224: Navigating the comparison trap & the spotlight complex

The Confidence Project Podcast · Oct 4, 2021 · 28m

You get invited to go to the pool.

You're nervous.

Everyone is going to look at your body, and they're all going to judge you.

You go to the grocery store looking like shit. Everyone in your town will remember the day you showed up at Target looking like trash.

You're going back to the a public gym. It's been years. Everyone is going to notice that you're a fish out of water, and they'll laugh about you for years to come.

Right?

Not so fast.

The spotlight complex makes us feel like we are the most important part of someone's day- and not in a good way. We torture ourselves thinking that…