Anyone feel bad about having less empathy towards people?

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I just heard the interview of the actor that plays Max on Parenthood. They were talking about Maxs' reaction to his mom having cancer. He said Max was upset not because his mom was sick, but because of how her sickness affected him. When I heard that I had yet another "holey crap!" moment because that's exactly how I feel.

Coming to the realization that that's how I think makes me feel bad. I do (at least I think I do ) really, really care about my family and friends, but I still think that way. When someone close to me is hurt, either physically or emotionally, my first reaction is how it may affect me. Examples if this is when I was living with my best friend and her boyfriend. She split up with him and moved out and all I could think about was that she wouldn't be living with me anymore. Last year a friend had a mental breakdown just before we were supposed to get together. I was more upset that we couldn't hang out when we were supposed to because he was in a psych ward.

I feel like a really bad person because I feel like this and I'm starting to question if I can be "real friends" with people.

I feel that I don't have much worth, so I am usually more concerned about others than myself, but I do find it hard to feel much at all unless strong emotions is at show, or it affects me.