In previous posts, I mentioned some times what makes us different to animals.
We are not like animals because we have an independent mind which works in many different ways, but we can control it anytime we want.
People are full of emotions everyday, sometimes things are going well and sometimes are not.
One of the most curious things I've learnt the last two years by reading some psychology's books is the way our subconscious mind works.
There are many things to explain in other posts, but this one is about the mirroring effect.
Some days ago I was walking on the street with my headphones on, listening some music while I was walking.
Then I saw a girl crying right in the same sidewalk as I was walking in. I didn't know why she was crying, but she made me to be sad for some moments until I finally left her behind my road.
I didn't even know that girl or the problem she had, but watch her crying affected me in some level.
It could happen with another emotions such as hapiness or joy as well.
Other times that mirroring effect do its work is when you see people laughing and you start to laugh, even though you don't know the reason they are laughing at.
That is what we could call "mirroring effect".
The emotions are contagious as it was a disease, no matter which emotion is, every emotion are contagious.
People often try to solve a problem by arguing and yelling the other person, but it's never a good solution.
The other person has a pride as well, and due to "mirroring effect", the other one start to yell too.
That is why strong discussions (no matter the topic) never ends so good, people always get mad each other.
One time I was watching a soccer game at a friend's house. We were five guys watching the game, and then, two of them started to discuss about which team was the better team in the pitch.
Let's face it, that could be a silly discussion, but it turned out to be a very strong discussion instead.
Both of them ended saying so bad words each other, the most annoyed was one, more annoyed was the other one too. Like a vicious circle.
People are going to react the same way as you react at the time, everytime!
When you want to make the other person to feel comfortable, you could start to feel comfortable first.
When you want the other one to feel happy and enterteining, maybe you could start by doing the same.
When a friend of yours greets you very excited to see you, probably you react the same way as he is doing, no matter is you don't like him, you are always going to react the same way. We are biology, and our brain is biology as well.
This may be an excelent tool to use in some specific moments, such as a work interview or maybe a date with someone else.
So, in order to be always in control of an interaction, don't forget this kind of "law"... The mirroring effect! We always react the same way as other people react.
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