50 Stories About Imposter Syndrome: Why Do We Never Feel Like We’re Worthy?
If you’ve ever felt like a fraud, a fake, or undeserving, this story is definitely for you!
I don’t know why it is that regardless of the talent and ingenuity it may have taken to get us where we are, some of us still have imposter syndrome. No matter what we manage to accomplish, we don’t ever seem to feel like we deserve it.
Do words like fraud, fake, and imposter rattle around in your brain and make you second guess practically every thing you do?
Recently, I shared a comment with Sherryl Writes — a fellow writer on Medium, in response to her story: Freelance Writing is a Lonely Profession (something I encourage everyone to read).
In our discussion, neither of us used the expression “imposter syndrome” but that is clearly what the underlying issue was.
I could so easily relate to the things she described, and her doubts about seriously pursuing the writing career she’d been longing to get started on.
That conversation prompted me to consider writing on the topic of imposter syndrome, so I thought I’d get a few quotes from a Medium writer or two.
I was astonished to find so many great looking titles on the subject. Clearly, this is an issue that is much more common than I realized, as you will see from the following points, and the extensive list.
I didn’t even see the need to try and go into an explanation of what this syndrome really is.
With the wealth of information you’ll find in these stories, you will most assuredly get a clear description and understanding about this condition, as well as how to avoid it.
Your Imposter Syndrome Feelings Are Common
Whether or not the old saying about misery loving company is true or not, it does tend to make us feel better, when we know we’re not alone when we go through something.
The same is true about feelings of imposter syndrome. We realize we’re not the only people feeling this way, no matter what our job, career, or talent happens to be.
But it’s really helpful, to be able to read about the specific situations that other individuals like us have experienced. When we see that other creative and talented people have dealt with the same fears, and managed to overcome them, this can help us get our act together.
That is exactly what reading some of the following stories will help you be able to do. There’s something here for everyone, no matter if you’re a writer, an artist or some type of creative designer.
Whatever job, career, or skill set you have, that causes you to doubt yourself, there is at least one story in this list that can help you.
50 Imposter Syndrome Stories:
1. 3 Steps to Beat Imposter Syndrome
2. Processing My Struggle With Depression And Imposter Syndrome in Silicon Valley
4. Imposter syndrome and Product Management
6. Everybody Experiences Imposter Syndrome — Strong Leaders Use it to Their Advantage
7. How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome as a New UX Designer
8. Overcoming not-imposter syndrome
9. Developers: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome
10. How to deal with the Imposter Syndrome if you’re a Designer
11. Why Imposter Syndrome Is Worse for Women of Color
12. Imposter Syndrome — Is This Psychological Phenomenon Undermining Your Success?
13. Imposter Syndrome Never Goes Away
14. How I overcome Imposter Syndrome in Data Analytics
15. Embracing Imposter Syndrome as a Designer
16. How I Overcame Imposter Syndrome After Joining Gojek
17. 5 Strategies to Manage Imposter Syndrome
18. Imposter Syndrome: Your Experience With It as a Designer and Tips To Manage It?
19. Beating your imposter syndrome
20. Imposter Syndrome — I’ve Got It, and I’m Working On It
21. Why Do Software Developers Suffer From Imposter Syndrome ?
22. How I overcame my imposter syndrome as a new designer
23. How To Stop Second-Guessing Yourself and Overcome Imposter Syndrome
24. How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome as a Programmer or a Data Scientist
25. Coping with Imposter Syndrome as a Developer
26. How I’m Learning to Beat Imposter Syndrome
27. What If It’s Not Imposter Syndrome and You’re Just Bad at Your Job?
28. How I Learned to Overcome Imposter Syndrome (and How You Can, Too)
29. Dealing With Imposter Syndrome
30. 6 Tips for Developers to Handle Imposter Syndrome
31. You Should Love Imposter Syndrome
33. Imposter syndrome isn’t your fault
35. Four Ways I Kick Imposter Syndrome In The Teeth
36. 7 Ways to Overcome Interdisciplinary Imposter Syndrome
37. How To Battle the Imposter Syndrome That Stops You from Blogging
38. Your “Imposter Syndrome” is Fake
39. Imposter Syndrome In The Time Of Coronavirus
40. Afraid You Are a Fraud? Take a Reality Check to Crush Imposter Syndrome
41. How to Kick Imposter Syndrome to the Curb — For Good
42. Imposter Syndrome? You Aren’t Alone
43. Kick Your Imposter Syndrome to the Curb
44. How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome
45. How to Beat Imposter Syndrome and Develop World-Class Confidence
46. A Different Kind Of Imposter Syndrome
47. 5 Hacks To Overcome Data Science Imposter Syndrome
48. How to beat imposter syndrome
49. Why You Shouldn’t Fight Imposter Syndrome
50. Why Do 8 Out of 10 People Experience Imposter Syndrome? They Ignore a Universal Truth About Success
Final Thoughts
Make a point to bookmark this valuable list of stories, and pull it out whenever you catch yourself doubting your abilities and second guessing your success.
If it helps, write your own story on the subject, and feel free to come back and leave a comment, as well as drop your story link. I’ll add it to the list you see above.
Whatever you do, don’t allow negative thinking to drag you down and make you unproductive. Stay positive, and remember that you are worthy, even when you feel like you’re not.
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