Jillian Wilson is the Wellness Reporter at HuffPost. She started her career at Visit Philadelphia, where she wrote about things to do and see in the Philadelphia region. Since then, she has covered lifestyle beats like wellness, fitness, health, tourism and food, all with a strong service journalism angle. She is a graduate of Temple University.
You’re likely well-aware that colds and the flu are contagious, and probably know that lice and ringworm fall into the contagious category, too. But what aboutyou should ― there is such a thing as “contagious anxiety.” “Our nervous system is constantly picking up on these energies around us and trying to sync with whoever is near us at the time,” saidFor example, when a co-worker has a negative attitude about work and they’re venting to you, you’re more likely to be negative as well.
Let’s say you’re feeling good, and all of a sudden when you start talking to someone, you start to have sweaty palms, racing thoughts and heavy breathing — “you start to, out of nowhere, get these symptoms that you would have never felt otherwise, but because there is somebody projecting those at you, you start to feel those,” Bencivenga said. “That would be a good sign that you’re catching on to what they’re feeling.
“You might also have a sense that you’re anxious, but don’t fully understand why, and this could be because you’re watching someone feel anxious, and then taking on their anxiety as your own,” Howard noted. That way, “you’re getting out of that anxious conversation and something more calm so you re-regulate in your system,” Bencivenga added.
You can do this by connecting with your sense using a grounding technique known as the 54321 method. “This is where you’ll look around and identify five things you can see, four things you can feel, three things you can hear, two things you can smell and one thing you can taste in your immediate environment,” Howard said.“Anxiety at its core is your nervous system not feeling safe,” Howard said.
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