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People Aren’t Worried About You, Girl: Understanding The Spotlight Effect

07.18.2023 - By Black Girl BravadoPlay

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We hate to break it to you but people aren't thinking about you as much as you think. We're breaking down the psychology of how we overestimate how much others pay attention and care about our appearance or behavior. It's giving lifehack, homegirls!

In this episode we discuss: 

How The Spotlight Effect impacts our self awareness and self esteem

Ways decenter ourselves and instead look at an experience from multiple perspectives 

And much more 

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