if i have autism copycatting is definitely my masking strategy. ive talked about it before how i felt like a copycat. my whole personality and humor and everything i say is amalgamation of every thing ive seen a person do and thought its fun and i liked it so i stole it for myself
the whole gushy wushy hug squish baby baby goo goo gaa gaa i stole from my mom
the sly flirty ara ara thing i stole from a really charismatic friend
when i wanna be deep and philosophical there are specific people i envision, and their speech mannerisms and i lean on them