Have you had similar thoughts at least once in your life?— Yes, I was just lucky to pass my license, the instructor was in a good mood.— I’m already in my 5th year of medical school, but in nothing in my head, everyone understands this perfectly. “I’ve been promoted!” But there is nothing outstanding in this; any of this team could be promoted up the career ladder. If so, then congratulations, most likely you are faced with impostor syndrome, or you are completely devaluing all your achievements. The peculiarity of this phenomenon is precisely that that despite the existing successes and achievements, there is a worm sitting inside that voices the attitude: “Now everyone will see how untalented you are! All your successes, in fact, are just luck.” As a result - fear, doubt, uncertainty, anxiety, and in some cases even panic attacks, from the thought - if I don’t put in extra human effort to maintain this success, it won’t be repeated. And so you, in pursuit of maintaining internal well-being, run this marathon race with yourself, simultaneously stumbling over arguments in favor of your own worthlessness, because “I’m not worthy”, “I don’t deserve it”. Chances are, if you don't have the necessary tools to fight this phenomenon, you will lose. Pauline Clance and Suzanne A. Imes are two amazing women who, in 1978, summarized some knowledge on the basis of which they identified this phenomenon as a separate terminological unit. Imposter syndrome is a psychological phenomenon that manifests itself in the fact that a person is unable to admit that achievements, victories, merits are the result of certain efforts. It can manifest itself in the form of such thoughts: - I don’t deserve this, my friends know that this is so. Now they are judging me behind my back... - This test was too easy, even a fifth grader could have solved it. Let’s say you’ve figured out the terminology and you have an idea of ​​what it is and how this syndrome manifests itself. However, leaving you without recommendations would be a big mistake on my part, so I will say this, you can fight impostor syndrome on your own and here are some recommendations for you: If all my successes are luck, then try to write down all the major achievements of your life and make a separate list for achievements for Last year. It is not logical to explain all bonuses by luck alone - this is a fact and you have to accept it. Get feedback. One opinion is certainly good, but two are better, and three are generally wonderful. Devaluation will become softer if you have a certain set of objective opinions about your work. Comparison is not effective, so stop making pathological or, as it is also called, painful comparison. You will never know how much work and failure is behind every successful story; your experience is a unique combination of your life efforts and life circumstances. Taking care of you! 😉Sign up for a consultation by phone number 8-920-995-82-41 or Ksenia Andreevna Malakhova - clinical psychologist, CBT psychotherapist More interesting: Center for Practical Psychology