Emotional Contagion

Your team project is a week from deadline, and your closest coworker, Yoon, suddenly turns anxious. 'Honestly, I don't think we'll make it.' Sighs, dark expressions, crying emojis in the chat. At first it's just Yoon. A day later, another usually-cheerful teammate says, 'I'm not feeling confident either.' Another day, and the whole meeting feels heavy. Work slows. Faces darken. The schedule is tight but not impossible. What's spreading isn't reality — it's the FEELING of doom. You open a chat to message Yoon, then stop — how do you keep this mood from sinking the whole team?