Humans especially empathic people use mirroring to understand their place in the world. I did this my whole childhood and still notice myself getting pulled into it at times. This can look like taking on others’ judgements as your own and not checking in with your own authentic feelings. Our subconscious tend to look for matches to ideas or beliefs we already have, often ones that are 

meant to keep us small, stuck or safe. Received millions of different advices from people and I do what I want. It only has to make sense to me.