Sometimes when someone coughs,i also have the urge to cough too. What about you?

lol! Judging by the comments we all agree on the yawning spell. It has happened to me plenty of times, and I think it has a lot to do with the other person's action unconsciously triggering the thought of yawning. It's weird but interesting to me.

No, it never happens to me. I have never heard this before. Have you ever tried to see a doctor just to know if this is related to cough itself. What about laughter. If someone near you laughs aloud, will you suddenly laugh, too?

I haven't experienced such a thing personally but some of my friends somewhat have. But mostly when people yawn. They insist that it's contagious or subliminal or something. One friend though feels his throat is itchy when somebody around him is coughing. Worse is he thinks he caught what ever virus the coughing person has. That's why I wasn't the least surprised when you posted your topic. You're not totally alone on this one :)

Sometimes i think that some things are contagious. Coughing, sneezing, laughing and hiccups all seem to fall in line with this. Sometimes you just can't help but to mimic some things. Whether vcluntary or unvoluntary, these things do happen.

There are just a lot of times where when someone coughs or sneezes, I have the urge to follow. It is just some impulse right in the brain. I remember during class sometimes when one person started coughing, it was a synchronized coughing fit right through the entire class. It was kind of amusing, it really was, to hear every single person just coughing in unison. Indeed coughing, sneezing, and also yawning, cannot forget yawning, really cannot forget yawning. I cringe when people yawn, because then I yawn and yawning is just something that is just going to really make me tired most of the time. But still coughing is something that I seem to have the urge to do sometimes. Not all of the time, but still it is funny how the actions of others can inspire us, I guess that would be the wording for it.

Well, either you got the same virus they have from the same room they're in, or there is something in the room that is irritating your throat as well that person. Perhaps the air is dry, or is not properly clean, or alittle dusty. I have been wondering if yawning is sometimes catching, cause when someone yawns I have the urge to yawn as well, but not always, just sometimes. Have you ever heard of that too?

Hi friend, Your story was a new one to me. What I believe was the yawning.. There once a friend of mine who says that when his crush yawn after her they will be lovers in a month... I day in our class, I observe that my friend yawn after some second his crush also yawn... After 3 weeks, I heard that there were bf/gf relationship already. What a cute story that I can't imagine that it will come true. Just to update, they were now a couple with 1 kid. Amazing!!!

hi Heixyin, I must say that I have never caught a coughing spell while someone coughed, but I certainly have caught a yarning spell from someone...I mean especially on the phone when I am talking and the person on the other end starts yarning, everytime they yarn I yarn....It never fails, and most of the time I am not even sleepy... So what di I do......I YARN!!!!! LOL LOL