I suppose it's safe to assume we are all classically conditioned in many ways but I've recently started to identify some of them and when I do it's accompanied by a kind of Aha moment. It's kinda fun and a little scary.

two ways that I'm conditioned:

When I hear the sound of someone brushing their teeth from far off I become overwhelmed with a sense of dread. I'm sure this happens because when I was a kid the only time I ever heard this sound was when my family was all getting ready to go out somewhere and my mother still brushing her teeth would come to me giving me some last minute chore or tell me my clothes aren't nice enough for the occasion etc.

The sound of those generic thin metal blinds being opened very quickly makes me feel uneasy, lazy and unaccomplished. i believe this is the case because often as a kid i would spend days indoors watching TV or some kind of activity and my mom would come home and immediately open the blinds to "let some sunshine into the house" remarking how its such a nice day out and I've spent it all indoors.


I was wondering if anyone else has some of these they can share and if they have overcome any of them.