
"Emotions are contagious and sometimes we want other people to share in our uncomfortable emotions.

"Readers may share articles about the sub with friends or family so they can talk to someone about the sadness, anxiety and fear that gets stirred up by the articles," Morin adds. That said, fear engages people more than anything.

We aren't actually on the sub and most of us don't know anyone who is, but it gives us an opportunity to imagine what it must be like to be there from a safe distance." It gives us an opportunity to feel those emotions from a safe distance. "Any story that evokes such strong emotions, like sadness and fear, is likely to cause us to keep reading. "We love stories where people somehow beat the odds," Morin says. Until we know for sure, hope is a powerful, poignant emotion. And none of us know when that moment is." "It's a little microcosm of everything I deal with in end-of-life care and in grief, that there's a moment, and at some point, optimism becomes denial. "The one thing this holds, that so many of us have to deal with, is holding hope, along with the inevitable that something will happen to us someday," David Kessler, grief expert and founder of, says. Missing Titanic submarine live updates: Noises detected in search company faced safety questions 'Emotions are contagious'Īs of now, we don't know if these people will come out alive. Constant gaslighting can make you doubt yourself, your memory, and your sanity. Gaslighting is a form of control to keep someone else in an emotional prison and can seriously affect their mental health. People who gaslight deny someone else’s emotions and perspective. "The live coverage of this tragedy prompts a pop culture moment that will, irrespective of the outcome, inspire news and social media commentary, documentaries, fictional and nonfictional film and television programming and public enthrallment with the Titanic sub's rescue efforts," Williams adds. Gaslighting is a manipulation tactic that makes someone question their reality.

"We often wonder what we'd do in a similar situation."Īnd this was all well before the age of social media.
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You think: What would you do? "People want to know how some people survived, and what was it like to be in that situation where the ship was sinking and decisions about how to get into a lifeboat were made," Morin says.
