Anonymous thoughts about imposter syndrome.
Waiting to be found out.
The specific terror of being competent without believing it.
The way success compounds the exposure instead of dissolving it.
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You are functioning. You may even be succeeding. And underneath all of it is the steady, quiet conviction that you are not qualified for the position you are in — that the people around you are real and you are improvising, and at some point this will become visible.
Imposter syndrome affects people at every level of achievement. Success doesn't dissolve it; sometimes it intensifies it. More success means more to lose when you're exposed.
Anonymous thoughts about imposter syndrome posted here are from people who are tired of the performance. The honest account of what it's like to be competent at something while never quite believing it.