Huh. Nothing to add regarding your question, but I’d always heard this called ‘Main Character Syndrome’. But it looks like ‘Spotlight Effect’ existed long before…

A little basic training in sneaking about helps alley this a lot, eg. working as a stagehand, competitive hide & seek, wilderness survival. Once you know how easy it is not to be noticed you realize that it’s often the default, and getting noticed is the hard part.

Let’s be fair with voice activated assistants, Bluetooth beacons, and mobile signals. are we not getting recorded wherever we go.