Feeling Like a Fraud: Living With Imposter Syndrome

09 Aug Feeling Like a Fraud: Living With Imposter Syndrome

What I mean by “impostor” is that she feels like an impostor. Despite all the accolades from her peers, despite all her skills and abilities and her meteoric rise within the company, in her mind she believes it’s only a matter of time before everyone discovers that she’s “faking it.” Rather than offering assurance, each new achievement and subsequent challenge only serves to intensify her ever-present fear of being found out.

There’s a name for this phenomenon: Impostor Syndrome. Research that began in 1978 with the work of psychotherapists Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes found that many women with notable achievements also had high levels of self-doubt. This deep lack of confidence–which couldn’t be equated with anxiety or other disorders–appeared to involve a deep sense of inauthenticity and an inability to internalize their successes.

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