It’s exhausting thinking you’re being watched all the time, especially when it’s mostly in our heads.
Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, had a name for it. He called it the bit player problem.
Yes, we’re the stars of our own movies, but we shouldn’t assume that everyone else is watching ours.
They’re not. They’re busy running their own films.
Think about the people outside your family and your closest friends. How much time do you spend on their mistakes? Probably not much.
The same goes for them, too. The people who love you will forgive you. And odds are, everyone else isn’t thinking about you at all.
The trial in your head has been dismissed. Or it doesn’t exist at all.
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