Iemand bekend met het impostor syndrome? Ik heb daar al sinds m’n jong volwassenheid last van. Als mensen me complimenten geven of ik haal goede resultaten in m’n studie of ik win een spel etc. dan schaam ik me ipv me trots te voelen.
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Impostor syndrome (also known as
impostor phenomenon,
impostorism,
fraud syndrome or the
impostor experience) is a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their skills, talents, or accomplishments and has a persistent
internalizedfear of being exposed as a "fraud". Despite external evidence of their competence, those experiencing this
phenomenon remain convinced that they are
frauds and do not deserve all they have achieved. Individuals with impostorism incorrectly attribute their success to
luck, or interpret it as a result of deceiving others into thinking they are more
intelligent than they perceive themselves to be. Impostor syndrome also occurs in normal human-to-human relationships. Based on this syndrome, continuing doubts about people and individual defense mechanisms are considered difficult to achieve healthy relationships. While early research focused on the prevalence among high-achieving women, impostor syndrome has been recognized to affect both men and women equally”