The story of Fiona
I was born with CMM also known as Congenital Mirror Movements or Bimanual Synkinesis. At the time, there was no explanation as to why my hands mirrored each other so I grew up with no treatments and no diagnosis. I did some research, joined Facebook groups for other people with the same condition. I finally had an answer 20 years later. I used to hide my non dominant hand because I was embarrassed by it, especially in school. Now I’m 26 and over the years, learned to live with it. It’s what makes me, me. It is painful to write things and do things sometimes but I deal with it. Rather than looking at the cons, I look at the pros. I mean, who else can mirror their writing or stir two hot drinks at the same time! It’s pretty cool and I’m embracing it. A rare disease I was embarrassed about, I can say I’m proud of.