The first impression

You were walking alone down the street
You saw a guy who had an evil look
You felt a bit anxious but no one noticed that you were afraid
Few moments later you passed by group of people who seemed to be more dangerous than the first guy you met
You weren’t feeling secure at all but thank God nothing bad happened.
The end of your small adventure
Were those people really evil?
Could have they harmed you?
Did they think about harming you?

No they didn’t think of any of these things, they weren’t even evil but you just saw a reflection of your past on their faces.

The first impression and your past

When you see someone for the first time your subconscious mind quickly scans its database for all of the faces you have dealt with before, and if a match was found your subconscious mind recalls the behavior of the one matching this new face and assumes that their behaviour are going to be the same.

That is if someone harmed you before you may feel insecure when seeing someone who looks likes him. Even if you loved someone before you could fall in love with someone else who looks like him. In most cases you aren’t going to be aware of the similarities in his looks because the subconscious mind notices very small details that your conscious mind can't notice. A small detail like a similar eyebrow/chin combination could make the subconscious mind think that this person is going to have the same behavior as the one you dealt with before.

don't be mistaken by the first impression

The next time you have an unwanted emotion on seeing someone ask yourself this question:

Is that guy really bad? Or am I just seeing a reflection of my past on his face?

Those people you fear and those you feel insecure when being around them may be nothing but people who look like ones who caused you some trouble before and this doesn’t mean that they are bad people.

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