6th Sense, Paranormality..... and Sympathy Pains?

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David Abram writes about medicine and magic, an unlikely combination to the Western eye, but one that is highly valued in many other cultures around the world. As it happens, I started reading this book last week while in the ER with my girlfriend, who had just broken her foot.

So that happened to her last Tuesday night, and on Thursday morning, I started feeling kinda crappy. By Friday night I had a fever which lasted through the weekend. Overall, this was in no way a pleasant experience for either of us. It was painful for her to walk and she was greatly restricted to what she could do, and I was stuck in bed, the usual effects of a fever. But as miserable as we both were, it was a surprisingly enjoyable weekend to be together. We took care of each other constantly, watch movies, listened to music, and just rested.

Who knows, it's possible that my getting sick was some mystical connection to her, and that it was in some way, a way for us to further spend time together and to be able to relate to each other in another way. Have you ever experienced some kind of sympathy pain, or been able to feel the pain of someone else close to you?

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