The transmission of affect deals with the belief that the emotions and energies of one person or group can be absorbe indeed phrases that capture this notion abound in the popular vernacular negative energy dumping you could cut the tension with a knife. The transmission of affect contents chapter one chapter two the transmission of affect in the clinic chapter three chapter four chapter five chapter works cited . The transmission of affect deals with the belief that the emotions and energies of one person or group can be absorbed by or can enter directly into anotherthe ability to borrow or share states of mind once historically and culturally assumed is now pathologized as teresa brennan shows in relation to affective transfer in psychiatric . The transmission of affect deals with the belief that the emotions and energies of one person or group can be absorbed by or can enter directly into another the ability to borrow or share states of mind once historically and culturally assumed is now pathologized as teresa brennan shows in relation to affective transfer in psychiatric