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Haha! This article is doing a number on my impostor syndrome.

• mortehu 13y ago
  How can a person claim to suffer from impostor syndrome?
  • Ensorceled 13y ago
    I know, rationally, that I'm competent. That does not prevent me from feeling like an impostor and having nagging self-doubts.
    • RyanZAG 13y ago
      It's an interesting point - it may be possible to have 'impostor syndrome' syndrome, where you think you have imposter syndrome but you're actually an imposter. According to the study, if you were an imposter you'd have to be incompetent which means you'd be unable to judge that you were incompetent and you'd rationalize that you were competent. Terrible cycle, but it's according to this article if you were an imposter you'd probably think you weren't. Uhm. This probably isn't helping. Good luck with your imposter syndrome!
      • Ensorceled 13y ago
        That was wonderfully written. I hate you. :-)
    • DoggettCK 13y ago
      For a long time, my biggest fear was that I was secretly retarded. Every time anyone said I was smart, I thought they were just being nice, like how you'd put even your child's ugliest drawing on the fridge. Of course, if I were, I probably couldn't comprehend the thought in the first place, so rationally, I know I'm not. A lot of it probably comes from reading things from/about people infinitely smarter/more motivated than I am, and feeling like I have no idea what I'm doing.