Is Everyone Really Looking at You? The Spotlight Effect

You walk into a room feeling confident, maybe even a little fabulous. And then you trip over absolutely nothing. Your ankle rolled , and now you’re absolutely sure the entire room is staring at you. Been there? Me too.That overwhelming sense that the whole world is watching your every move? That’s not just your imagination running wild. It’s something called the spotlight effect—a fancy term for your brain being a little too obsessed with itself.