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Impostor Syndrome

The document discusses imposter syndrome, which is a psychological pattern where individuals doubt their accomplishments and have a persistent fear of being exposed as a "fraud". Many famous and high-achieving individuals experience imposter syndrome. The core roots of imposter syndrome stem from an unrealistic view of others and a belief that one's successes are due to luck rather than ability. Imposter syndrome was first studied by psychotherapist Pauline Rose Clance, who noticed high-achieving female students did not believe they deserved their university spots. While imposter syndrome is associated with depression, it is not a disease or abnormality. Talking about imposter syndrome can help relieve feelings of being a fraud

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Impostor Syndrome

The document discusses imposter syndrome, which is a psychological pattern where individuals doubt their accomplishments and have a persistent fear of being exposed as a "fraud". Many famous and high-achieving individuals experience imposter syndrome. The core roots of imposter syndrome stem from an unrealistic view of others and a belief that one's successes are due to luck rather than ability. Imposter syndrome was first studied by psychotherapist Pauline Rose Clance, who noticed high-achieving female students did not believe they deserved their university spots. While imposter syndrome is associated with depression, it is not a disease or abnormality. Talking about imposter syndrome can help relieve feelings of being a fraud

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Impostor syndrome

Slide 1
I would like to start by mentioning some famous people with impostor syndrome. Albert Einstein,
Serena Williams,Lady Gaga and Michelle Obama are just a few. Einstein used to describe himself as an
involuntary swindler1, and Michelle Obama spoke in many talkshows about her experience with this
syndrom. As we are going to see, imposterism is not restriced to highly skilled people.

Slide 2
We can describe it as fear of exposure, whereby someone might realize that ‘they shouldn’t be here’
a.k.a being ‘found out’

I am going to focus now, on the core roots . They start with an unhelpful picture of what other people
are really like. We are uncapable of imagining how deeply flawed everyone else is, beneath their
polished surface. However ,roots of impostor syndrome reach far back into childhood. Research has
shown that we start out in life with a very strong impression that we are not like other people.We know
our life story and us from the inside, but others only from the outside. The only informations that we get
are very edited and are a very narrow source of information. Also we tend to think that others are just
as skilled, as we are with a certain skill, feeling that we don`t deserve opportunities over other people.
As we will see, the common thought is that as individuals we couldn`t possibly triumph, so every
possibiity of succes should be left to others.

Important information is that impostor syndrome is not a disease, or an abnormality. It can be


asocciated with depression, but is not tied to it.

Slide 3
I am going to expand this topic by mentioning the first psychologist who started the study of this
syndrom, Pouline Rose Clance.

As a therapist she noticed that students with high grades, didn`t belive they deserved their spots at the
university. Most used the explanation that their acceptance was an admissions error. Those beliefs were
unfounded2, and she herself had simmilar feelings in graduate school.

1
Scammer
2
Having no foundation or basis in fact
Slide 4
With her colleague Suzanne Imes, the first study of iposterism, was on female college students. Work
was based on the feelings of fraudulence. Throughout the years the study has been established across
gender, race, age and occupation.

As well as this issue, we can also look at a very different issue.

Pluralistic ignorance is a phenomenon, in which we each doubt ourselves privately, but belive that we
are alone in thinking that way, because no one else voices their doubts. We are failing to imagine, that
others are of course every bit as disturbed as we are, without knowing exactly what it is that troubles or
racks another outwardly very impressive person.

So to get back to the main topic.

Slide 5
Effects of imposterism can prevent

 Sharing new innovative ideas,


 applying for better jobs
 reaching goals
 understanding real expectations

Slide 6
How to combat impostor syndrome : Talk about it
Right now there is no true cure for impostor syndrome. But hearing that someone else, especially a
mentor has experienced the feelings of imposterism, can help relieve those feelings in ourselves. Even
finding out there is a term for those feelings can cause relief.

Reference

Cox E.,(2018), What is imposter syndrome - Elizabeth Cox, Ted Ed,https://www.youtube.com/watch?


v=ZQUxL4Jm1Lo

(2016) The Impostor Syndrome,The school of life, https://www.youtube.com/watch?


v=eqhUHyVpAwE&t=328s

Chapman A.,2015, Process to overcome Imposter Syndrome in mature students,Journal of High education

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