Why do I get a physical feeling of what I can only describe as almost vertigo. I get a physical reaction when watching a video of someone getting hurt. Like when you watch a video of someone crashing their bike or falling off of a roof.
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Mirror Neurons are mostly responsible for this. In order to make sense of our environment, our brains will simulate other’s experiences in our own mind to understand what they are enduring. Some people have more visceral responses associated with this simulating, and tend to empathize more with others as result. Some primates have been shown to have these mirror neuron systems as well which foster nonverbal communication.
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