Fog at My Desk. How other people's moods quietly land

Every meeting leaves something behind. A tightness in your shoulders, a low hum of irritation you didn't bring with you. By the time you walk home, the day feels heavier than the calendar could explain. This is the quiet mechanism of emotional contagion in workplaces. Tense managers, cynical coworkers, rooms that hold frustration like humidity. None of it is yours, yet your body responds as if it were.
Over time, the line between absorbed mood and your own feeling becomes hard to find. Noticing what you carry is the first honest step toward reclaiming your own weather. The relief doesn't come from changing others, but from recognizing which weight you were never meant to shoulder. What remains feels lighter, and quietly, more like you.