Main Character Syndrome isn’t a diagnosis — it’s a lifestyle! The condition might’ve been described in Ye Olden Days as that “record-scratch” moment when a person entered a room, and all eyes turned ...

Main character syndrome is the perception that your life is a story or a movie where you’re the central character. A term that was born on social media, it’s not a true syndrome or mental disorder.

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Within the last 20 years or so, video games have become increasingly cinematic. As a result, it has allowed a level of connection to the stories and characters comparable to movies and television. The ...

Healthy people think of themselves as the main character in their own lives, as I blogged here, but not as the main character in all of human history. In a marriage, where both parties think they’re ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Barbara James is a writer for Collider and a content creator. Currently, she works at Screen Rant as an Video Game Features Writer. As a graduate with a major in English, Barbara has worked as an ...

Back in the early days of gaming, many people assumed video games were for the boys. As such, most games had male protagonists by default. Over the years, more games have added options to choose your ...

Main character syndrome and main character energy originated on social media to refer to a person who behaves as though the protagonist in the story of their life. Main character energy and main ...