Enough of this metablog nonsense. Let's get onto something really weird.
Pavlovian responses.
Now, we all have learned responses from various things. A song that makes you cry because it was 'your song' with that special someone. A smell that makes you think wistfully about a moment in time. Fewer cravings for cigarettes after electrodes are repeatedly applied to your gonads...
Ahem...
How weird is this? The smell or taste of peppermints or looking at black and pink felt tip markers give me motion sickness.
I know what you're thinking. How the hell can inanimate objects trigger a response that is essentially a disconnect between your inner ear and visual perception?
My stepfather.
Let me explain... I was plagued with motion sickness as a kid. My family was the sort to go on camping trips in the mountains that required three days driving just to get there. I spent a lot of time on my holidays feeling very, very ill.
At first, my folks thought they could distract me by giving me some coloured markers and a clipboard full of paper to draw on.
Yeah, what a GOOD idea that was...
Next, my stepfather became convinced that giving me peppermint candy to suck on would sort it out.
Clear plastic bag full of warm vomit: 1
Stepfather:0
The scary thing is, over 20 years later, I STILL can't look at black and pink markers or eat peppermints without feeling instantly nauseous.
Isn't it astonishing what your subconscious can do?
So, what odd Pavlovian responses do YOU have?
i have a pavlovian response to alcohol wherein every time i drink some, i get light-headed.
is there anything i can do?
Well, considering that most guys pavlovian response to alcohol is to become instant arseholes, I think you should consider yourself lucky, grandpaboy. ;>
Ok, I'm going to admit something very embarrassing. Somehow I have conditioned myself to need to go the the loo (yes, number two) anytime I'm in a library or bookstore. I don't know how I picked this one up - it must have been during a crazy month of assignments at uni which coincided with a tummy bug. For the past five years if I go into a library I generally have to powder my nose sooner or later.
donna even wanna start looking into mine ~ but certainly have enjopyed reading about yours :-D
I once smoked a clove cigarette.
Now, that doesn't sound too bad, except that I am not a smoker. And the cloves in the U.S. have some weird ingredient that make you temporarily mildly high. Needless to say, I turned completely green and had to lay down for an hour. Since then, I can't even SMELL a clove cigarette (which is probably a good thing).
Ewwwwwww!
The Duchess
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banana chips......when I was 7, I almost ate a whole packet...and then all of a sudden, the smell of them made me want to vomit and I never ate another one again...........and to this day, if I smell them I literally run in the opposite direction.....I was sitting in a lecture next to my friend Gav one morning and he almost opened a packet until I chucked a wobly and ordered him out of the room....it was either me or the banana chips...he chose me... :-)