Ever Felt Someone’s Pain… In Your Butt?

Every Little Thing

Gimlet

Comedy, Education, Science

4.6 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

While Flora's out on parental leave, we're unswaddling some of her favorite babies. Favorite podcast babies. Like this one: Caller Lisa wants to know why her butt hurts whenever she sees someone else get injured. Neuroscientist Stuart Derbyshire shares the cold hard truth about whether some people really can feel your pain. Thanks to queen of Chapped Cheeks Lisa, and to researchers Natalie Bowling, Melita Giummarra, Helena Hartmann, Marina López-Solà, Bridget Rubenking, Jamie Ward, Scott Vrana, and Jamil Zaki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You've reached the every little thing helpline.
0:05.0	Leave your deepest darkest secret after the tone.
0:09.0	Hi, Flora.
0:11.0	My name's Lisa.
0:13.0	And I've Googled my question like 90 different ways and can't find an answer.
0:18.0	It's an embarrassing question, but my desire to understand what's happening is stronger than my embarrassment.
0:26.0	So I get this weird pain wave sensation in my bucket area.
0:34.0	If I see something painful or disgusting like on TV or happen to somebody,
0:40.0	give me this half, this wound, this feeling, and it's just bizarre.
0:46.0	It doesn't seem to happen in my husband, at least he's not admitting to it if it does.
0:52.0	And I'm just wondering if I'm the only weirdo that this happens to you.
0:56.0	I feel like there's got to be an explanation for it.
0:59.0	So yeah, there it is.
1:01.0	I hope we're in the chest trees.
1:06.0	Anyway, thanks.
1:16.0	Hello? Hey, Lisa. It's Flora from ELT.
1:18.0	Hey, Flora.
1:20.0	First thing, I want you to know that I am calling from the trust tree where I'm perched right now.
1:26.0	Okay.
1:27.0	So I think for us to help you, I'm going to need to know a little bit more about your situation.
1:33.0	You said in your message, you get a sensation in your bucket area.
1:37.0	What is a bucket area?
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