Story Anyone else has/had a habit of stealing personalities?

[Weed]

I wanted to make this thread for a long time but always forgot to do it, so there you go.
Ever since childhood I have noticed that I have/had a habit of stealing personalities from my friends. I don't know about my current mental state of this because I had no real friends since I was 13 but before I hit 13 I used to steal personalities from them, I even used to "steal" their "style" of laughter, acting like them etc. Anyone else was/is the same way?

 

[Weightcel]

Yeah and I still do it to some extent. I even steal personalities of some of the members here lmao.

 

[Deleted member 818]

I don't know about personalities but I would adopt the same slang my classmates used.

 

[Figthcel]

It is the strangest thing but I sometimes mimic the facial expressions, gestures and maybe vocabulary of people Iam with.

Must be some subconscious attempt to get to their level. Pretty pathetic.

 

[doktordoom]

tbh tbh

 

[Henry de Montherlant]

It's a normal phase of teenagehood tbh. I remember I used to act like that between 12 and 15. It's not abnormal unless you reached a certain age.

 

[Limerencel]

I used to mirror other people because I had no identity myself. It's very draining to keep up, and it ruined me.
Now I am myself. I am open about everything, even my 'extreme' beliefs, as I am confident they are based on science and reality.
It's refreshing, and makes me feel good.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not. - Kurt Cobain

 

[Hunter]

i subconsciously did this

 

[nullable]

I don't steal personalities but actually morph into something I expect other person sees me as or needs me to be.

My boss is shy guy with confidence problems so I try to act as he is the most confident person I ever met. I think it works great for him.
Other coworker is incel without realizing it, and sees me as a extremely smart, so I act that way around him.
There are numerous people who I have different personalities for.

I think real me is extremely narcissistic and I think I'm smarter than anyone I know. I also hate this trait on other people so I guess that's why I try to reinvent myself with every new person. What I'm not sure if they can see that I'm pretending.

This is also a problem when there are multiple people with me for who I have different personalities established.