It occurs to me that my extreme sensitivity is a form of conceit—I think I am the focus of everyone’s actions. Am I so important that everything that goes on around me must have something to do with me? ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II. Al-Anon Family Groups. Kindle Edition.

I read at least fifteen years ago
When Anger Hurts that always
people are thinking about themselves,
not about you. It’s true, they’re involved
in themselves. We gain perspective,
understanding, when we step back,
content to be a minor character,
part of the scenery when someone else
entertains the conceit of extreme sensitivity
of believing themselves the main character/
when obviously you are!