So you feel that empathically you get the signals from the physical body (I guess since that is where emotions, which are chemical, come from). And true when out-of-body or disconnected from body as is suggested here, he would not be in contact with his emotions.

I recall a less horrific but applicable example (and have posted somewhere on this forum) when I was hit by a pickup truck whilst riding my bike. I was thrown into the middle of the road many feet away and I felt nothing at all. I am pretty sure that my consciousness expanded or rather, I went out of body. I was very calm and viewed the scene with mild amusement.