I’ve recently discovered I do this far more often than I would like to subconsciously. Like if I join a new job, I try to mimic the process and even mannerisms and expression of the person who’s teaching me to use that in my advantage since people showed a positive reaction to it. It has become so common that I think people think it’s weird. It’s gotten to a point that clients say I sound like so and so over the phone. It’s like I have no personality myself and try to find the mannerism of someone else that gets positive reaction and I’m tired of it. I wanna be my own person whether people like it or not. Is this some sort of a defense mechanism?