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I pushed the dumbells into the air and thought, “This dude next to me is probably wondering what ails me, why I am not lifting heavier weights.” I finished the set and walked over to the sani-wipe dispenser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I pull out a wet towelette before I turn (awkwardly?) to walk back to the bench. The spotlight shines brightly. “Was the glance over my shoulder to look out for an oncoming exerciser too exaggerated as I overcompensated for the blindness in one eye?”<\/p>\n\n\n

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Thomas Gilovich and Kenneth Savitsky were the first researchers to name the spotlight effect. One experiences this psychological phenomenon when they believe that everyone is looking at and judging them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I repel the anxiety associated with the spotlight effect by zooming out and engaging my worried mind. “My man, we’ve been going to a gym since the good ol’ days at Dear ol’ State. We have never thought, ‘Why aren’t they lifting more? What’s wrong with them?'” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those questions have never crossed my mind because I am preoccupied with myself–my weightlifting form, whether my lower back hurts, what I’ll eat for breakfast . . . . And everyone else in the gym<\/s> in life is thinking about themselves, not me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a wise person once told me, “No one gives a fuck, Matt.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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