Right now, your brain is running a quiet simulation of every person who has ever looked at you, judged you, or might be thinking about you. You can't turn it off. And the reason why goes back two million years.
In this video, you'll discover the evolutionary science behind why your brain treats social rejection like physical pain, why you always feel like you're standing in a spotlight even when no one is watching, and why the voice in your head obsessing over what people think isn't a flaw — it's ancient survival software running on modern hardware. From Robin Dunbar's landmark research on the social brain, to UCLA's fMRI studies on rejection, to Mark Leary's sociometer theory, the answer is stranger and more human than you ever expected.
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