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Mirror-Touch Synesthesia: "A rare condition causes Dr. Joel Salinas to experience other people's emotions and sensations." I knew from experience that this existed (and I have more common forms of synesthesia myself, predominantly grapheme-color), but I didn't know it had been given a name yet...

I wasn't sure whether to put this here with the other mood threads or in Games with the other song title threads, but here it is. What song title describes your current mood? I'll start with: "I Love the Winter Weather" - Jo Stafford

What have you been procrastinating on?

For those of you who've attended college/university, what is or was your major area of study?

A place to let others know what's going on in your life, good or bad. I remember last Christmas when my aunt died of cancer, I didn't say much about it in part because I wasn't sure where to mention it. A lot of times I miss what's going on with other members because posts about life events...

Warning: 'Hanging in there' is Destroying Your Health

The Agonizing Last Words of Programmer Bill Zeller

The Art of Presence by David Brooks, NYTimes. "...Victims of trauma experience days 'when you feel like a quivering, cowardly shell of yourself, when despair yawns as a terrible chasm, when fear paralyzes any chance for pleasure. This is just a fight that has to be won, over and over and over...

I learned about something called Post-Traumatic Embitterment Disorder last night. It is not yet a disorder, but a proposed disorder. What do you think of this kind of bitterness becoming a disorder? I don't deny that bitterness can affect people in this way, I've experienced it first-hand...

Cavey made me laugh, and also this video! =] [align=center][video=youtube]

Hi all! OctoPhoMo stands for October Photography Month. I used to post on another site that held this challenge annually (as well as DePhoMo, December Photography Month). That site is now closed, so I thought it might be fun to try it here, seeing as we have some people who enjoy taking...

What makes someone a boring person? I may be opening a can of worms here, but I've seen mention of "boring people" more than once on the forum lately, and this is curious to me. I myself have been called boring many times throughout my life. I have met a wide variety of people and I can...

I was wondering what people think of matchmaking as an alternative to meeting someone the standard way (online or otherwise). Would you ever hire a matchmaker, or have you (and what was your experience with it)? Would you like to see matchmaking become as accessible, affordable, and mainstream...

I've seen a lot of personality type threads around the forum, but not one for the Enneagram yet. Has anyone else taken an Enneagram test? The Quick & Painless Enneagram Test used to be found all over the internet, but has been removed most places, except here. It was surprisingly accurate for...

Seeing as there's so much relationship advice going around, I thought I would share this article I read yesterday. I know the title suggests the target audience is people who have been in a relationship for awhile, but I think it offers some sound general advice on how to approach a...

This is for people with OKCupid. OKCupid gives you a personality analysis in your profile based on how you answer questions about yourself. What does OKCupid say about you, and do you agree?

What's your current ringtone?