Emotional contagion: What you need to know about catching feelings online

Are you catching feels? (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)Do you ever wake up feeling hopeful and positive, reach for your phone, check Twitter (or Instagram or Facebook) and next thing you know you’re filled with dread?
You’re not alone. You might be experiencing emotional contagion.Emotional contagion is when we see someone expressing an emotion and then it becomes ‘contagious’ and we begin to feel it ourselves. Simply put, you can ‘catch’ emotions.Think about how