I have noticed recently that if one of my friends starts liking something because of me i get upset, which is super weird because if i meet someone who already has my interests i get excited. for some reason, if i influence someone into liking something i feel like they’re taking it from me? which makes no sense because it more likely means they like me and my perspective on that thing.

i read something about this and someone said it has to do with instability of identity. with that comment, me struggling with this sorta made sense to me and i was wondering if anyone else relates to this??