“Main Character Syndrome” is a well-known term on social media that describes a confident, self-important person. But experts are worried that this behavior may be unhealthy and even teetering toward ...

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Does your child tend to dramatize life events, painstakingly detail their life on social media, or seek constant attention and validation—especially online? If so, this could be a sign that they are ...

We recently wrote about awful people with "main character syndrome" — aka, people who think they're the most important person in the world and nobody else's problems matter. Members of the BuzzFeed ...

Many psychologists suggest that people have a variety of ‘selves’ – often contrasting the ‘self’ that the person actually is, with the ‘self’ they present to the world. This contrast is often between ...

The concept of the “main character” has been embedded in storytelling for centuries. Literature has long championed characters who stand apart, whose inner lives are filled with turmoil, romance, and, ...

Every few months, there appears a new problem or syndrome allegedly arising from social media usage. This may either say something about the dangers of the technology, our fears of the new, or both.