Bleach is caustic (the opposite of an acid on the PH scale, but the net effect is similar). It will "burn" your skin. Having said that, you said it was diluted - the more diluted it is, the less damage it will do.
I know you washed it off, but try running water over it, maybe say 5 to 10 minutes. If there is any left on your skin, this will dilute it even more, probably completely. In this type of situation, you want to "flush" it more so than wash it. You can't overdo flushing the area, but if you don't do it long enough, you can leave some bleach behind to continue burning.
Most likely the feeling you feel right now is simply the pain from the damage that was done. I'd still run water over it to make sure you've flushed it as much as you can.
If you put a piece of fabric into an acid, the acid will burn the cloth. If you put a piece of fabric into a base (caustic), then the cloth will come apart (unravel, etc.). In a sense, your skin does the same thing. Bits of skin start coming off (tiny bits). Ever get a sunburn, and then your skin starts peeling? The skin underneath is more sensitive. That's big part of what you are feeling. Couple that with the fact that the base is then going to attack that sensitive skin (and the later under that is even more sensitive). Although a base "burn" and an acid "burn" are somewhat different in nature, they are both called burns, and have similar net effects, like a burn from a fire.
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