Ah wait I just got a guess. Some people get a strange kick out of experiencing vicarious suffering with no end. It's like catharsis for them. Like that one Black Mirror episode where the doctor had that empathetic pain link, but less intense. Basically it just hits that part of you that longs to watch a man go insane or break under torture, that ugly dark thing the majority of humans carry in varying amounts, that in lower amounts is like wanting to watch to people beat each other up, or think dog fighting is fine. But suffering porn (trademark pending) hits you in such a way that you empathize as well, so "you're not a bad person, you're good person." Whatever the hell good or bad means. /s Apologies to people that just kept reading because they wanted a happy ending, I recognize you exist, some misanthropy leaked out of the pit where I keep it for a bit there.