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tobias harmann New user North Piddle, UK 91 Posts |
Here is a question I have been thinking about recently. I think it requires a response from someone who really does know their stuff regarding hypnosis. I do not know much about hypnosis, but I am curious to know if there may be a connection between hypnosis and what I am going to describe.
There may be others who experience this thing. If so, I would be interested to hear your input. Here it is: in everyday life, whenever I accidentally drop something on the floor (for example car keys or a teaspoon or whatever) I experience a fleeting twitch of my facial muscles. I think the twitch occurs mainly around my mouth and nose. It is very brief (less than half a second). It happens completely involuntarily and automatically. By the time it has happened, I am curious as to why I was unable to prevent it happening. Do you know what is going on here? Is this a mental "conditioning" that is very deep-rooted from some past experience? Is it some kind of hypnotic effect? or perhaps there is some other angle on it. I am reminded of the hand-movements people generally do when lying (e.g. stroking back of neck) which is an involuntary action that I have heard stems from an innate need to raise the hand in self-defence when an attack (in this case, potential lie-detection) is imminent. Could my facial movement on dropping something be this kind of effect? Is my brain saying "something is falling - so cry out for help!" resulting in me starting to move my mouth? I don't know, but I would be interested to hear your views. Thanks. |
Lee Darrow V.I.P. Chicago, IL USA 3588 Posts |
At a general guess, this flinching expression that you are expressing could be related to the tensing of muscles that a person does when they are about to be struck. When the object is dropped, the immediate expectation is that it may hit your foot, hence the body tenses in defense.
Lee Darrow, C.H.
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tobias harmann New user North Piddle, UK 91 Posts |
Yes, that is interesting. However, it happens no matter what I drop (even a lightweight piece of paper) so my brain would be sending the same defence signal regardless of the object. Maybe that is what is happening, but if so, I am conditioned to flinch even when there is no real threat to my foot...
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Lee Darrow V.I.P. Chicago, IL USA 3588 Posts |
That is correct. The flinch may well be related not only to the possible damage to your foot, but also to the error that you have made, itself. Possibly, as a child, you were chastized for clumsiness and the flinch is part od a conditioned response S/R arc - that's a guess, of course, I have no real way of knowing that, obviously.
But it is a common reaction to dropping something or making any other physical paux pax. For gamblers, it's called a "tell." A non-verbal, unconscious signal that gives away something about a person. We all have them and many magicians actually USE them to their advantage, as do professional athletes - when used that way, they're called a "body fake out." In fencing and boxing, it's specifically called a feint - a move used to deliberately make your opponent think you are committed to doing one action when, in fact, you are going to do something completely opposite of what they now expect you to do. Hope this helps! Lee Darrow, C.H.
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The Doktor New user Spiderskull Island 98 Posts |
Is it an abreaction...NO. Lee is right in that you're probably subconsciously anticpating pain and reacting to the error you made ...we call it the Doh! factor.
Want to learn not to do it. Get mirror stand in front of it and smile real big while you drop something several times. Keep varrying the facial eXpressional daily for 7-10 days (or else you'll get a new anchored expression) each day a new facial expression. Then continue for another week with a comletely blank expression. You'll be good as gold besides changing the facial references you'll also be training your brain that dropping something isn't the end of the world.
“Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god; look straight at me and you see yourself” “I'm not your eXecutioner. I'm not your devil and I'm not your God. I'm just The Doktor." H D X! |
Lee Darrow V.I.P. Chicago, IL USA 3588 Posts |
Another good way to unlearn this flinch is to take an acting class and learn something called "isolation."
Isolation is a two-part skill: it involves isolating a group of muscles to perform an action, such as an arm movement, that seems to occur completely independently of the rest of the body. This is also something dancers, especially in ballet and belly dance, work very hard to perfect. The second part of isolation is the emotional portion - where the motion, which can be very violent, sensuous or rapid, occurs without the accompanying congruent emotion from the rest of the body and especially the face. It is considered an intermediate skill in acting and, as I understand it, in classical dance, you start learning at least the first part, right off. Lee Darrow, C.H.
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