Following Influencers
Positive connections
Education, inspiration, community
Only if personally recognizable
Emotional connections during this preference
Idealization, dependency, envy, imitation, lack of identity, materialism
Go Deeper
What do you want from the influencer: useful advice, belonging, an identity, or a life you feel you lack?
Possible buried beliefs
“Someone else knows who I should be.”
More questions
If you could not turn to this activity, what feeling or responsibility might come into view?
Does the experience help you understand something painful, or repeatedly strengthen resentment?
Does not knowing or not being in control remain uncomfortable after the activity ends?
Does comparing yourself with someone involved in this preference change your sense of worth?