Hey. You know that feeling at the back of your mind when you just come out of a movie and you feel like as if you're there, in that world, that environment? Yeah that's it, but in everyday life. So I have this thing where everyday I'm subject to an automatic atmosphere and tone of my surroundings based on things that might have crept into my mind from memories or things I may have seen from around myself. This atmosphere, as I call it, really determines how I function/think for the whole day. If I'm in an unpleasant atmosphere, I tend to get a little snappy, uneasy, and disturbed throughout the whole day. If the atmosphere I'm in is a nice one from a nice memory, then I tend to be all fun-loving and in a good mood. I really wish I wasn't influenced by these atmospheres so damn much.

Simple things like certain movies, games and places I've been to from my memories can easily change my atmosphere and so I've made a list of unpleasant atmospheres that I have to avoid but this gets really tiring and just downright tedious. Also I miss out on so many things just because of this atmosphere problem. Fucking annoying to say the least.

Anyway I just wanted to ask, does this happen even remotely to anyone else? I just feel like I need someone to relate to. ;(

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Hey. You know that feeling at the back of your mind when you just come out of a movie and you feel like as if you're there, in that world, that environment? Yeah that's it, but in everyday life. So I have this thing where everyday I'm subject to an automatic atmosphere and tone of my surroundings based on things that might have crept into my mind from memories or things I may have seen from around myself. This atmosphere, as I call it, really determines how I function/think for the whole day. If I'm in an unpleasant atmosphere, I tend to get a little snappy, uneasy, and disturbed throughout the whole day. If the atmosphere I'm in is a nice one from a nice memory, then I tend to be all fun-loving and in a good mood. I really wish I wasn't influenced by these atmospheres so damn much.

Simple things like certain movies, games and places I've been to from my memories can easily change my atmosphere and so I've made a list of unpleasant atmospheres that I have to avoid but this gets really tiring and just downright tedious. Also I miss out on so many things just because of this atmosphere problem. Fucking annoying to say the least.

Anyway I just wanted to ask, does this happen even remotely to anyone else? I just feel like I need someone to relate to. ;(

In drug culture, we call them "vibes". Good vibes, bad vibes. It's basically the sensitivity to understand the "feelings" of your surroundings. If you learn to use this properly, you can use it to understand people's feelings also.

They can be overwhelming though. The key thing is to observe vibes, but not let yourself be affected by them. Just watch, witness the feelings, but know that they are not your own.


...I recommend zazen

Don't worry, you're not the only one who can relate to that. I feel as if it goes the same for me, but I seem to get more influenced by the music that's being played in a certain location, rather than the people themselves.