06 MIRROR-PAIN & TRAUMA with Aurore Dupont-Sagorin

This weeks guest is the French filmmaker & journalist Aurore Dupont-Sagorin. Aurore has mirror-pain-synesthesia, a form of synesthesia that puts empathy to an extreme. Watching other people or movie character's getting hurt leads to her feeling that same pain in her own body. So fascinating!! We also hear from Prof Jamie Ward from the University of Sussex on synesthesia research and the connection to mental health problems such as PTSD. BBC Reel wit Aurore: https://www.bbc.co.uk/reel/video/p0f0vzk2/mirror-touch-synaesthesia-feeling-other-people-s-pain Reach out to Aurore: Instagram: @justawildkid Website: www.sunnyclap.com Reach out to Maike: Instagram/TikTok: @synesthes_a Website: synesthesia.at E-Mail: synesthes_a@outlook.com

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What is it like to live with different forms of synaesthesia? What do we know about synaesthesia from a scientific point of view? For this podcast Maike Preissing, psychologist & synaesthesia artist, invited synaesthetes from all around the world to tell their story. In season one we will hear from world-leading scientists, artists, musicians, book authors and neurodivergent people to learn about the beauty and burden of having a uniquely wired brain. If you want to connect, please reach out Instagram: @maikepreissing @synaesthes_a www.maikepreissing.com www.synesthesia.at