ELI5. Why do you feel itchy/stung when you are reading or hearing about someone else getting bitten/stung? It makes no sense to me!

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ELI5. Why do you feel itchy/stung when you are reading or hearing about someone else getting bitten/stung? It makes no sense to me!

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Empathy and pain are very very closely related.

When you see someone getting hurt you will “feel the pain” for them because of empathy.

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