Impostor Syndrome is not a clinical disorder that is included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition), but it does refer to a psychological pattern that many people can certainly relate to.
This syndrome refers to a persistent feeling that one is deficient in some critical way and that they may ultimately be 'found out' and exposed as a fraud. People may feel this way in a new role they're in (at work, for example, or with a promotion) or they may feel this way socially (feeling they don't fit in or somehow don't belong or measure up to others).
Social comparison - comparing oneself to others - is common for people who feel this way, but it is possible to overcome these feelings with work and increased self-awareness. Self-improvement is always possible, and I can explain in my new video how it works!
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