“I won’t make it, and if I succeeded last time, it was a coincidence.” Almost everyone has experienced what psychologists call “impostor syndrome” at some point. A series of very unpleasant thoughts that make us skeptical about our own success. “I think it would be impossible for someone to say they’ve never experienced those symptoms.” says Stacey Callahan, professor of psychiatry at the University of Toulouse. When it only appears once in a while, no problem. But when it becomes too present and paralyzes us, how do we get rid of it?
First, you need to understand what it is. It is not a disorder because the symptoms are not stable in either intensity or duration, unlike, for example, personality disorders. Three fundamental aspects characterize the impostor syndrome. the first is a sense of illegitimacy, a loss of self-worth, despite our past successes and deception…
Source: Le Figaro
