I looked it up and it wasn't quite what I thought it would be. Interesting though.
Who else besides me just heard the term Impostor Syndrome for the 1st time?
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Oh well. I seem to have that too.
Will just chalk up another in a long and growing list of psychological issues.
I think it's probably pretty common in one form or another.
Many people get uncomfortable when thanked or praised by others.
Humility is not a bad characteristic, so I'm unsure of when one might cross the Rubicon and transition from humbleness to "Imposter Syndrome".
Many people get uncomfortable when thanked or praised by others.
Humility is not a bad characteristic, so I'm unsure of when one might cross the Rubicon and transition from humbleness to "Imposter Syndrome".
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I think they need a better term for it.
Or one less name for it!
I can right to the idea, although not so much the name. I am a network engineer and there are days where I wonder if others realize there is so much more I need to learn, despite doing this for three decades.
I had a bad case of it a couple years ago. I transferred schools, and was hired on by the highest-rated middle school in our district. I kept thinking to myself, "Why did they hire me? I'm not that great. They could have hired any teacher they wanted!"
Fast forward to today: my administration loves the work I do in the classroom and my students score highly.
Fast forward to today: my administration loves the work I do in the classroom and my students score highly.
Yup. It's a thing. I imagine most of us have been there a time or two, walking into a new situation and not knowing the ropes yet.
O.H.
O.H.
It's interesting to see it in effect - someone competent who doesn't feel up to a job, often surrounded by people who really shouldn't be left unsupervised with anything more dangerous than a stick of glue. The basis for this is partially explained by the Dunning-Kruger effect, which has been well researched and documented. Basically, it's fools rushing in where angels fear to tread - the angels in this case have impostor syndrome. I personally think most cases of impostor syndrome are simply the manifestation of a better than average understanding of the scale and complexity of the problem at hand.
I get gaslighted every so often by people who although well meaning don’t realize that when they say i don’t have schizophrenia (which according to the eight times in the psych hospital and ten years of off and on homelessness would beg to differ). I sometimes feel like i am an imposter even though just today I was experiencing auditory hallucinations in the grocery store. Oh well, c’est la vie….
When I open this thread, I immediately thought of the Dunning Kruger effect. You posted my thoughts exactly.
