maddietillem6778]

This must be so hard to live with. I'm a super-sensitive, empathic person and I have to stay away from the news. People always tell me to be less oblivious and to actually learn about the crap in this world. I've gotten better, but it's still hard. it's amazing how this woman chose a job where she knew she would be in pain all the time. This is dedication.

[@BOOShawny]

I think i’m a pretty sensitive empath as well. It’s overwhelming. Being around certain people, anyone for too long, or anybody with negative energy drains me to literal exhaustion. The minute i’m by myself it’s instant tranquility. Unfortunately that can have an affect on relationships with people. But I love that my mind has always been open and accepting of the spiritual aspect of life. There’s so much more than what we can see or understand. The energy that we are created with is the same energy creating this universe. We are one. Start taking notice of your vibrational-energies

[@annomaly751]

Shawny Boo do you have any protection tips for other empaths? Would be much appreciated it’s pretty horrible :/

[@Roni-Jo942]

Anne, I sleep with salt water under my bed, I carry stones. I meditate.

[@tamarakennedy4976]

Your comment made me cry...i am literally sobbing i just wrote a comment above and i swear ive never felt so validated in my entire fricken life holy cow, this is a long awaited much needed so appreciated comment...you are a blessing to this universe and if you ever wondered if your light ever helped anyone i am writing you now to make sure that you fully understand that out of 7.4 trillion people on this earth, i was led and guided to be answered today this moment by ypur comment given with a loving kind validation and a shared gift a shared like minded spirit and loving soul you are my sister and i am your sister as well..i cannot thank you enough for your unselfish giving generosity and vulnerability to stay true to yourself and your purpose you are amazing and i am eternally grateful for this validation that you sent me a stranger but also my sister lol. Thank you you really have no idea how huge your message has helped save me. Thank you Namaste sister...Namaste. we are the change this world can become if everyone would begin being loving kind and true to their goodness within their souls this world would be harmonious.no starvation no war no hate..just love light and unity. Sending you a loving embrace and respect for the courage and strength you walk in daily. Your light has truly made my journey so much clearer where i was begining to grow weary and unable to feel connected or validated. The universe guided me here to read your comment. Thank you. NAMASTE🌐✌🏼🕊

[@PaLuck]

She isn't an empath she has synesthesia it's an actual medical condition

[@phyto.sapien4022]

Saying blue right before she did made me freak out. I thought I was crazy!! Literally started crying.

[@kritikasampleone7457]

What doea that mean 3 is blue?

[@paulinafelix5567]

Nooo 3 is green

[@lindsay8003]

The point wasn’t about visualizing the same color, you can see whatever color

[@InkPen91]

3 is orange a is red and 7 is green

[@KateFrancis-dv5gz]

That's right! Exactly the same for me!

[@meh4972]

Shes an empath

[@shonaharris9328]

yourmom6 She is. It’s good to see this in the mainstream media.

[@suras8984]

Yea I def have this.... I always knew I was empathic but I didnt know they found a medical term for this... always thought it was a spiritual term

[@merhipsyhealing9467]

I literally was thinking the same thing. Like....this is a person who only understands literal, tangible, and medical explanations for things who cannot accept a spiritual explanation of her experience.

[@jalex5808]

@@merhipsyhealing9467 so.... Proof? Lol

[@michellei9662]

No, it is far more than just having empathy... did you even listen to her? She said she sees colors when she thinks of numbers... unless you're on LSD that is not normal. Lol

[@angleo395]

Yes, empath. It is a blessing and a curse. I can feel people's emotions right when the come in a door, and i become their pain. I am immediately their best friend and can correspond to their emotional level at that moment. Over the years it has slowly taken a toll on my body (called empath sickness) and i have liver (toxic processor) and immune issues. I do consider it my calling in life to help others in their time of pain, physical or mental. The anguish is so real.

[@tsuobachi]

I'm in the same position and I've found that castor oil packs help with the liver issue and eating OMAD (one meal a day) and regular fasting help enormously with the immune side of things, as does grounding/being outside every day. Stay strong and do your best to be kind to your body so you can help as many as possible without having to overburden yourself. :)

[@alimohammond6323]

me, it hard for me to hang out with any body, I'm a loner cause of it, o get real sick from other people emotion!

[@michellei9662]

This is NOT just empathy, a LOT of people have that. She has Synthesia. Did you people not even watch the video?

[@BellaBaileyVito]

This is pretty amazing that they use their gift to help people. God bless.

[@paulaOyeah]

Ooh! I have MTS, too! A psychologist diagnosed me as being hyper sensitive, though. I have other kinds of synesthesia, too, though. I can hear light, and several other “tricks.” It’s awesome to see this covered! 😁👍 I also have Asperger’s Syndrome, but wasn’t diagnosed until I was 38. Many people on The Spectrum have synesthesia. 😊

[@chrisanshaunagracie4217]

Well this actually a gift from the Lord, so I'm not sure lol what big words these are but this is actually a gift from the Lord I hope she see it as that

[@floridagirl386]

@Appen Zeller so correct. It sure does!

[@YWFilmProductions]

How do you hear light, isn’t light a visual sense?

[@LeMarais88]

I find it interesting that you have both Aspergers and MTS 😮

[@hannahmartin489]

I have a friend like this. She is an empath. I didn’t know about it until we had a class together. We are in the advanced theatre group at our school, and later that day we were getting the callback list later in the next class. I was terrified and asked to go to the bathroom and in there I had a panic attack. She could sense something was wrong, and when I came back she asked why I had had a panic attack. She said she could feel my inner turmoil and that I was incredibly anxious. She is amazing and we are still great friends.

[@paradisecolors]

I am a counsellor, and I feel this way. I didn't know it can have such a scientific valid explanation. It is helpful for my clients that I understand them deeply, but it is often very overwhelming for myself.

[@CrystalTwinStar]

This is empathy. I have it. I cant watch violence. I can't handle screaming...etc etc. Why give it a medical name? Next they'll be calling it mental illness and wanting to give somebody a pill to "cure" it. Its a GIFT!

[@marikiemarie7622]

Crystal of Twin Flames Enterprises agreed. It's silly. It's just being more sensitive than others. My brother was in a car rollover in 2005. He was paralyzed. My body felt that way. Just numb and heavy. It's just sympathy pains.

[@MakeMoreMusicOk]

Same here. I dont advertise it. People know that I like it quiet and am super sensitive. Walking thru a hospital ward is overwhelming so I rarely do it.

[@danalewis9240]

No this is actually a different response than empathy. Many people have empathy, thank goodness. That is taught. This is rare.

[@ritahkalule5294]

Same here I feel the same way

[@Cillana]

This is different than empathy. I have it too. Recently I was watching tv and the main character was shot twice. I felt a sharp pain in those same locations (but mirrored, his left, my right, etc.) at that same moment. I usually just have the pain in the pit of my stomach. I started looking into it after that and learned about MTS. I realized I had the touch sensation too (not just pain) but it is not as noticeable.

[@deer105]

This is why some children are born with the ability to see auras.

[@jessier1219]

What do you mean? :) As someone who has mirror-touch, as well as used to be able to see auras as a kid.. I'm very curious

[@sanchez1189]

Omg that’s me I literally feel the energy in places especially homes or parties i can feel the negative energy or vibes it’s hard to explain! I’ve always told people I can and they look at me strange now when he mentioned it it confirmed it, how crazy!

[@annomaly751]

Sylvia do you have any tips clear energy in a home or other space? Thnx!

[@sydneydunkle4471]

I read the title and it reminded me of the doctor from “Black Museum” from the show Black Mirror😂

[@zestythefox2395]

At 1:32 , I realized that I am exactly like her. Every time I see old people or people with weak arms or legs, I get that exact feel. This weird sensation really freaks me out, and this showed me that im not alone. I asked my father about it and he said he knew the exact feeling.

[@joseurvina5547]

Its not science. Its the power of empathy!!! YOU WERE GIFTED THE POWER OF EMPATHY!!!

[@masterofrecipe8092]

Explain why people without spiritual or religious beliefs can experience this too? Why would these atheists feel such things? It's simply something that us as humans have not fully understood in the realm of science. People used to believe sickness was punishment from god until science proved it wrong.

[@helencarmichael6760]

I agree with you..

[@hoodpriestessphilosophy7669]

I'm so annoyed! Oh my god. Thank you. 😂

[@theadventuresofrachelandav6540]

She's superhuman ! Whole nother level of compassion. How amazing

[@coolchoicebro]

Imagine how many of us have gifts that people don't believe

[@JillianNoelle]

It’s gotta be helpful when patients can’t describe how there feeling

[@saraarms195]

She is an empath. It’s where you feel the feelings and emotions and pain of others around you. It is a very real thing, how perfect for her to be a nurse. It must be challenging though because to be empathic is a very distracting thing.

[@kaistockman6443]

I have this. I can’t feel the same spot as a person but I get sharp shooting pains through my body when I see other people in pain or blood or something. It even happens with myself. This year I cut my finger really bad and it really really hurt but I had worst shooting pain throughout my body. Even if I remember seeing someone injured it happens like her. Or watching tv and movies and seeing things I feel pain.

[@nikitasharma9708]

Yes, same!! I cut myself a few days back and I felt like I was about to pass out. I am not even scared of needles yet everytime I get a shot or a piercing I pass out. When I see people in pain my lower abdomen drops n I feel pain my vaginal area. It's soo weird I thought I had some nuerological problem.

[@nikitasharma9708]

dumbdumb902 STFU

[@beraudmusic]

I think this happens to everyone

[@shanii9017]

I literally just type in "people that can feel other person's pain" because I was just watching a guy who got a transplant hands and along the stitch line that's on one of the hand I'm having the pain in my hand..sigh ...I have had these experiences when I was small to where if someone said/ or i see a person with a bellyache I could feel it too

[@kaistockman6443]

I was wrong I have felt it in the same spot as somebody. And sometimes I can tell if it’s still hurting or not.

[@dianasaldivar212]

This explains si much !!! Thank you !!!

[@Roni-Jo942]

There are so many of us out there that are blessed to have multiple gifts.

[@Ehlaar]

I wish there was more of her out there with a desire to work within the healthcare field

[@Danipieee]

This is just normal and logical to me. All humans have this ability, but we have been shut off to it. We are energetic beings in a world made of vibration. It’s not that shocking to start waking up to these possibilities if we are evolved enough or aware enough. Some people might think that’s weird hippie new age talk, but it’s science. We haven’t figured everything out yet as a species. We have a lot to learn and discover.

[@rexseckel1231]

Ty. ok

[@inspireresilience6413]

I totally agree we all have it but many have been tainted with so much toxicity like first poison flouride in water which calcifies the pineal gland aka third eye which associated with our higher senses&supernatural gifts. also vaccines with aluminum, murcery dna cells from monkeys&so other junk that alters our DNA the list goes on like chemtrails, chemical spraying on foods&toxic man made processed junk foods&drinks, sadly all this dumbing down to many who don't really know&just eat up all what's pushed on us to be okay&normalize it are like zombies unawaken because there truly unaware&don't want to believe what's being encouraged for us to consume is really all that bad but that's when science, statistics &studies has to come in &show what's really going on with proof of this agenda21 movement to a sick sad world smh which is barbaric speaking of barbaric there's been studies with prison inmates who all improved their mental health behavior all in taking out meat which says alot especially if studies show the same in students at school that eliminates high bad behaviors.

[@raven77737]

I do not believe that all human beings have the capabilities to be empathic ..There are mental pathologies that render certain people unable to feel empathy even on a basic level .They are known as psychopaths.

[@im6star313]

@@inspireresilience6413 No fluoride saves your teeth and in the water now a. days it is illegal to have it on such a concentration that it lowers your iq

[@jasminilani7839]

unrelated but you are so beautiful

[@nattyrocberry]

What a great segment! I find it interesting that I stumbled across this. I have been feeling like I have a different type of I guess ability and I started noticing it more and more as I get older that I can feel certain things from people who still point that I’ve learned to find comfort in being by myself when she said how exhausted she is being around other people I felt that I understood what she meant but I think all of us empaths are on a spectrum it’s cool to know that we are out there and that there are others like us.

[@Gingermycat]

It's called a empath and many people have it! I have it and it's overwhelming but also a great gift!

[@ariajaydesalt]

I don’t see colours. I’m sensitive to noise, but what probably affects me the most is that I feel people’s emotions physically.

[@krystinarossi5976]

It’s all great being hypersensitive to everything and everyone until it’s Borderline Personality Disorder.

[@artsyfartsy091]

Krystina Rossi can relate

[@mollygabrielle]

Relatable as heck

[@tamarakennedy4976]

LOL OH MY GOSH HILLARIOUS AND TRUE...THATS WHAT PEOPLE WHO DONT HAVE IT WISH THEY DID HAVE IT OR ARE FRIGHTENED BY IT TO THOSE WHO ARE FRIGHTENED BY IT I SAY...IT SCARES YOU? YOU? TRY BEING ME FOR A DAY? TERRIFYING SOMETIMES SEEING AND FEELING THE MOST AHHHHHHH NO NO NO NO HOLY CRAP KIND OF THINGS I SEE DAILY..YES...MAKES US FEEL NUTS. CALL IT WHAT U WANT IF U THINK IT FREAKS U OUT TRY BEING ONE OF US JUST FOR A DAY.,,LOL..

[@deefee701]

I totally agree. I'm trying to tell a friend that he's highly sensitive person, like me, but his psych tells him he's got BPD.

[@thesage3081]

🤣

[@MyLady22]

I was scared of this. I was just thinking about it today. How am I ever going to be a nurse when I feel everyone’s pain? Last week we went to the ER and the people in the room next to us cried out a very painful wail like they were losing someone that instant and I about bursted into tears. My bf has to talk to me so I couldn’t hear it but I couldn’t stop feeling drawn to their pain.

[@oh_kale_yeah1199]

I love how they gave a scientific name to being an Empath!! 😂😂🤗

[@michellei9662]

Uhmm did you watch the video...? Because this is FAR more than just being an empath...

[@raven77737]

I'm so amazed this many people recognized she was an empath by her explanation of her abilities .I was wondering why they now have a clinical name for it . Amazed they did not categorize it as a mental disorder.

[@raven77737]

All empaths are different and perceive things accordingly

[@brie2606]

Well it has to do with extra connections in the brain.. the somatoscencery cortex.. aka there is science behind the condition therefore it gets a scientific name... You get diagnosed with a condition/ disease/ etc.. science research discovers the causes and so they name it. This is normal.

[@thestonemasyn6932]

Well this is mich more than ebing an empath. She can loterally feel their pain. If i tore my leg apart and she was standing next to me, she could feel it literally

[@insertcreativenamehere7571]

I have synesthesia too, but only with numbers, and letters, as well as feelings/emotions. Not pain tho 🤷‍♀️ some people see different things for food and days and songs and it’s very cool to see how other people process things as well as myself. Also, my aunt and my sister have synesthesia and mom had it too.

[@cora_kathlena]

It’s called being an empath. If there wasn’t a scientific name people would say she was mad.

[@hoodpriestessphilosophy7669]

I'm sooooo annoyed. I really am. Been an empath who senses, hears thoughts, and feels, often taking on others physical symptoms, my whole life and now science is claiming this woman is some rare unicorn? Give. Me. A. Break.

[@Holly-ml3kk]

Mirror touch synesthesia is different from empathy, empathy is an emotional experience but with MTS you can quite literally feel others physical pain from disease or injuries (which you’re right it CAN make a person highly empathetic)

[@aribanks403]

Alisha Archuleta it is something that is rare. Being a true empathy is rare

[@BE-bk1tb]

Everyday Kathlena She is mad.

[@msmsa520]

It’s such a relief to see that i’m not alone. I’ve been feeling others’ pain since childhood, now that i’m almost 30 it’s at its worst. Physically feeling others’ pain is so exhausting. I can’t look at anyone remotely in pain or uncomfortable. My dad almost sliced off his finger with slapping door and the moment i saw his finger, my finger hurts from the same spot. Not just family but other beings too. Sponging others’ pain makes me depressed 24:7.

[@judyfleming6269]

I feel for her and understand exactly what she's going through. I've lived with it all my life. After a while, you feel so much from so many people that you "lose" yourself. When I feel people's emotions, it's like they are my own. My ex husband finally asked me one day "When do you get to be you?" Because when I feel these emotions, I almost "become" them. I believe my mother was like this. It's very draining and so I tend to stay away from larger groups of people.

[@trinityreisinger9183]

This happens to me too, but I never thought anything of it

[@S0dap0pb0ttle]

Wow, it's amazing that we can scientifically analyze this!

[@chrisanshaunagracie4217]

Pray for these people that hurt

[@sheilamalone3453]

WOW! I had no idea that anything like this existed it's totally awesome!

[@barfingcoyote210]

I have never talked about this with anyone . I thought something was wrong with me . No one would believe me and even worse laugh at me and tag me to everyone as a weirdo .But I stumbled on to this vid . Ive seen and "felt" things that can not be explained away as coincidence/ over active imagination.I dont "feel" it unless my attention has fallen on a subject , no matter how fleeting or slight. Internal malady (some)and orthopedic (mostly)Mental/emotional distress (alot) and impairment (some). .I dont see any use for it . I've had it all my life (+60yrs) . If I do post this , I'll likely take it down and just put it back "on the shelf".

[@sleepybb8781]

I hear you

[@vanessaellis7289]

I'M A BORN EMPATH...I ALSO SEE HEAR AND FEEL SPIRITS... MY EARLIEST MEMORY IS AT 4.... I HAD TO GO THUR AND GET OVER SO MUCH.. AND I KNOW THIS WON'T STOP.. I CAN'T CONTROL IT... I HAVE FOUND A FEW WAYS TO TEMPORARY BLOCK THINGS BUT I CAN'T STOP IT..

[@katrinkasanfranciscobayare7364]

It's like how people say "I had a gut feeling" And then be right about it

[@riaa-c]

It's great that people with additional abilities like synesthesia work in jobs that provide purpose and meaning. I love what they do, it's inspiring. I don't have any ability like that but I would want to think I am considerate or empathetic enough to understand what people close to me are going through and help them out. We're using a fraction of our brain's capabilities, amazing what else we can do if only people cared more for each other.

[@celestialcircledance]

They never got to the part where he describes what death feels like . Can't wait to buy the book !

[@kathyaudreegenemorris3659]

I have the same experience. I’m an Empath with a lifepath of 33! I feel others pain and emotions

[@cindywhittaker3003]

I have this! If my kids had an injury I feel it literally through my spine a jolt. I can sense peoples emotions also.

[@margaretashton2693]

Wow! I have grapheme-color synesthesia and spatio-temporal synesthesia, but this woman is on another level. I already can feel a bit overwhelmed at times, so I can only imagine how she must feel.

[@eva-lottakastilanezer7112]

I have mirror touch synesthesia too. It is nice to have an explanation for what I experience. I also have something that maybe connected. I am an artist and when I draw portraits I feel the people, faces, bodies I am drawing as if they were me or real physical beings.

[@valentinacardona173]

wow so an amazing , beautiful and important gift. Specially for a nurse ! it would be so useful if every doctor and nurse could literally feel what their patient is feeling

[@jusdubzzz]

This is utterly fascinating. I'm off to read this book.

[@JamItOut44]

i get this behind my knees when i see people or animals hurt, i never knew how to describe it

[@hatachikoi-chickasawnation6711]

Wow! So that's the official terminology for this. Dang! I have that with animals.

[@erniepetrus2103]

same. i feel it less with people but more with animals.

[@hatachikoi-chickasawnation6711]

Hi Ernie :) Me too. I try not to delve into human energy because some of them are really dark.....but I do feel others pain and sometimes I can even take their pain away if I concentrate and the conditions are right, but it works best with animals and I'm ok with that :)

[@beatemueller7830]

That’s so interesting. Do you say you physically feel what they are going through? I’ve always been convinced I could tell how they feel and even what they think sometimes, but never has it affected my own body or emotions. I’ve trained and re-trained many horses that were dangerous and unpredictable to other people, and been able to touch wildlife including birds since I was a child. Like you said you can take their pain away sometimes, l feel I can do that with fear and especially anger, but they have to make eye contact for it.

[@hatachikoi-chickasawnation6711]

@Beate Mueller. Hi :D We would make a great team with animals. Like you, I can take away their emotional pain. That's awesome you work with horses. I would love an opportunity to do that. I think animals respond to our energy.

[@hoodpriestessphilosophy7669]

And people. And plants. And inanimate objects, but who cares if science can't give it a proper name and place in the world?

[@hbzspapool5]

I've watched over a hundred of megyn Kelly's videos and this truly resonates with the ability I've known my whole life.. I'm about to turn 34 on the 21st of this month and not until I survived domestic abuse and almost being murdered by my high school sweetheart that we spent 12 years together..that I decided to explore beyond Christian religion that I realized I had premonitions and,saw a,wonderful lady that helped me understand that not only did I have this but new husband and my miracle baby almost 3 a half now....😇.. But her biological father also has similar abilities...this has made me finally want to subscribe...!!! I would adore reading this book

[@mirandacarpenter2117]

This is very overwhelming! I have intense feeling as if I'm experiencing their pain!

[@KateFrancis-dv5gz]

It is horrible isn't it?

[@KaylaBuhdayla]

“Watch a little Cinemax”. I’m dyyying 🤣😂🤣

[@roseannheckel4800]

This is IN SANE, I SWEAR I CAN FEEL OTHER PEOPLES PAIN not accually the exact pain but similar I offer get scared nervous n now as adult I’m depressed a lot - I didn’t even know this existed

[@usaresident8181]

Oh my goodness. I was wondering if there is anyone else out there who has this. It has been a part of my life since the early '90's. I had prayed that God would help me to have empathy for others. I'll tell you what. He answers prayer. Not only has He put in me the feeling of physical pain as a gut-wrenching feeling in the pit of my stomach, but He also gave me the ability to feel the same emotions that others are going through. If someone loses a loved on, I feel absolute loss and heartache. If someone is thrilled because they learned they finally conceived a baby after years of infertility, I feel the same overwhelming and absolute joy. I wanted to be a nurse very badly, but this extra "sense" that God has put in me would make it impossible for me to not break down. As hard as it can sometimes be, I am so very thankful for this thing He has put in me called mirror-touch synesthesia. I had no idea there was an actual name for it.

[@boldandbolder4728]

This is awesome. I do that, too, and I always wondered why I did that.

[@gabriellunoch6346]

As medical professionals this could be used as a great tool to help diagnose hard cases.

[@ryanblack3285]

I always thought everyone could feel other peoples emotions. I'm glad I cannot often feel other ppls physical pain, for I have a lot of my own.

[@suhugo9546]

Wow so this is what I have

[@melissareeder99]

I know someone who can do this but then can also heal the problem. She is amazing.

[@SuperValaVala]

OMG... she is so compassionate.. for many people with this ability, they would rather cut off/ try not to feel other people's pain just so it makes their own life easier.

[@nickroth593]

This is so true, I feel the pain of others in ways that are so hard to explain. Being a empth is so hard sometimes. This video alone had me in tears because I understand how hard it is for people! We are warriors! Stay strong and remember love wins!

[@metsasusi9807]

I have the same thing, but I never thought it has a name or it is anything special. I thought everyone feels it.

[@trishthedishluna]

I have this!!! I have extensive brain surgery. Mine is different but seeing this makes me feel much better!

[@mindmatters2922]

All me!! Sensitive to spirits too..very hard..

[@tranquilambiance1751]

Erm..... I thought everyone felt this....

[@shonaharris9328]

Umm Osayd No this is rare and a special gift.

[@tranquilambiance1751]

Shona Harris wow I must be gifted. But I don't think so. That spine pulling feeling happened to most people when they see someone else injured because they imagine it happening to themselves. Or if it's your child or someone you love it's like it's being done to you.

[@happycamper6888]

Gift? No, condition and disability.

[@shonaharris9328]

Umm Osayd That must be difficult to feel that on a physical level. I think many do on some level. I feel it with pain like a phantom limb or nerve pinch. But it’s always brief for a moment. Some people can rise above it, go beyond it objectively. It would be difficult to feel it acutely.

[@shonaharris9328]

Happy Camper Depends. These people rose above it and use it to treat sick people.

[@keepitglasy]

ever since I was a kid I knew there was something a little bit different about me but could never put it into words. I hated being around people who were ill, I hated passing ambulances or going into a building where there were paramedics, I would see someone cry on TV and cry I would almost mimic what I was seeing, subconsciously. It wasn't until about a year and a half ago that I heard the word Empath and it was described to me. I started doing research & everything finally made sense. All of the puzzle pieces were coming together. Hearing that word for the first time changed my life. Everything I felt as a child that I couldn't explain or put into words, i now understood. I started understanding why I felt certain ways about certain people or in certain places, etc. I was told that it is a blessing and a curse. Currently I feel like it is more of a curse than a blessing. I feel other people's emotions as my own and sometimes don't even realize it. It is very overwhelming. I'm still learning how to use this "power" without it negatively affecting me. I can mentally understand how it is a blessing but have yet had the chance to really experience the full benefits of it. These two people are 100% empaths, just with other extreme abilities alongside it.

[@KateFrancis-dv5gz]

I am the same. I hate it. I passed out twice because of it. It is very hard.

[@donnamyers2025]

Wished all doctors and nurses could do this .

[@kelseyjanae1]

Highly empathic.

[@-praiiise807]

I don't know if this counts for anything but I've been curious for awhile whenever I read something about someone being sad my chest starts hurting also if I see someone I can tell what mood their in if their sad I normally feel like I'm about to cry even if it has nothing to do with me.

[@emilyluther6482]

She's amazing, after seeing what her brother went through it made her want to help others, sometimes you find out what your meant to do In the hardest times

[@burculemanyavuz4810]

She is so gifted 😍

[@meganslonksnis7067]

That's incredible.

[@ruthannk.4662]

Weird I have that I know if something going to go wrong. When my kids are sick OT injured and I knew yellow before she said that...

[@adriee1000]

*I remember when I was little kid about 7 or 8 years if I heard a baby cry I would cry too*

[@sarahlynn9668]

Adriee Xo I think that is normal

[@chelseacooper117]

Me too

[@christinemerritt974]

I have that too. I thought that is what a mother and nurse is supposed to feel.

[@tigersteele9552]

WHAT AN AMAZING PERSON!!!! SHE IS ADORABLE!!!

[@auntmandii285]

I wish I could meet her so one person wouldn't think I'm crazy

[@KateFrancis-dv5gz]

It is hard isn't it?

[@M_K_M_K_M_K]

3 IS blue :-)

[@jaydee635]

To me 1 is white, 2 is grey, 3 is light yellow, 4 is bright yellow, 5 is blue, six is green. Has been my whole life. I used to think that these colours and numbers were 'stored' next to each other in my brain, if that makes any sense..

[@paulinafelix5567]

To me 1 is white, 2 is yellow, 3 is GREEN, 4 is pink, 5 is red, 6 is green as well Wow I never knew this happened to other people I thought I was crazy

[@analopez-mk8oe]

You are Blessed 🙏❤️🙏

[@Perfecc101]

I too am an empath but also feel that exact sensation she describes. Ofc you feel their sadness and pain as an empath, but when you visually see the injury you feel a drop in your stomach and then you physically feel the actual pain. It’s another level. It’s not only emotions you sense like other situations in everyday life, but feel it physically shoot through your own body. If you have ever felt it, you know it’s different.

[@rvandenburg8360]

Mirror-touch synesthesia, the fancy name for 'empath'

[@michellei9662]

This is FAR more than that. Do some research.

[@Roni-Jo942]

It's funny to me how they put medical terminology on God's gifts

[@hoodpriestessphilosophy7669]

But said with respect instead of disdain, so we can all clap now.

[@PaLuck]

Synesthesia is an actual condition and has many types like people see numbers as colors and can see concepts like time projected around them or can even taste sounds. Please read about it.

[@beltop5]

It’s called psychic proclivities. It’s her frontal lobe and pineal gland. I would guess that she often feels these sensations even before she sees the injuries or is informed what they are.

[@alannahcantu12]

beltop5 up

[@josiewhite8208]

That doesn't make sense from the interpretation given in the video, or their descriptions of it. It's described as mirror-touch synesthesia. It's sounds like they have to see it to feel it.

[@chrysopelea9418]

My mirror-touch synesthesia is more oriented toward physical feelings rather than emotional feelings. This is pretty cool to see mirror-touch vary through different people.

[@ellenmagin7213]

Omg. I can too. And I’m a nurse as well. I need to be in touch w her!

[@feranmiadeniyi1884]

She's kind of like Mantis from Gaurdians of the Galaxy

[@lindsayshour]

I think the problem with her condition is that she might not know when the pain is really hers or she is just feeling the pain from others!

[@kausamsalam8543]

Lindsay K yes, agreed

[@KateFrancis-dv5gz]

Exactly!

[@babytay9269]

wow never knew this was an actual thing. I deff have synesthesia. only emotional, not the touch! crazy. so glad I stumbled upon this video! 💜

[@nicoleholder2314]

I have been experiencing this all my life