One Might Imagine...

One might imagine that social pressure would remove aberrations; but contact with other people is stressful (our blood pressure goes up every time someone enters a room), and whatever lowers our anxiety soon becomes engrained. If a fake smile does the trick, or a tight mouth, or planning what to say instead of listening, we'll repeat this behaviour until we're convinced that it's 'us', just as we believe that our posture and voice are 'us'.

Keith Johnstone - Impro for Storytellers http://amzn.to/juSSNT
(Come see a Keith Johnstone inspired Improv show in London on 15th May http://post.ly/1yXIe)
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