I'm not sure if this makes any sense whatsoever, and it probably doesn't make any sense,but whenever I see or hear about someone being in pain, or suffering, I feel a sense of pain myself. Perhaps it's empathy? I think it's empathy, it's got to be empathy, images get burned in my mind and they don't go away, which is why I don't want to watch any news or see any videos of people being hanged or tortured, because those images will be running , I really don't know who is backing them up, because someone sure is. anyway, that's not the point, the point is I cannot watch those videos or watch the news, I know that people are being shot, killed, and tortured, watching it unravel on the news isn't going to make any difference, it will only make me sad and deperessed, and even sadder, when told, "No matter how sad you feel,you'll never really understand the pain they're going through," That's right I'll never feel what they are going through, and god forbid if I were to go throw any hardships they wouldn't be able to feel the extent of my pain either.