Are we immersing ourselves in toxic emotions, stirred by the media which are regulated by government elite? I was watching a particularly harrowing episode of a television adaptation last week, tears streaming down my face, fully engrossed in the moment of sexual and emotional torture when I stopped and switched it off. I could feel my pulse pounding, the tremble in my gut, my stress levels increasing with the story line. Excellent writing, certainly. Brilliant acting, most d