If this is true, why is this scenario so common for a lot of people:
Someone you care about introduces you to something, that relationship ends and now the something they introduced you to becomes repulsive. A slight twist on that is you experience something together with someone that could be done on your own but suddenly that activity becomes tainted even when you try to do it alone at a later time.
The above suggests there is a high coupling between 2 independent experiences at a conscious level which melds 2 distinct and logically separate events into 1 experience.
It's certainly not a healthy way to live knowing that someone can have that much control over your own internal thoughts and perceptions but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen, even temporarily.
One thing reminds you of the other. Not rocket science.
Honestly this level of philosophy is just people arguing about things that are too poorly defined to have a concrete answer.
It's like arguing about how many organs there are, or exactly where space begins. Best just to let the philosophers debate whether it's 60 miles or 100 km.
Someone you care about introduces you to something, that relationship ends and now the something they introduced you to becomes repulsive. A slight twist on that is you experience something together with someone that could be done on your own but suddenly that activity becomes tainted even when you try to do it alone at a later time.
The above suggests there is a high coupling between 2 independent experiences at a conscious level which melds 2 distinct and logically separate events into 1 experience.
It's certainly not a healthy way to live knowing that someone can have that much control over your own internal thoughts and perceptions but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen, even temporarily.