Most people are too busy worrying about their own personal problems to notice yours.

In a 2000 study, Gilovich and colleagues reported that students also badly overestimated how well their own gaffes and clever arguments were noticed by others in discussion groups. "The fact is that others do not notice us nearly as much as we think they do," Gilovich said. Contrary to every instinct, our nervousness, our sadness, even our lies are largely lost on most observers, he said.

Very interesting.

Thank you for this! It sure makes it easier to go out and conquer the day.

It's just our ego's talking to give us such great importance in other's lives.

This is good. It reminds me of a former co-worker whose husband was always convinced that other people were constantly judging him harshly. Her response was, "Honey. Most people don't notice you one way or the other."