Heres what I’m working off of here.
I can remember as a kid my gross out factor was pretty high. Say for instance you could talk to me about something like curdled milk sugest to me that I drink a whole glass of it or try to make me picture myself bathing in it or whatever. As a kid you could talk to me about this all day and you wouldn’t make me gag for a second.Not unless you actually exposed me to curdled milk then I would gag.
Now as an adult all you have to do is sugest these comments and I’m already starting to develope a lump in my throat.
Why?
Is it becuase over the years through past experiences I have been exposed to curdled milk (for whatever reasons) enough times that my brain can now more accurately give me a false sense that I’m actually being exposed to the curdled milk?
Btw I just use curdled milk/gross out factor as an example. This also branches off (for me anyway) into other stuff such as deams seeming more vivid ect.