[better] - Herd Mentality Questions
The questions listed above are uncomfortable. Asking "Why am I laughing?" or "Am I just afraid to be alone?" requires courage. Yet, that discomfort is the feeling of a neuron breaking a pattern. It is the feeling of waking up.
Celebrate independence. Did you leave a party early? Not buy the thing? Silence a notification? Reinforce that behavior. Herd Mentality Questions
Be honest about small things: the route you drove, the lunch you ordered, the opinion you nodded along to. Track your patterns. The questions listed above are uncomfortable
Strip away the audience. If you remove the social media likes, the office chatter, and the family pressure, does the activity hold intrinsic value for you? If the answer is no, you are likely following a fad. the lunch you ordered