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Originally Posted by snarkydaddy
Mirroring does tend to encourage others to think you are just like them... I notice a lot of politicians, sales ppl and religious professionals do this.
I use to practice the emotions of others in a real mirror, so I would properly respond with the correct emotion when I was much younger. I got in trouble & mocked for not displaying the right affect or emotion. Now I am able to do this with my own gear, but it was hell from ages 5-25-ish
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I wrote something awhile ago just in a journal somewhere where I said something to the effect of, "Who am I? I'm the mirror. I am everything the other person wants to see, I am all they've ever dreamed reflected back to them. Ironically I lie by turning into another person's perceived truth."
I used to do the practicing emotions thing in an actual mirror, too. I kept getting into huge amounts of trouble for not displaying the "correct" emotions when I was younger. That was just a total buzz kill so I did whatever I could to learn to mimic what people wanted to see.