Struggling With Imposter Syndrome?

You may be surprised to learn… you are not alone. Just about everyone experiences the passing feeling that they may not have what it takes. Let’s explore what the Imposter Syndrome is and how you can overcome it.

Remember that highly successful and accomplished people experience this as well as those just starting out. When it comes to the Imposter Syndrome, it doesn’t matter if you are a CEO, a writer like Maya Angelou or a genius like Einstein, both admitting to feeling like an imposter at times.

What Is Imposter Syndrome?

When people struggle with imposter syndrome, they feel like they do not know what they are doing and wonder if they are really qualified. This is happening despite their success, accomplishments, education and feedback from others. So instead of feeling confident, one would experience some nervousness or anxiety about being “found out” because they feel like a fraud. This can happen in a room full of people who admires them, as one very famous actor reported.

The ‘unbelief’ in oneself despite diplomas, degrees, accomplishments is pervasive and hangs in the background tinging any success, “because it does not feel real.” Sometimes people who struggle with Imposter Syndrome report not feeling “deserving” of such a great job, or the award, or the opportunity.

This syndrome has its roots in early childhood experiences and those family beliefs around success.

If a family was highly successful, and the parents did not encourage their children and focused only on their own accomplishments, the child can grow up not wanting to outshine their parents. If the parents were overly critical, the child grows up doubting themselves.?Children believe about themselves based on how they were treated.?These early beliefs, unfortunately, do not usually “update” with accomplishments and success later in life.

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