Mimicry

I noticed internalising traits of the lead characters in books in my 20s. I suddenly stopped eating eggs due to one of Margret Atwood's characters who found them horrendous and that's when I noticed - I still couldn't bring myself to eat them for several months. There were other specifics I had picked up. I wonder if it's due to the nature of how we learn, a sort of full incorporation of a thing and then it might pass or become part of us. I had to learn to be very careful about what I allow myself to be exposed to.

That is so interesting. I'm now looking back on life and thinking about how I learned socially, and it's so clear, absorbing behaviours from peers. Not a good way to develop, but also, what else can we do when fitting in is made paramount by society

That is so interesting. I'm now looking back on life and thinking about how I learned socially, and it's so clear, absorbing behaviours from peers. Not a good way to develop, but also, what else can we do when fitting in is made paramount by society

That's a good question. I have a few thoughts but I'm still putting them together. I think it's an imperative that needs to be given attention.