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.

Lydia is a reporter on the Logistics Report team. She previously covered business tax for Bloomberg Tax, and before that was part of a money-in-politics investigative team and a business reporter at ...

Lydia Wheeler is a legal affairs reporter in The Wall Street Journal’s Washington, D.C., bureau. She previously covered the Supreme Court and a range of legal issues at Bloomberg Law and The Hill.