I mean yea man I feel this sometimes, cause lowkey I gave myself food poisoning after having a raw can of chili cause I was ravenously hungry and was previously biting on the can till I remembered I had a can opener—-and it was gonna either be that or hitting it a few more times with a rock; and so I ate it, and it wasn’t spectacular, didn’t really taste bad but it definitely wasn’t good because it was lukewarm for some odd reason, and had the texture of hard candy in a soup of maple syrup.

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I do not know the context of which you are posting from, however, you just described the spotlight effect! it is a psychological phenomenon where people tend to believe they are being noticed more than they actually are. Many researchers believe that when people are truly aware of the existence of the spotlight effect, it can lessen their potential symptoms. Ex: self consciousness.

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Ik I prob just sounded like a bot, but i’m not. I just like psychology and hope that it can potentially help you or other people reading 🫶

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