Imposter Syndrome
Jul. 12th, 2006 08:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Yeah, I know how this feels:
The problem was he believed he was a fraud, whatever the manifest signs of his accomplishments and success. If he published, he believed, he would be found out by his scientific peers and revealed for the imposter he knew he was. My colleague, in other words, was a victim of Imposter Syndrome.
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Date: 2006-07-12 04:12 pm (UTC)Knows it well, we does...
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Date: 2006-07-12 04:47 pm (UTC)and if you got over it, you might think: "is this all there is? nothing more to aspire to?" would you belong to a club that would accept you as a member?
I personally aspire to being like you... scary, ain't it? :)
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Date: 2006-07-12 07:16 pm (UTC)I wonder what the causal basis is.
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Date: 2006-07-13 02:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-13 03:24 am (UTC)How bizarre.
wow
Date: 2006-07-13 09:59 pm (UTC)