Stress is contagious? Careful, you can get infected.

Science also says that stress is contagious. The anxious attitude of a family member, a colleague, but even a stranger can be transmitted as much as a virus, especially to empathetic people, who perceive the feelings and moods of others.

This was released by a study by Max Planck Institute in Leipzig and the University of Dresden. Researchers urged some volunteers to observe other people, while they were subject to psychological tension situations, then measured their levels of cortisol, the stress hormone that had grown to 26% of observers. And if there was an intimate relationship with the person under pressure, the percentage of cases in which there was an increase in the hormone increased to 40%.

Because this “viral effect” of stress is due to sensitivity, which leads to identification with what the stressed person is experiencing. And that's true even when the latter is shown in a video. This means, according to researchers, that even thrilling movies and television shows can increase viewers' stress levels.

The solution is to avoid dating people who are experiencing a stressful period. However, according to one study, if two stressed people talk to each other, they can relax. In a study by USSC Marshall School of Business in the United States, 52 students who had to cope with a very stressful test were invited to cope, as they shared all their concerns, their level of cortisol had dropped dramatically. / A2 CNN