My friend claims that he used to have a fued with the girl he liked's boyfriend in highschool. Now, he knows someone in a similar scenario, his female friends husband, and he thinks that his unconscious is blending the two people together/ He says even though he doest have anything against the new guy, she still hates him. Whats that called?
2006-06-19 03:04:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I suppose you could call it a type of "projection" or "transference" -- basically your friend projecting or transfering the dislike of the old person onto the new person who is reminiscent of the old one.
It's not even a purely mental response. Mark Twain refers to the cat who, once having sat on a lit burner (and gotten burned), will no longer sit on a lit burner... but will no longer sit on a cold one either.
Your friend has had a physical dislike for or attached the negative physical experience of anger/loathing onto this old person; and the new person is enough like to old to re-trigger the same physical experiences all over again, simply through the body's ability to learn and adapt in order to survive.
2006-06-19 03:36:22 · answer #1 · answered by Jennywocky 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In this case it sounds like jealousy.
2006-06-19 10:50:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Though association, I guess
2006-06-19 10:17:14 · answer #3 · answered by Thermo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 2 point bandit has struck again......................
2006-06-19 10:15:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋