Is it normal to cry over someone's suffering?

[Anonymous]

It's not my family nor close friends. I'm not related to this person at all.

An 18 year-old girl got doused with gasoline and set on fire by her boyfriend after breaking up. This happened in March 2023, just last year. The girl died 6 days later. Upon seeing the 38 year-old mother's agony, her tears, how she even brieftly fainted on the ground and her confronting the killer in court (and the killer not even looking at her) broke my heart. Even writing about this is making me cry now. She was her oldest child and only daughter. She has 2 boys, whom are traumatized too.

Is this a normal reaction? Getting emotional and crying over someone's suffering?

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3 mo

The girl's father (lady's husband) is in excrutiating emotional agony too. The dude's eyes are swollen.

It's not my business but yet I feel as if I were placing myself on that family's shoes, on how that poor girl must have felt at that moment.

[fafylone]

That's why I am against dating in young age. My condolences for the family. It's human to get emotional & cry over someone else's bad experience.

[Billlewis]

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[fafylone]

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[Billlewis]

Thank you so much!

[Asker]

yeah I feel so sad for the family. I hope the killer gets given an immediate life sentence without parole.

[Jamie05rhs]

I would say that's VERY normal! I'm upset, too, just reading this! I hope that motherfucker gets the death penalty!

[Asker]

Unfortunately in my country (I'm from South America) there is no death penalty but he might get a life sentence, hopefully.

[Asker]

Then this is an insult to the injury; about 2 weeks ago the killer somehow briefly got access online and replied to some of our comments on FB. He started insulting me, arguing with me. This is the first time ever in my life, I ever had a conversation with a killer, the rage and chills down my spine.
He got blocked immediately and kicked out of FB though.

[Jamie05rhs]

What? WOW 😳

[Asker]

Yeah it's beyond crazy. That's a total psychopath.

[Jamie05rhs]

Thank you for the MHO.

[ChicoFromThe305]

Yes it's called sympathy, if you don't have any then you belong 6ft under the dirt.

[Asker]

True. I think empathy would also be another good word.

[ChicoFromThe305]

Indeed.

[Darkest-Knight]

It's normal for you. Having feelings for something that happen to someone you don't know. Just shows that you're a caring person.

[Asker]

Thank you. The lady is on FB posting about wanting justice for her daughter, posting the updates about the case. Other people and I reply to her posts, giving her our condolences and emotional support.
To add salt to the injury, 2 weeks ago or so the killer somehow got ahold of FB and replied nasty things to our comments. He insulted me the most and suddenly I was in a briefly argument with him. I felt both goosebumps and pure rage. He got soon blocked and kicked out of FB.

[Anonymous]

Yes, because it shows compassion.

[Asker]

yeah, I hope the killer rots in prison for life.

[Opinion Owner]

I agree.