Chicago Med (TV Series)

Mirror, Mirror (2017)

Rosie Benton: Laura Green

Quotes 

• Laura Green : What were you doing to my daughter?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : I was trying to confirm a diagnosis. Um... I... I want neurology to run some tests, but based on this and Ariel's history, I think that she has a condition called mirror touch synesthesia.

  Laura Green : What?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : It's a condition that... that causes her to experience the physical sensations and emotions of the people that she's interacting with as her own. My left knee hurts, Ariel feels it in her right. I slap my right cheek, she feels like her left is being slapped. She's mirroring me.

  Dr. Natalie Manning : Her stomach; she's responding to your ulcer, not imitating you. She's literally feeling your pain.

  Laura Green : Whoever heard of such a thing?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : It's a pretty recent discovery, the existence of these mirror neurons.

  Laura Green : Is there a cure?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Not yet, but there are... coping strategies we can teach her to help her manage her condition.

  Laura Green : [her cell phone buzzes]  Uh... I'm sorry, I... I have to get this.

  [answer the call as she leaves] 

  Laura Green : Yeah?

  Dr. Natalie Manning : I cannot believe this woman.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : How's that old saying go? You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it gaze at its own reflection.

• Laura Green : She can really feel the pain of everyone she sees?

  Dr. Natalie Manning : Yes.

  Laura Green : Oh, god. I can't imagine how hard this has been for her. I took her to every specialist. I... I did what the doctors told me to. I thought she was faking.

  Dr. Natalie Manning : There's no way you could have known.

  Laura Green : I am hurting my own daughter. How am I supposed to protect her from this if I'm part of the problem?

  Dr. Natalie Manning : It won't be easy. But... she feels what she sees. If she sees a happy person, she feels happiness. And if she sees someone who's constantly anxious...