the.com/self doubt
the inner critic that got promoted to manager and never left.
means a nagging uncertainty about your own abilities or worth that colors decisions before you make them.
from philosophers have poked at it since descartes made doubt a method, but the modern self-doubt is freud's inner critic wearing gym clothes and jogging through your confidence.
impostor overlapimpostor syndrome is self doubt with a diploma.
evolutionary theorymild self doubt once prevented cavemen from overconfident tiger fights.
performance paradoxa little boosts preparation, a lot causes paralysis.
gender datastudies show it strikes competence, not just confidence, unevenly.