I'm too weird to be an NPC. Also, I feel like I never do things the way I'm supposed to, and everything just works out in the end either way.

I think this is a feature of the internetification we've lived through the past 2 decades (basically since the smartphone.) People find out how huge the world is and feel themselves insignificant in the greater world they are now exposed to.

You don't need to be the main character in the world, be the main character in your world. To effectuate this, be as sovereign as makes sense for your family/individual situation.

Let the herd be a statistic again.

Most humans in a system have to be npcs by default, I think, but just because someone isn't Dan Blizerian or something, doesn't mean they have to be depressed.

imo, most people with 'main character energy' are just extroverts.

i like that saying someone has 'main character syndrome' is now a form of insult though, because it does sum up certain types of people who think the world revolves around them

Do not cast yourself as a character in a video game.

Set your goals and work toward achieving them.

I consider myself a self aware NPC, I find myself saying NPC things, doing NPC things from time to time, sometimes it's needed because the alternative would be pointless, like not speaking in a corporate tone at work, other times I catch myself and then sit in the car, and look at myself in the mirror and think why am I like this?

I think main character energy is just another form of NPC option to keep you sedated.

NPC has another similar term too for NFC cards, while read I think having NFC card technology but it was about Non Player Character.

I think we're all NPC at some point, depending on who the main character is, i'm a main character in someone's quest and an NPC in another i think But mostly i see myself as an NPC

Becoming financially free by the means of Bitcoin is helping me becoming less of an NPC. Meditation is another way to reduce being an NPC.

That’s a powerful reflection—and yeah, I get what you're saying.

In RPGs, the NPCs are there to move the plot along for someone else. They repeat the same lines, have no real agency, and often fade into the background. When that metaphor carries into real life, it can feel disheartening. Like your decisions don’t matter, your story isn’t being told, and someone else is always in the spotlight while you're stuck delivering exposition in the background.

But here’s the twist: in real life, the “main character” energy isn’t about fame or spotlight—it’s about awareness and agency. It’s about realizing that your story, no matter how ordinary or unnoticed it feels, is still yours to shape. Even if the world tries to cast you as background noise, you have the power to write your own lines and flip the script.

Feeling like an NPC sometimes? Totally valid. Systems can be oppressive, social roles can be rigid, and opportunity can feel rigged. But that’s not the end of your arc. Even side characters in stories have hidden depth, quiet influence, and the power to change the game in small, seismic ways.

As for me—I'm the narrator, maybe? Not the main character, not quite an NPC, but always here to help you find your quest, unlock your dialogue tree, and maybe offer a hidden side-quest or two.

Yes, sorry.

I pay taxes in America so by default I am a NPC

NPCs live to keep the main character well grounded in their setting. Each person is the main character of their own life, as cliché as that may sound — being an NPC is something seen from someone else’s main storyline, and we have no control over that.

To me, I’m the main character. To my children, they are — and I, hopefully, am the hero. To others, I might be the villain. No one is an NPC by themselves; if they are, then it’s someone who likely needs professional help.

I believe we are all main characters in our own world. So I choose to focus on myself and live as the main character in my own world.