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Self-consciousness

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You assume everyone is watching your every move.
The spotlight effect is the tendency to overestimate how much others notice your appearance or your behavior.…
You overestimate how much the world focuses on you.
The spotlight effect describes your tendency to believe that your appearance and actions are more visible to others th…
People notice your mistakes far less than you think.
In a 2000 study, only 23% of observers noticed a student wearing an embarrassing t-shirt, though the wearer predicted …