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I've just watched the real life documentary called 'Bully' and I feel incredibly bad for the kid called 'Alex' in the film, every time I think about it, it makes me sad that he went through that.
Is it normal to feel that way over a documentary?
And I've realised this is sort of a stupid question, but I thought I would ask anyway.
i got bullied by a group of adults, doctors! they did great harm. Bullying sucks and I hate bullies...they not only hurt you, they steal your dignity
yes its normal. those kinds of shows, especially non-fiction can be very powerful.
This is relevant, and reading it genuinely scarred me despite it being so simple and short. Something about it really got to me, and it made me want to cry for the poor person who made it. I just felt incredibly sorry for them, and my empathy centre went into overdrive. Even posting it now, I can't make myself read it. I just... can't. Nothing usually gets to me like this did. It isn't even anything objectively much more horrifying than I'd expect to see on the site I saw it (PostSecret.com). It shook me up so much more than I expected it too.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UsItZyv5WG0/UOjrldwz-KI/AAAAAAAAXBo/jd5WsCd8n2A/s1600/eyes2.jpg
So yeah, it's incredibly normal and hopefully healthy to feel sorry for people who have been bullied.
This does seem like a question that everyone would answer a single way but yes, it is normal, just as you're thinking. Then again, you have people like the Zangief Kid who stood up for himself and earned a name for himself in the process.