Consider looking into Girardian mimesis. In particular, Girard hypothesizes about a dynamic which goes: A does X ⇒ people surrounding A assume that X is advantageous ⇒ people surrounding A copy X ⇒ X delivers less of an advantage to A ⇒ Conflict ⇒ Repeated iterations of this loop ⇒ Prohibition about copying other people in order to avoid conflict ⇒ etc. If you find yourself mimicking other people, looking into this dynamic might be interesting to you.
Consider looking into Girardian mimesis. In particular, Girard hypothesizes about a dynamic which goes: A does X ⇒ people surrounding A assume that X is advantageous ⇒ people surrounding A copy X ⇒ X delivers less of an advantage to A ⇒ Conflict ⇒ Repeated iterations of this loop ⇒ Prohibition about copying other people in order to avoid conflict ⇒ etc. If you find yourself mimicking other people, looking into this dynamic might be interesting to you.