The Bishvili Nivra Ha'olam Syndrome

The Talmud says that God created the world for each and every one of us and that each person is required to wonder at God's creation and imagine "Bishvili Nivra Ha'olam" - the entire world was created for me. Unfortunately, this command has been taken to an extreme by many here in Israel, to the point where one of my friends refers to people as having 'Bishvili Nivra Ha'olam Syndrome.'People who