Very eye opening! I've always told poeple that they could feel the "vibes" of others. (Like we've hear our whole lived) but when I said it it was literal. As if it's an instinct. I've felt this since I could remember. As a toddler even. People payed no mind to me saying I can feel ur feelings. (Empathy) then u grow up burying this ability and it goes ignored. Recently I did a fast and it triggered somthing in me to start paying attention to it more now. I'm 34 now so it's gone mismanaged for a while. But, my wife is seeing it first hand and that there really is something tangible to emotional contagion. My kids as well. I didnt know the science to back this up so in turn I stay quiet about it outside of my family. This video is one of the best in explaining how it works from a biological perspective. Thank u Douglas E. Noll! I needed that!
Great talk, thank you. I just had an interaction with a stranger who became suddenly and innapropriately angry with me which left me feeling intense shame. I've had trouble distinguishing shame from guilt and embarrassment in the past, but this was clearly shame. Upon review of the interaction, I could see no reason to be ashamed of my part in it. Then I thought, perhaps *they* were feeling shame, which triggered their anger. It left me wondering whose shame this was that I was feeling- wondering if it was entirely my own. So I started looking up "feeling the feelings of others" and that's what led me here. Does this sound like an example of emotional contagion? Perhaps I just have an experience of shame when someone is inexplicably angry with me, leftover from childhood. Or, since we could have been observed, maybe that is what triggered the shame. Intellectually, I don't see my part in the matter to be at all shameful, which really has me wondering about this. Thanks for reading.
Sounds more like you were triggered by old childhood programming. Think back to times when a parent was inexplicably angry towards you. You naturally experience shame as a result of fear of abandonment and attachment needs. Later in life, some directs anger at you and the old program (schema in technical parlance) launches. Thanks for the comment and your interest in my work.
@@financialfreedom4204 Thanks for the response. Perhaps I was in fact attempting to project my shame onto this stranger. Ah, the psyche... So endlessly interesting, I can hardly stand it! :)
Hello. All people have different levels of sympathy and there are broken people who will not react rationally. I don’t like the term mental or crazy but some people are sick. It sounds to me that the person was a little broken. Sometimes people try to fix a watch that is running a minute out each day and end up breaking it. I have learnt. through experience that we carry the world around with us. I always recall the runic notion that wherever you go you have to take yourself. I have travelled for most of my life and I have made myself my own good companion. I love meeting people wherever I go. If I encounter a stranger who gets angry I will always do what my dear mother does still . That is to remain calm and change the subject of the conversation. You sound like someone who enjoys conversation. Your angry stranger might have been depressed or drunk or dealing with some event that had just happened. “ There’s nowt so odd as people” as we say in the north. Stay sociable and banish any thoughts of guilt or shame we are all certifiably human. 🤪
After a good bit of scientific truth I will go and play PUBG . I have been trying to make contact with people in FPS games and it’s appearing to be a uphill battle.
Have you seen examples of emotional contagion? Post your experiences here.
Very eye opening! I've always told poeple that they could feel the "vibes" of others. (Like we've hear our whole lived) but when I said it it was literal. As if it's an instinct. I've felt this since I could remember. As a toddler even. People payed no mind to me saying I can feel ur feelings. (Empathy) then u grow up burying this ability and it goes ignored. Recently I did a fast and it triggered somthing in me to start paying attention to it more now. I'm 34 now so it's gone mismanaged for a while. But, my wife is seeing it first hand and that there really is something tangible to emotional contagion. My kids as well. I didnt know the science to back this up so in turn I stay quiet about it outside of my family. This video is one of the best in explaining how it works from a biological perspective. Thank u Douglas E. Noll! I needed that!
@Douglas Noll: Love your videos. Well explained. Thank you. I just discovered you. U have a new fan
Why hasn’t this video talk more likes?
Very nice. Thank you for sharing.
Great talk, thank you. I just had an interaction with a stranger who became suddenly and innapropriately angry with me which left me feeling intense shame. I've had trouble distinguishing shame from guilt and embarrassment in the past, but this was clearly shame. Upon review of the interaction, I could see no reason to be ashamed of my part in it. Then I thought, perhaps *they* were feeling shame, which triggered their anger. It left me wondering whose shame this was that I was feeling- wondering if it was entirely my own. So I started looking up "feeling the feelings of others" and that's what led me here. Does this sound like an example of emotional contagion? Perhaps I just have an experience of shame when someone is inexplicably angry with me, leftover from childhood. Or, since we could have been observed, maybe that is what triggered the shame. Intellectually, I don't see my part in the matter to be at all shameful, which really has me wondering about this. Thanks for reading.
Sounds more like you were triggered by old childhood programming. Think back to times when a parent was inexplicably angry towards you. You naturally experience shame as a result of fear of abandonment and attachment needs. Later in life, some directs anger at you and the old program (schema in technical parlance) launches. Thanks for the comment and your interest in my work.
@@financialfreedom4204 Thanks for the response. Perhaps I was in fact attempting to project my shame onto this stranger. Ah, the psyche... So endlessly interesting, I can hardly stand it! :)
Hello. All people have different levels of sympathy and there are broken people who will not react rationally. I don’t like the term mental or crazy but some people are sick. It sounds to me that the person was a little broken. Sometimes people try to fix a watch that is running a minute out each day and end up breaking it. I have learnt. through experience that we carry the world around with us. I always recall the runic notion that wherever you go you have to take yourself. I have travelled for most of my life and I have made myself my own good companion. I love meeting people wherever I go. If I encounter a stranger who gets angry I will always do what my dear mother does still . That is to remain calm and change the subject of the conversation. You sound like someone who enjoys conversation. Your angry stranger might have been depressed or drunk or dealing with some event that had just happened. “ There’s nowt so odd as people” as we say in the north. Stay sociable and banish any thoughts of guilt or shame we are all certifiably human. 🤪
@@peterdavidasige8073 you're absolutely right, and thanks for sharing your insights with me!
Thankyou doc
After a good bit of scientific truth I will go and play PUBG . I have been trying to make contact with people in FPS games and it’s appearing to be a uphill battle.