Why can’t I stop looking at myself on video calls? It’s become obsessive, to the point where I have to turn off the camera. Daniel Brown, London
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As social creatures, we instinctively worry about how we are perceived, because of how this affects our status. Perversely, though, we can’t appear to care about this. Constantly checking there isn’t anything in your teeth, your glasses aren’t wonky and your makeup hasn’t smudged would look bizarre in a face-to-face conversation. However, on a video call, you can get away with this with nobody being any the wiser.
I would imagine a workplace only magnifies this. We cannot truly
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