Eli5 what is the fear of being perceived?
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If you mean “what is the phobia of being stared at”, other poster has covered that. If you mean in psychological terms, it’s the fear of people seeing you as you really are – qualities, faults, all the stuff you want to keep hidden. The fear of being totally known and understood.
Scopophobia, scoptophobia, or ophthalmophobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by a morbid fear of being seen or stared at by others. The term scopophobia comes from the Greek σκοπέω skopeō, “look to, examine”, and φόβος phobos, “fear”.
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