You know when you sometimes say something else what you really meant to say? Example call your friend with someone else name or just drop a out-of-the-context word in the middle of the sentence.
Then of course you quickly correct yourself and seemingly it was just a slip of your tongue, a stupid mistake, nothing more.
Well, a friend of mine introduced me to an interesting concept of a Freudian slip. This simply means that people never say anything accidentally or out of the blue -- there's always some subconscious thinking process going on in the background, so what we say just reflects what we're really thinking about.
Is this true? Who knows, but once you start thinking about it -- you soon start noticing some pretty interesting stuff going on.
A colleague of mine sent yesterday an SMS to her friend who's been trying to pick her up some time. A casual SMS to a good friend saying: "How have you been?"
Well, that's what is was supposed to say. In reality she sent over some spicy stuff saying: "How hard you been?"
Ooops...mr. Freud wouldn't have too much of a trouble explaining this one :)
Yes, and sometimes this is quite embarrassing. On the new year's eve I also miscalled one person (yes, I maybe thought of someone else) and after that I had also a new nickname - Japan..
ReplyDeleteAt least for a little time it was a bit fun also.