The Spotlight Effect is a psychological phenomenon where people overestimate how much others notice and judge their appearance, behavior, or mistakes, when in reality, people are primarily focused on themselves and typically forget embarrassing moments within seconds.
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The Spotlight Effect
Added:You ever feel like everyone's watching you?
That stain on your shirt.
That kind of weird thing you said.
>> Psychologists call [music] it the spotlight effect.
But honestly, people are too busy worrying about themselves [music] to notice you.
That embarrassing moment you keep replaying in your head, they probably [music] forgot it 5 seconds later.
>> So go easy on yourself.
Seriously.
Nobody's judging [music] you as hard as you think.
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