Is it normal for me to feel pain when hearing about other people's pain?

I have sympathy pains. It isn't the kind that happens when your partner is pregnant and you feel their pain, since I am not married or in any sort of long term relationship. Instead, either when hearing someone describe some sort of painful event or injury, when seeing some sort of disability that affects the way someone's body looks (like sirenomelia or Proteus syndrome) or when seeing some sort of injury, I feel pain in my shins and feet, mostly around my joints and bizarrely enough my bones. Sometimes it gets bad enough to where I can't stand without feeling like my legs are about to collapse. Is this normal? Do other people also feel this sort of sympathy pains?

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Based on 6 votes (4 yes)
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  • paulgonzales86

    Hi,
    Psychology says when you imagine yourself in other situations its called an empath. Naturally, there are two types of an empath is there 1)emotional empath 2) physical empath. In emotional empath, peoples feel other problems in ourselves. You feel other feelings by physical closeness like touching. Sometimes empath also leads to growing your anger and it is normal.

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    • lumberlyactions

      Thank you, this was a very helpful reply!

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  • TheBlindInquisitor

    I don't think you would like me that much.

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  • sissycakes

    wow. i have never heard of this. must be a sweet person. i do feel bad when stuff like this happens and think what if it was me, but my body is not harmed by it just my sensibilities.

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  • WeirdGuyFromTheSouth

    Yeah I dont like to see snuff films or bone breaking videos because of that

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  • brutus

    It get pains in my head when i see an animal suffering.

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    • WeirdGuyFromTheSouth

      Really? When I see an animal in pain it gives me a major stiffy

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      • brutus

        Not cool man. Not cool.

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        • WeirdGuyFromTheSouth

          True...

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  • Ummitsstillme

    Yeah, it's called being an empath

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