the.com/imposter syndrome
the nagging suspicion that everyone else got the memo you missed.
means a persistent feeling of being a fraud despite clear evidence of your own competence and achievements.
from coined in 1978 by psychologists pauline clance and suzanne imes, who studied high-achieving women convinced their success was a fluke about to be exposed.
originally genderedfirst studied almost exclusively in women
not a disorderit is not in any psychiatric manual
hits the successfulmore common among high achievers, oddly enough
prevalencean estimated 70 percent feel it at some point
for instance
maya angelou — said she feared being unmasked after each of her 11 books
neil gaiman — dreamed of a man coming to check his credentials
albert einstein — called himself an involuntary swindler near the end of his life