Do you ever feel anxious about yourself? Do you ever doubt your own abilities? Like it's just a matter of time before everybody realises you don't belong? Maybe you think you're not cool enough, smart enough, funny enough, or interesting enough to be where you are. Maybe you think you don't deserve the praise you're given or even the position you hold. This is impostor syndrome and it's all too common! Let's look at it from a psychological point of view with Leon, a practising psychologist and therapist and someone who can't wait to talk to you!
Nowadays, anxiety and depression are on the rise. Self-reflection, and with it, almost inevitably, self-doubt, sneak, jump, and walk into our heads through the diversity and plentifulness of social media, workplace competition, family pressure, and good ol' fashion peer pressure from people we know and even people we don't know. If we live in a world with so much fakeness, how can we not believe that we ourselves are phonies? Here's the good news: the first step is to identify impostor syndrome and separate it from having healthy standards for yourself. If you can do that, you've got a great head start on the journey to happiness and true success in life. Let's have an important and transformative discussion about impostor syndrome!