Board 8 > Do you have impostor syndrome?

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I've been teaching social media basics class for the last three weeks. I do have some rudimentary experience and I did take some classes in the past. I still feel terribly underprepared for this.

But my "students" (all two of them) are even newer to this. So I suppose it's fine. Still feel bad for them though kinda. /BlogFAQs

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I've always felt my potential was going unfulfilled, so this poll is a "no" for me.

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"Impostor Syndrome" is a bigger deal than the title makes it out to be, and I think you've misdefined it, but I could be wrong. Isn't it the sort of paranoid mental disorder where you start thinking family and friends have either been replaced by actors or have been pulling a Truman Show on you?


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Isquen posted...

"Impostor Syndrome" is a bigger deal than the title makes it out to be, and I think you've misdefined it, but I could be wrong. Isn't it the sort of paranoid mental disorder where you start thinking family and friends have either been replaced by actors or have been pulling a Truman Show on you?

No it's the idea that you're more successful than you deserve to be, basically a symptom of low self-worth/low self-esteem

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Am I even good enough have imposter syndrome?

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never ending 'posta drome

No, I'm unemployed. But I do have terrible self-esteem and I expect it will be an issue in anything I do.

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Isquen posted...

"Impostor Syndrome" is a bigger deal than the title makes it out to be, and I think you've misdefined it, but I could be wrong. Isn't it the sort of paranoid mental disorder where you start thinking family and friends have either been replaced by actors or have been pulling a Truman Show on you?

That's Truman Syndrome
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WhiteLens posted...

Am I even good enough have imposter syndrome?

Haha, I was thinking this too. I don't particular have a successful position to even have this issue.

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DeepsPraw posted...

No it's the idea that you're more successful than you deserve to be, basically a symptom of low self-worth/low self-esteem

I looked it up and found WebMD saying it's another name for the Capgras delusion, so maybe the popular use of it is a bad choice of terms.

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For me, this gets weirdly intensified by people complimenting my work XD

I often find myself overpreparing for tasks [taught a drawing class for teens at a local library and prepped like I was doing a TED Talk o_o]. But maybe that's just anxiety.

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Impostor Syndrome may be putting it strongly, but I've been in my current job for three years and I still worry about failing something that lets down the rest of the team and proves I'm not good enough.

I have both this and Kruger-dunning

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what if im actually an impostor

sus

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i feel like almost everyone has this to some extent, with a few exceptions. those can include

1) you truly love and enjoy your job
2) you are supremely overqualified for your role
3) you have a superiority complex/are too dumb to realize your weaknesses

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