Snaphance365
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When I am talking to someone, especially if I just met them or am getting to know them, I will almost always catch myself acting like them. Like I will talk slightly differently, similar to how they talk. For example if they elongate the o in certain words, I will find myself doing the same. It isn't just confined to how they talk. Like if I am talking to someone that blinks often then I will blink often. My whole demeanor changes. I find different things funny and also different things offensive. I do this unconsciously, and I can't control it. To the extent that I have to consiously stop myself, and it is sometimes hard to. If I talk to them on a regular basis I find myself acting more like them even when I'm not interacting with them. Sometimes I feel like I can't even act like myself except around my family. The only way I can talk to most people without this happening is via online text communications, and I often feel that I am only truly myself when I am not face to face with someone. Does this happen to anyone else, and does it have a name?