Are you talking about when events are blown out of proportion in our minds for example? (goodtherapy.org)
In terms of the proportion of pupils in good or outstanding schools, Stoke is in the bottom 10 local authorities in the country. (bbc.co.uk)
Yet when one tries to get a sense of proportion by looking at the official nationwide real estate statistics, a kind of schizophrenia seems to be at work. (michael-hudson.com)