Sonder - the profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one’s own, which they are constantly living despite one’s personal lack of awareness of it.
The inverse:
Or Main Character Syndrome, which is the other side of things. The default is somewhere in the middle, varying with the individual. It’s probably harder to not see yourself as central most of the time (but not necessarily Main Character), simply because of being trapped in that viewpoint.
Some days this idea feels less true than others.
Great band name
If I worries about every single cringe thing I’ve ever done, I’d be in constant agony.
I knew a guy who got caught masturbating in his car in a public parking lot
What if you actually can distinctly remember other people’s embarassing moments?
Does it help?
As you get older, something else happens. The people that were present at that cringy moment of yours die off. You may find yourself the only living person witness to the event. It helps. Not as much as it should but it does help.
I know it’s an embarrassing moment, but damn, you don’t have to kill them off 💀
