Physical Empathy

Hello, I don’t experience this but I think it is called mirror touch synesthesia. This article may be useful:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/13a3affc-839d-4743-a5aa-738f9c8a6615

A lot of neurodivergent people experience a type of synesthesia, for example when I hear words or days of the week they have different colours and shapes.

Thanks for this article, I didn't know this phenomenon had a name.

When I see someone hurt I feel the same pain. For this reason I have never understood fighting sports like boxing or MMA, which for me are very unpleasant to watch and I avoid them.

I also never understood why people enjoy these "fail" videos where someone hurts themselves. They were very popular when I was a teenager. People seemed to find them funny, but I experience the physical pain of the person in the video, so it's unpleasant for me.

Thanks for this article, I didn't know this phenomenon had a name.

When I see someone hurt I feel the same pain. For this reason I have never understood fighting sports like boxing or MMA, which for me are very unpleasant to watch and I avoid them.

I also never understood why people enjoy these "fail" videos where someone hurts themselves. They were very popular when I was a teenager. People seemed to find them funny, but I experience the physical pain of the person in the video, so it's unpleasant for me.

Oh Yh I remember the whole fail trend back when I was a teenager too. I think what you said is the reason I only really tended to play video games like Pokemon and Mario even as a young adult because it was only cartoon violence. In my recent years I’ve kind of been able to embrace this synesthesia as almost a form of virtual reality though. Like it can give me an insane adrenaline rush and make me feel so alive. I can kind of do a similar thing with sensory overloads in general. Like going into an arcade feels insane for me because of all the lights, colours and sounds but if I kind of embrace the madness It kind of feels amazing. Of course I can’t think and I can only take so much but at least it has some positives to it. It would be the same if I went to a concert or night club.