365Telugu.com online news,March 15th,2023: When we see our loved ones or close ones in pain, it also increases stress and anxiety in us. Research shows that stress can be contagious. Studies reveal that there is a possibility of spreading from one person to another.
There is a risk of some infectious diseases being spread from one person to another. Corona epidemic is the latest example, earlier also infections like small pox and flu have occurred. But would you believe that stress is also like that?
As surprising as this may seem, many studies on the subject state that if someone around you has a problem with stress, there is a risk that it will affect you as well.
Actually there are precedents behind this. If you see a sleeping person, the person opposite will also fall asleep, if you see one person yawning, another will also fall asleep, and this is also the case with laughter and crying.
A group of psychologists have researched this theory for many years. Researchers have found that after seeing certain events, our brain cells are activated and hormones are released at the same time.
‘A lot of research proves that stress is also contagious. A related paper was published in the journal Current Biology in 2013. The researchers found that stress is contagious in this study. Research has shown that stress can certainly be transmitted from one person to another.
If you spend a lot of time with people who suffer from stress, chances are you experience it too. Emotions are transmitted from one person to another through “mirror neurons”.
These are brain cells that are activated when a person sees a person performing a certain action. For example, if someone yawns in front of you, if someone is very tired and sleepy, these cells are activated and you feel the same.
In a paper published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology in 2014, researchers stated that being in contact with a stressful person can also trigger our body to release the hormone cortisol. The hormone cortisol is thought to be responsible for the stress response.
In fact, another person’s emotions, especially negative ones, can affect us, says Tara Perot, professor of psychology and neuroscience at Dalhousie University in Canada. But it is also revealed that these do not have to be the same for everyone.