So if I make your avatar fall down it is the same to you as if I walk up and punch you in the face?
Make up your mind, do you mean comparable or the same? They are comparable, but not the same, so which do you mean?
And I'll bring this up for the umtenth time, there has been many studies that show your brain responds chemically to virtual stimuli as real, so your brain doesn't know the difference.
Now there is a big difference between my character being knocked down and me being knocked down. I can jump up and do something about it, my character can't. Regardless, my emotional response is quite similar.
To cut you off at the pass, I said similar, not the same.