the.com/imposter syndrome
the nagging suspicion that everyone else got the memo and you got the room by accident.
means the persistent, evidence-defying belief that your success is luck or deception rather than skill, despite proof otherwise.
from coined in 1978 by psychologists pauline clance and suzanne imes, who studied high-achieving women convinced they'd somehow fooled everyone into thinking they were competent.
original studyfocused entirely on successful, high-performing women
not a disorderit is not in any diagnostic manual
universal reachaffects ceos, nobel winners, and students alike
paradoxthe more competent people often feel it most