I oftentimes find myself trying to be somebody or something else and let that influence my every thought and decision, more often than not leading to an identity crisis. Being in such a crisis at the moment, I wonder if anybody here can offer some insight or advice on how to break free from this loop. Do any of you experience something similar? Please tell me.

stay away from whoever is making you feel this way. be it on the internet or in real life. you need plenty of space to develop into yourself.

stay away from whoever is making you feel this way. be it on the internet or in real life. you need plenty of space to develop into yourself.

Why is being someone else a bad thing? You know in sports, you first learn to copy and mimic others before developing your own style. Mike Tyson was a dork who’d spend all day watching tapes of older fighters and scavenging for old books about them. The real suffering is the pressure to be 100% original which is impossible. You know who you are by your relationship with others. You learn to be who you are by learning from others. There’s nothing wrong unless you are trying to clone someone else’s life.