16/04/2024
“You're looking a bit off today, is everything okay?” one of my classmates randomly asked this to a girl (say X) as soon as she entered the class. In reality, she wasn't looking down or any such thing, but he just wanted to mess with her mind.X denied saying that she's perfectly fine.A few minutes later, he questioned her again “Are you sure you're okay? You don't look like” X now tried harder to look happy because she felt that everybody thinks something is wrong with her today. But the guy once again asked her the same question after a few lectures. X now actually started feeling low By the end of the day, X was into tears at the fact that she's actually sad and she couldn't hide it anymore. But was she actually sad right from the start of the day? Of course not. She was neutral and fresh back then.it's just that the guy successfully tricked her into believing that she's appearing gloomy. Just like everyone else, X too had her share of lows in her life. The more the guy asked her if she was okay, the more she was reminded of all that was going wrong in her life. And that's how at the end she actually broke down. I don't know if this psychological trick will work on a lot of people or not, but having witnessed it live throughout the day, I was dead sure of its power. Another example of this is when you tell someone “You're looking very happy today!” even when they don't. If you keep showering them with such phrases, you’ll yourself see how they bloom with uncontrolled bliss by the end of the day.
