Topic: You actually need to be good at what you do to claim imposter syndrome

Anonymous A started this discussion 3 years ago #107,316

Discuss.

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #1,205,289

No, having difficulties at work is probably a catalyst for those types of feelings.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,205,290

@previous (B)
Impostor syndrome, also known as impostor phenomenon or impostorism, is a psychological occurrence in which an individual doubts their skills, talents, or accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a fraud.[1] Despite external evidence of their competence,

Anonymous B replied with this 3 years ago, 50 seconds later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,205,291

@previous (A)
So you are just emphasizing the last sentence in that definition.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 3 minutes later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,205,292

@previous (B)
If an individual has no skills are there really skills to doubt?

Anonymous B replied with this 3 years ago, 2 minutes later, 8 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,205,293

@previous (A)
A lot of people have jobs they don't know how to do but stay employed in those jobs regardless.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 57 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,205,305

yeah, yeah, the fucking big bang theory already did an entire episode

boof joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 2 hours later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,205,355

so like, when you aren't doing anything anyone gives a shit about, it's easy to avoid feeling like you're getting away with anything

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