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Is there a term for feeling someone elses fear?

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LeeDH | 20:42 Thu 15th Oct 2009 | Body & Soul
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I was watching a program the other day of someone trying to conquer their vertigo but I was shaking with them as though I was doing it too. Is there a term for involuntarily feeling an emotion by watching someone else experiencing it?

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empathy
20:44 Thu 15th Oct 2009
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empathy
20:44 Thu 15th Oct 2009
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oops too late....alba got there before me....lol

yea its empathy....being able to feel (to a greater extent) someone else's fears, emotions, etc, but still keepin your own emotions under control....
21:53 Thu 15th Oct 2009
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Definitely physchology of some kind LOL
21:55 Thu 15th Oct 2009
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ooh i get that..its like shuddering. i hate it
23:38 Thu 15th Oct 2009
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"It goes right through me," I say.
22:54 Sat 17th Oct 2009

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