What a thread! lol
Not sure if I should mention this, but there was a great Jerry Lewis movie called the Disorderly Orderly.
He was an orderly in a rehabilitation home and could not go on to become a doctor because he was so empathetic to the patients, when they explained their ailments, he would grimace and cringe or bend over or bite his lips..etc.
He would have a field day reading this thread and end up exhausted.