Mimic
As I was lying on the couch on Sunday, letting my thoughts drift, I realised something about myself. When I spend a lot of time around people, I start to mimic their behaviour. I start to imitate things like body language, hand gestures, facial expressions and voice inflections. All of this I do subconsciously, much like the character Graham from Red Dragon. I do not know why I do it, maybe it is to say: “Here I am, do not be afraid, I am like you, I will not bite … yet”. I would really like to know what the psychological reasons are for my behaviour.
But the more time I spend with people, the ‘worse’ it gets. Recently I have been spending a lot of time with Natalie. And I have noticed that we are also starting to think along the same lines, or maybe I am thinking along her lines; I do not know. All I know is that it has happened at least five times that I said something and then she was about to say the same thing. Also, it has happened thrice that she made a suggestion, just as I was about to make the same. And it has happened twice that we have said exactly the same thing at exactly the same time.
posted by Ari @ 11:06 am
2 Comments:
From the biological side: It's part of evolution.
From a psychological side: Adaptive behaviour. Also a protective mechanism
You will try to adapt to the enviroment you are in both Phisicly and psychologicly, like lesbians starting to menstreate at the same time of the monthe an starting to finish each others sentinces. If you spend time with someone you will learn there traits.
1. I disagree. How can mimic be evolution if evolution is a biological process(apparently) you cannot teach somebody thru your dna (can you?)
2. Mimic is something I see in myself too and its normally towards friends or loved-ones that I would like to send a message to that is: "I accept you". By mimic I send this message subconsciously.
I dont know what this phenomenon is called in phychobabble but this is how I understand it.
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