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c/asklemmy · by THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch · 2y

Hey fellow lemmings how many of you suffer from spotlight effect and what are some things you did or felt due to this ?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_effect

for people who don't know what spotlight effect is.

EDIT : People seem to tgink that i need help with this so i wanna make it clear i do not have spotlight effect . I just want to know for no reason.

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ccunning@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Huh. Nothing to add regarding your question, but I’d always heard this called ‘Main Character Syndrome’. But it looks like ‘Spotlight Effect’ existed long before…

THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch · 1 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Yeah

ccunning@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (3 replies)

If I’m honest, I like ’Main Character Syndrome’ better.

criitz@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Main Character Syndrome isn't the same thing

ccunning@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Oh good! I was worrying I was going to have to give it up.

So what am I missing differences-wise?

THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch · 1 pts · 2y

Yeah it has a lot of differnces

Nemo@midwest.social · 8 pts · 2y

A little basic training in sneaking about helps alley this a lot, eg. working as a stagehand, competitive hide & seek, wilderness survival. Once you know how easy it is not to be noticed you realize that it's often the default, and getting noticed is the hard part.

slazer2au@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Let's be fair with voice activated assistants, Bluetooth beacons, and mobile signals. are we not getting recorded wherever we go.

THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch · 1 pts · 2y

HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

Growing up helped a lot. I never feel like everyone is staring at me for no reason anymore. If people are going to stare at me, it is because I am wearing my old-fashioned tweed 3-pieces or something.

intensely_human@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

I suffer from it. I named it "God" and I use it as a way to improve myself over time, despite being too socially isolated to use others' perceptions as my motivation.