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(This blog was originally posted on September 2, 2014)
Photo of Jon Bon Jovi, by Jennifer Berkowitz
I recently
witnessed something very interesting. While I was hanging out with my horse
yesterday, a crow sitting on a branch in the tree beside me started to imitate
the “honk” of some geese that belong to a next door to my trainer’s property. I know
that crows are exceptionally bright, but I have never seen or heard anything
like that. I don’t believe that this was just a case of mimicry, either: the
crow deliberately honked to the goose
several times as if trying to get the other bird’s attention. When it finally responded,
the crow honked right back a few times and then waited for the goose to communicate
again. Meanwhile, another crow nearby cawed at the original one in the tree;
the first crow responded in kind a few times and then resumed its calls to the
goose. How cool is that?
This incident
made me think about the different ways people imitate another person’s voices
in speech and in song. Not just the words someone else says but also even the
tone, pitch, rhythm/cadence of the words and even regional dialect or accent.
Why do we do this, and how—and when—do we know that we are getting it right?
For example, when I lived in England while I worked on my post-graduate degree,
I gradually developed a slight lilt in my voice. I didn’t notice this change in
my speech until I returned to the United States and people commented that I had
developed a cool accent while I was away. This change made perfect sense, as
the people with whom I worked, lived and socialized were British; over time, my
subconscious mind accepted these accents as a new known and I eventually
adopted it (or a version of it) as my own.
Similarly, I
often sing along when a favorite song comes on the radio or my iPod. My conscious mind knows that I do
not sound anything Celine Dion,
Annie Lennox, Katy Perry, Bon
Jovi or Tim
McGraw, but I still try to imitate those singers’ voices when I’m singing along
to their songs. Why won’t my subconscious mind let me give up that ghost and sing
without trying to sound like someone I’m not? Even when I consciously try to sing in my own voice, in the back
of my mind I can still imagine hearing what one of those performers sound like
and I catch myself trying to sing the same way.
My answer to
that question may be found in Hypnosis
Motivation Institute founder John
Kappas, Ph.D.’s Theory of Mind. Dr. Kappas stated that from the moment we
are born we start to develop a subconscious life script by learning specific
behaviors through association and identification. Even though most of this
script is written by the time we are about eight years old, the mind continues
to take in more information which the subconscious mind may accept or reject.
For example, we learned how to talk by associating and identifying specific
words that a primary caretaker taught us, and then we imitated this behavior (e.g.,
how to move our mouths to create words) to speak. Over time, we also modeled
other people to learn and correct our pronunciation and increase our
vocabulary. Many parents or caretakers sing to their young children, which may
explain people’s fondness for listening to music and singing, or participating
in these activities ourselves. And, just like we did when we learned how to
speak, once we learn the words to a song we like we subconsciously imitate the way
the singer performs the lyrics.
I wonder if the crow I observed
yesterday was unintentionally imitating the neighbor’s goose to communicate
with the other bird the same way humans do in speech and song.
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Hi, there. I am Tom Neil and I wish to describe how life had been for my younger brother living with schizophrenia and how he had been permanently able to conquer this debilitating disorder via a naturopathic, herbal method.
ReplyDeleteMaicon - my kid brother was twenty years old when he was brought to the emergency room by the campus police of the college from which he had been suspended several months ago. A professor had called and reported that he had walked into his classroom, accused him of taking his tuition money, and refused to leave.
Although he had much academic success as a teenager, his behavior had become increasingly odd during the past year. He quit seeing his friends and no longer seemed to care about his appearance or social pursuits. He began wearing the same clothes each day and seldom bathed. He lived with several family members but rarely spoke to any of them. When he did talk to them, he said he had found clues that his college was just a front for an organized crime operation. He had been suspended from college because of missing many classes. My sister said that she had often seen him mumbling quietly to himself and at times he seemed to be talking to people who were not there. He would emerge from my room and ask my family to be quiet even when they were not making any noise.
My father and sister told the staff that Maicon's great-grandmother had had a serious illness and had lived for 30 years in a state hospital, which they believed was a mental hospital. Our mother left the family when Maicon was very young. She has been out of touch with us, and they thought she might have been treated for mental health problems.
Maicon agreed to sign himself into the psychiatric unit for treatment. The whole family except I had agreed to have Maicon transferred to a mental asylum. I knew inwardly there was still some plausible means by which my kid brother could overcome this condition. I knew botanical means of treatment will be more favorable than any other type of treatment, and as such, I had taken a keen interest in the research of naturopathic alternative measures suitable for the treatment of schizophrenia. I had pleaded for some little patience from the family in the delay of the transfer, I was looking forward to proving a point to the entire family, of a positive botanical remedy for this condition.
It was during my ceaseless search on the internet I had been fortunate enough to come across Dr. Utu Herbal Cure: an African herbalist and witch doctor whose professional works had majored on the eradication of certain viral conditions, especially schizophrenia, ( improving the memory capacity positively), via a traditional, naturopathic process and distinguished diet plan. It was by the administration of this herbal specialist that my brother had been able to improve his condition for better.
Before the naturopathic remedy - Maicon's story had reflected a common case, in which a high-functioning young adult goes through a major decline in day-to-day skills. Although family and friends may feel this is a loss of the person they knew, the illness can be treated and a good outcome is possible.
My brother Maicon is just like many other patients out there suffering from this disease. Although he was able to overcome this condition via a naturopathic herbal remedy administered by this African herbal physician and saved completely thus, rekindling the lost joy which had been experienced by the family members.
I wish to use this opportunity to reach across to anyone who may happen to be diagnosed with this disastrous condition to spread the hope of an everlasting herbal remedy that is capable of imposing a permanent end to this disease.
For more information concerning this naturopathic herbal remedy, feel free to contact this African herbal practitioner via email:
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