There r times when we r excited or worried abt something we tend to notice the thing wherever we go. Confused right? Well I am not able put it in any better words. But let me explain it using 2 situations one of excitement and other of depression.
Excitement
Whenever u r planning to buy a valuable asset like a house or car a lot of planning goes into it like if it’s the house then the area or the structure etc etc or in case of a car it is the model, the colour etc. While u r planning this exciting purchase, I don’t know whether u have realized that, u tend to notice these things whenever u r out traveling. For eg if u have decided to buy a particular model of a car u will feel that most of the cars on the road are the one u r looking to buy.
Depression
Similar is the case with a person who is depressed. Now this is a situation which involves my friend. He is little upset abt as he has fractured his leg and is taking bed rest. As a result he is forced to walk on crutches whenever he moves. The situation is obviously depressing. Now this friend of mine is finding that whenever he is watching a television (which is the only visual contact with the outside world for the past 2 days) he sees ppl in situations similar to his i.e. ppl lying on beds with fracture or walking with crutches.
Now this got me thinking. Why is it that we c such things when v r excited or depressed. Well the only reason I can think of is that, these situations are always around us but when we r excited or depressed on a particular thing, we try to find out whether the same phenomenon is there elsewhere also. In short we end up concentrating and seeing only those situations around us and missing the other things happening around.
Well I think I have already confused u a lot and that too on April fools day!!!!!!!!!!! But believe me this is not any April fool prank. Just that I was not able to explain my thoughts properly. Well that’s all ppl. Do let me know if there is any other explanation to this.
2 comments:
I agree with your analysis on the topic. I have noticed this phenomenon too. U would laugh when i tell u this, but when i am really hungry (which is neither excitement nor depression, mind you) i tend to notice only restaurants and bill boards with advertisements on food. I think that what we see and perceive (it is essential to perceive also, since we see too many things but perceive only 2 to 3 % maybe lesser of what we see) reflects our thoughts most of the times. There are also situations where you have nothing on your mind and you open your mind to others. Confused? Well, here is an example, U are sitting in a taxi on your way from office after a very satisfying day,you are happy to be where u are, at those times, when our mind is blank, we notice all those small things in life which passes us by on most days. I think people should take some time once a week atleast to make our mind blank and accept others too into our lives!
i got ur point.. i think its because we r so muych aware or so intently involved in the situation that our brain tends to pick up related things faster.. u know like cache memory.. those keywords r latest n still afresh in our memory.. hence they tend to be picked up over other non-situatory things.. :)
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