Is it normal to be able to experience how your family member is feeling?

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I have told my brother who I'm not close to that if he ever needs to talk then I am here for him since he has PTSD from war years ago... I am not exceptionally close to him so it's not just because we are family. I did this by giving him a letter and when I went home, an hour. Later I felt ashamed and angry and sadness and regret and self critical ness and it popped out of nowhere. I knew I was experiencing his own emotions in my body. How is this possible? Can anyone relate? It lasted about five minutes and died Down

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  • RoseIsabella
    10 years ago

    What you're describing sounds like self-doubt to me.

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  • Tommythecat.
    10 years ago

    What isabell said.

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  • college
    10 years ago

    I've heard of identical twins having something similar to this, but perhaps it can be shared between siblings that aren't twins as well. I've never felt something and thought I was feeling my bro's feelings instead of my own, but I've had many moments when my bro's and my thoughts and feelings were the same in a given situation (i.e. if he was expressing his opinion on something I could finish his sentence), more so than with anyone else.

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