Nah, every time I've started to feel something like "imposter syndrome" is was because I was legit starting to wade into something over my head and I needed to git gud or die trying. Every time. Never been wrong assuming my "imposter syndrome" was exactly right telling me not to be confident in my abilities, but that's not how the term is used. Its typically "I went to college for a BS in Blablah and now I'm an expert from graduation day till retirement."
Yes, but there's no way such cases account for how widespread motivational talks and such about "imposter syndrome" are. It would be like if every third personal fitness trainer was constantly talking about helping people to overcome anorexia. Anorexics exist, but that's definitely not what the majority of people are dealing with.
Agreed. The vast majority of self-help is generally useless. But kind of like with actual gender dysphoria, there's being a retarded hipster, and someone dealing with a mental illness.
In fairness, you can get imposter syndrome if you have been taught to not have confidence in your own abilities.
Nah, every time I've started to feel something like "imposter syndrome" is was because I was legit starting to wade into something over my head and I needed to git gud or die trying. Every time. Never been wrong assuming my "imposter syndrome" was exactly right telling me not to be confident in my abilities, but that's not how the term is used. Its typically "I went to college for a BS in Blablah and now I'm an expert from graduation day till retirement."
Well that's for you. There are going to be people who have been systematically taught to underestimate themselves, likely as a result of abuse.
Yes, but there's no way such cases account for how widespread motivational talks and such about "imposter syndrome" are. It would be like if every third personal fitness trainer was constantly talking about helping people to overcome anorexia. Anorexics exist, but that's definitely not what the majority of people are dealing with.
Agreed. The vast majority of self-help is generally useless. But kind of like with actual gender dysphoria, there's being a retarded hipster, and someone dealing with a mental illness.