The sense we have of our own Being is in contrast to the sense we have of being the object of attention. The one is intuitive and right hemispheric and makes us feel comfortable; the other is explicit and left hemispheric and makes us feel self-conscious and uncomfortable.
Anxiety disorders tend to be disorders where we become aware of ourselves too explicitly. Schizophrenia takes that self-consciousness to a psychotic extreme, where the person experiences a sense of being watched as a lived reality.
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