Imposter Syndrome

 Imposter syndrome is the belief that you are not qualified or smart enough to be where you are and chalk success up to luck. I think personally that I have always felt this way, but I never had a name to put to it. I would not say that I think everything is up to chance necessarily, in terms of my success, but I definitely think I struggle with reconciling what I have done to who I am as a person. For example, when I do well on a test, I think it is because I prepared well and not because I am intelligent. But to be honest, if I was not a hard worker and intelligent, I would not do nearly as well. I think it is important to remember that success does not come down to one factor, like intelligence, or just hard work. It is multiple factors and it is about understanding yourself as a person to be able to combat the feelings that you do not deserve the success. I scored a 66 on the IP Scale. I am rated with having frequent feelings of imposter syndrome, which I think is a realistic score and rating for me. I think I struggle most with comparing myself to others and fearing feedback for things I perceive as mistakes. I am sensitive to feedback, and that is something I will have to combat while on fieldwork, and probably for the rest of my life.