Poll: Have you ever heard about "Imposter Syndrome"?

Gjorgji Apostolovski wrote:

Respect to all who legitimately success in their field, don't be necessary translations and related to translations, but begging from my elementary school, all I can say is that I saw certain people's "success". We have children which parents were from the high class of people and always had A's with minimal effort, we have teachers who are asking something to give A's, etc... Now when I'm grown up, I see women "success" with their "skills", I see men who pays for their "success" in all kind of fields, especially politics and business. This is the reality and we all must admit that the game isn't fair.

Lieven Malaise wrote:



I haven't got the faintest idea what you are talking about, but I see that you offer translations into English. That's interesting.

Mario Chávez wrote:

The so-called imposter syndrome was the name given by two American psychologists in the 70s who did research on a number of professional women and wrote about it. As with many other American-born ideas, this was commoditized and popularized in social media to the point that many people, including many of our colleagues, sincerely believe that imposter syndrome is a legitimate psychological condition. It is not. There are several criticisms that have been levelled against this behavioral phenomenon (see https://hbr.org/2021/02/stop-telling-women-they-have-imposter-syndrome for example). I would suggest to look at the literature with a very critical eye.

The gist of imposter syndrome: high-achieving women (and by extension, any high-achieving individual) fall prey to self-doubt and fear that they will be found out or exposed as fake or not-so-successful. It's a kind of paranoia construct, in my view, a consequence of the American navel-gazing practiced by economically or professionally successful individuals. I would also recommend reading on American individualism and its extremes. One of such extremes is the postmodernist emphasis on the individual's feelings and emotions as more important for identity, achievement and success than the individual's connections to the society at large or to family or circle of friends.

In short, self-doubt in times of anxiety is nothing new. It's just been repackaged to serve it up as some faddish psychological condition deserving of attention and protection.

Iulia Parvu wrote:

... Should be about the Dunning - Kruger effect


I haven't got the faintest idea what you are talking about, but I see that you offer translations into English. That's interesting.

Kevin Fulton wrote:

Every time I got paid, I said to myself "Fooled them again!"

Gjorgji Apostolovski wrote:



Hey, man, don't you get feeling that someone is looking at these posts and saying: Oh, that's just crumbs for chickens.

Carla Selyer wrote:




When I started out, I lacked confidence and would have a mental process of going through the different phases of self-doubt: do I have the skills, ability and qualifications to do this? It helps to have people around you to uplift you and tell you you can do it and I thank my personal hero for always championing me.
Giving this feeling a name ('Imposter Syndrome') makes it sound so much worse somehow, this sounds like a crisis of self-doubt. When I was just starting out in my career, it was called a "lack of confidence". The fact is, I have done it, I can do it and I will do it again! I am not an imposter, I am a translator! "I translate!" Or as Chicken Little said: "Runt, just do it. It'll work. We'll survive!"

Gjorgji Apostolovski wrote:



And Chester said: In the end it doesn't even matter.

R.I.P. Chester

I understand this Imposter Syndrome very differently, not as self doubt but also as doubt in others. And this self doubt and doubt in others is the result of others actions in our environment. My first post in this topic explains them. So if most people are imposters, than one gets self doubt of his success thinking that the others will consider him as imposter. And also gets doubt in someone else success, because most people are imposters and this new successful one must be imposter. We all thinking this way sometimes, someone maybe more than the others, but this is the reality. Most of the people "success" in easy way. And the rest are doubting in themselves, because not everyone has the benefit of birth in high class family, rich country, etc...
We all must admit that these let's called cliches: the boss and the secretary, the doctor and the nurse, the principal and the teacher, the model and the photographer, the singer and the producer, the actors and directors... they are all real. Don't get me started about politics, business, police etc...
All I am saying in my posts here in this topic is that these doubts in others and in ourselves are justified, because those things that I described are happening for real.

Here is some funny example, this is scene from a movie, if you don't understand Serbian and if you are interested, find someone to translate you.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAcz3dPNMOu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Gjorgji Apostolovski wrote:



And Chester said: In the end it doesn't even matter.

R.I.P. Chester

I understand this Imposter Syndrome very differently, not as self doubt but also as doubt in others. And this self doubt and doubt in others is the result of others actions in our environment. My first post in this topic explains them. So if most people are imposters, than one gets self doubt of his success thinking that the others will consider him as imposter. And also gets doubt in someone else success, because most people are imposters and this new successful one must be imposter. We all thinking this way sometimes, someone maybe more than the others, but this is the reality. Most of the people "success" in easy way. And the rest are doubting in themselves, because not everyone has the benefit of birth in high class family, rich country, etc...
We all must admit that these let's called cliches: the boss and the secretary, the doctor and the nurse, the principal and the teacher, the model and the photographer, the singer and the producer, the actors and directors... they are all real. Don't get me started about politics, business, police etc...
All I am saying in my posts here in this topic is that these doubts in others and in ourselves are justified, because those things that I described are happening for real.

Here is some funny example, this is scene from a movie, if you don't understand Serbian and if you are interested, find someone to translate you.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAcz3dPNMOu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==