being yourself

How can you be yourself when you don\’t know who you are?

I hear the advice of \”be yourself\”. I try, but what then? I am not sure how to behave in a situation. In the movies, it\’s when we are honest. Free. But it\’s a personality thing.

A few years ago I was struggling with my own identity. I said that I didn\’t know who I was anymore. That I had spent my life copying others to be who I wanted to be. Then she told me that was fine. Do it. Do what makes you happier. And become the one of multiplicity.

One friend said that I was one of the few insightful people he knew.

Just a thought, why do I need others to tell me who I am when I can figure that out myself? Or just know better.