In the past I had a very hard time with that. Being a nurse made it even worse. I've read other posts about this and it seems to be a bit of a BP thing.

I think we feel more empathetic toward peoples pain because we suffer the whole scope of emotions and in so many situations we can relate.

It was a real problem for me and I've had to do a lot of work around learning how to take a step back. I had enough trouble with my own pain let alone someone else's.