Impostor syndrome is a feeling of personal incompetence and self-doubt that persist despite your experience, accomplishments, and education. To counter these feelings, you may end up holding yourself to higher standards and working harder. This may lead you to burnout.
How to cope with this syndrome?
You can be your best friend or your worst enemy. Keep in mind that you are not as bad as your mind wants to make you believe. Let us share with you some tips that may help you.
- Stop, breathe and exhale. Detach yourself from those low-key feelings. You earned your place because you are worth it. Recognition is OK. Accept it.
- Don’t listen to the saboteur voices in your head. You are where you are because others saw the potential in you.
- Self-compassion is better than victimization. Give yourself credit for your hard-earned benefits.
- Allow yourself to make mistakes. Some mistakes are fine and are a form of learning.
- Try to do some exercise. It lowers your cortisol and raises your endorphin level.
Not men vs. women race
On the corporative ladder, 85% of the women suffer this as a normal response to being female in a culture rife with gender discrimination. Women are more likely to experience this syndrome when they are short of examples of other women who share the same background and are succeeding in the same field of expertise.
Men -on the other side- are more prone to suffer anxiety due to that feeling compared to women.
In the world of tech, you will probably experience it at least once in your career. Enjoy what you accomplished and fight the monster away.
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