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Now let's get into the topic which we came for!
Okay, so you know how you hangout with a person for too long and you actually start becoming them? You know what I'm talking about don't you?
You start talking like them, laughing like them, adapt their body language.
While talking to your friend with an accent, have you found yourself gaining the accent to a certain extent too?
Yup happened to me too! I realised when I've been with a certain person for a long time I tend to act like them little by little, slowly adapting their mannerisms into my daily life and the fact that I don't even realise it is absolutely mind boggling.
This phenomenon my friends, has a scientific name! It's called the chameleon effect!
To a certain I think we are all copycats, we tend to immitate things. We can pretend and say that friends and the people around us don't influence us but they do to a very large extent and we might not even notice the change because it happens slowly over time.
People suggests mimicry actually elicits a positive response towards us. So, is it true?
Through experiments it was found out that people who do it unconciously tend to elicit more positive response than the people who do it for attention and are much more preferred as social company over the latter. Yeah, there are actually people who do it conciously inorder to have a better impression in front of people and usually if done well it is not noticeable but after a certain point it becomes evident and the person might be viewed negatively.
However its not all negative for people with this personality which is that you are able to read the mood of the room pretty quickly and adapt to it accordingly. So, you can be quiet and reserved but the life of the party at the same time!
Yeah I know, some might call these kind of people "fake" but know this that you have to be highly perceptive to situations to be able to adapt so quickly. Although excess of anything has a bad effect.
You might get so immersed in blending into your surroundings that you actually lose your uniqueness and inherent personality. Leaving you as nothing but a mirrror which copies others actions.
Though it is true we need to adapt to situations but that doesn't ensue that you should completely lose yourself in the process. Theres nothing wrong with being this way morally however it can be very mentally taxing on your mental health because at the end of the day you might forget who you are.
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