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Yes, they can be – unless people make a conscious effort to prevent themselves being ‘infected’. I am sure you too have experienced one or more of the following:

– finding your mood change from depressed to happy after spending time with a person who has just had some good luck or good news and is feeling very positive

– watching a placid, fearful child become excited at a party full of extrovert, lively friends

– being affected by the feeling which most other people are expressing in an underground, train carriage or lift when there is a breakdown.

People who have been held hostage for long periods of time often talk about their struggle to stay positive in the face of other peoples’ despair. Those who survive the experience well, such as John McCarthy, have usually made a conscious effort to take control of their feelings and re-direct their minds onto positive thoughts and memories.