From anti-Trump messages on social media, to highway blockades, angry chants of “not my president”, and a rampage through Portland, people have been making their feelings about the election loud and clear.

And it’s unsurprising, as, according to a report published in the Journal of Experimental Political Science, election and referendum results (hello again, Brexit) affect our moods in a pretty big way. In fact, being on the losing side tends to have a bigger impact on our lives than being on that of the victors.

Scientists reveal how long it will take us to stop feeling sad about the US election