Sharing Pain

God wired me to share the pain of others. When someone I love or care about is hurting in any way, I actually feel it too. Is that strange? That my heart actually aches for them, that I shed tears, and am just completely sad. Right now I feel helpless in sharing the pain though, because I'm not sure if it even helps those people, or does it help, knowing that someone cares enough about you to feel it with you?