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  Scopophobia noun; /ˌskɒpə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪə/: fear of being watched Imagine a world where someone is always watching over you no matter where you are, what you are doing, what position you occupy in the societal hierarchy. Do you realize how unsettling it would be; every action you take would be impacted by this unnerving feeling of being watched. But what exactly does make this notion of being under someone’s surveillance so deeply unsettling? One of the reasons must be the thought of losing your individual sovereignty, perhaps due to the insecurity of not having total control over all the things in your personal ambit and the ambiguous intent of the watcher. This is the same reason people don’t stay in houses that have a reputation of being haunted by spirits, however sceptical one is about their existence. It’s not easy to shake off the feeling of being watched. Sometimes the specifics of the watcher doesn’t even matter because the feeling in itself is difficult to come to grips with....