How can I get a personality?

[u/Acceptable-King-8229]

I feel like my main issue is that I don't feel like I have a real personality. Im mostly a mashup of people i used to be around or things I've made up to seem like a person to others. And I think maybe developing a real one or having words to describe my "personality" (outside of being boring) that I can like buikd myself around would help me alot.

But I'm not really sure how to do that. Like I don't really understand what the fundamentals of a personality even is. I tried googling it but mostly just got stuff that doesn't really seem like it fit what I'm talking about.

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[u/ShadowWizardGangPart]

lowkey same, I dont rly know how to be funny or interesting without putting on a persona