Recently I have been doing a lot of energy type work on myself and I have started to pay way more attention to how people's energy, certain sounds they make, words they say, have a strange influence on me. A certain tone can instantly cause a response in my body or my mind ( invoke a different aspect of me). I am pretty sure I have noticed this happening over the years, due to a mild form of "
Synesthesia", but never truly made the connection to how susceptible I can be to some type of "
classical conditioning". I am not really saying this is a bad thing but it is helpful for me to notice and make more conscious choices. In some case it is really a good thing. hmm, yeah.
I have a strange link between, sound, touch and taste that I don't speak much about because I don't want people trying to experiment on me. It is not something I am going to share, in most situations, even if someone were to stumble upon the combination and activate my, um, condition.
I have also been told that I am "very compliant" while I am asleep. I can be told what to do and asked questions that I will answer, instantaneously, without being conscious at the time and no memory of it when I wake.
Having this input from others is making me want to find a way to be more aware of what exactly is affecting me, how it affects me, and why I respond the way I do.
If I am going to respond to certain things like I'm Pavlov's dog I want to know why! Not even sure why I am posting this because I am pretty sure the only way I am going to find the answers is to keep doing what I have been doing and exploring deeper within myself.
Looking back I can see this as a lifelong pattern and being aware of it may be the key to explaining why my life has taken the path it has. This should probably be in my blog. I will see how I feel about it later.
Edit: This is all probably connected to my ability to go into a trance-like state which seems to be a form of self-hypnosis.