Social hypnosis
@frontvisions101 (16043)
Philippines
August 31, 2010 7:28am CST
Have you ever been under pure peer pressure? This is one tough thing to get around to. I've been a victim of this, what i wanna call "social hypnosis". It makes you do things you'll regret later on. There was a time when my colleages wanted to buy a sim card from another network provider different from mine. Next thing i know, i was paying the vendor for the sim card only to keep it until it expired. There was also a time when i just wanna go home. It was after class. I met up with friends and they wanted to get a drink or two. Next thing i know, i was laughing non-stop all drunk and stoned. I'm not saying i haven't got away from it. I'm just saying it's pretty hard to resist. Have you ever been under peer pressure? How hard was it when you resisted? Have you ever evaded any?
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@sweetloveforeve (13116)
• Portugal
2 Sep 10
im not really easily influenced by others ^^ my friends asked me before in school if i wanted to smoke and i didnt want to^^ they were all smoking and i said i dont want to when they asked. then someone asked again and a schoolmate said if she doesnt want dont insist^^ i appreciated his gesture^^ was sweet of him to say that. anyway is normal that you did that to be accepted by others. thats why many people do that but please be careful with your health also if they really are your friends they will respect your decision and wont stop being your friends just bcs you dont do the same that they do^^
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
2 Sep 10
Well, i also get the same respect that you do. I guess it has something to do with rapport. Group rapport is really something. It determines how much chemistry your group has.
@sender621 (14889)
• United States
1 Sep 10
I have always tried not to give in to any kind of peer pressure. That would only makeme do something i really didn't believe in or choose to do myself. i like to do what is right and pleasing to me. Being forced to do or say something just to belong is not the path I choose to follow.
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
1 Sep 10
Yeah, but sometimes when you're with friends it's really hard to resist..
@Catana (734)
• United States
31 Aug 10
I've always been too much of an outsider and observer to be much influenced by peer pressure. In fact, my failure to give in to the pressure has once or twice given someone else the backbone to refuse to go along. It seems to be normal human nature to go along with what everyone else is doing, but you can certainly learn to resist. I think you'd need to look at how you feel when you do give in, and how you might feel if you didn't. If you desperately need to be in favor with your friends, then you'll probably have a hard time resisting, even when it's something you know you really don't want to do or shouldn't do.
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
1 Sep 10
Yeah, i guess that's it. I like to be with friends. We're always having fun when we're together. I think that's why one's interest almost always influences the other.
