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Heavy imposter syndrome [duplicate]

What are best ways/resources to deal with imposter syndrome or runaway thoughts? …
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How to manage imposter syndrome during the job hunt? [duplicate]

There are lots of questions on here about dealing with Imposter Syndrome throughout the whole Ph.D. experience. … How can I snap out of this enhanced imposter syndrome? …
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How to Fight Imposter Syndrome as a student by myself?

I am facing maybe imposter syndrome that kills me everyday which leads to an intermittent sleep and a chronic headache. … Hope to hear what I can do to overcome the imposter syndrome. …
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Dealing with imposter syndrome on the job market

My imposter syndrome is focused around the academic job market (which is different than other posted questions), and it comes in two parts: (1) My feelings of being an imposter have been exacerbated by … It is a popular trend to suggest that everyone has imposter syndrome and everyone belongs. But the cold harsh truth is that people do get found out as imposters and those people don't get tenure! …
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What's the term for people who think they suffering from imposter syndrome when in reality t... [closed]

Many academics and students claim to be suffering from imposter syndrome. Many of these will be strong contributors regardless and I hope they find a way to cope with their self-esteem issues. … Some of these people even claim to be suffering from imposter syndrome, when in fact their concerns are well justified. What's a name for such people? …
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In an interdisciplinary context, is the argument of "imposter syndrome" really applicable?

Often times the answer to these questions is "imposter syndrome", especially in cases in which the OP is mentioning the contradicting good feedback from peers/supervisors. … But is the "imposter syndrome argument" applicable in interdisciplinary scenarios where someone trained in field A does his PhD in field B by applying methods from A on problems from B? …
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How to differentiate "imposter syndrome" from actual lack of suitability for grad. school/ac...

A lot of graduate students/applicants, it seems, suffer from "imposter syndrome." … That might be too much of an individualistic question, so I'll instead ask: how can one tell if they're suffering from imposter syndrome or if they really are an "imposter?" …
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Was imposter syndrome common in the previous decades among PhD students?

As its quite apparent from many online discussion forums and also in-person conversations, a lot many Ph.D students seem to have impostor syndrome, of course in varying degrees. … I'm curious to know from senior researches/academics if the imposter syndrome was common among students even, say in the 70's or 80's, or is it just a recent trend. …
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How to effectively deal with Imposter Syndrome and feelings of inadequacy: "I've somehow con...

I believe that the imposter syndrome is not uncommon in academia. I'm interested to know how other people here have experienced and dealt with it. … In particular, I'm looking for actual tactics that someone might use to combat imposter syndrome. …
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When do you know its Imposter's Syndrome vs. truly being out of your depth/not being cut out... [closed]

I am aware of this question, but I don't think it's necessarily within the scope of my concern: What's the term for people who think they suffering from imposter syndrome when in reality they *are* imposters … I'm not going to say someone out of their depth is an "imposter" per se since I think that's rude and is somewhat snobby. …
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How to assess whether it is imposter syndrome or actual low quality work during Ph.D.?

I am a Ph.D. student and my field is pure maths (analysis). It has been 33 months since I enrolled in Ph.D. I have produced a few papers as well. However, serious doubts have been rising in my mind re …
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If you know a family member who is much more qualified and capable in mathematics than you a...

Imposter Syndrome and depression: I feel pretty depressed that I am not as "qualified" as a close family member. …
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Defending my PhD thesis in interdisciplinary work (mainly social sciences) in a life science...

How do I defend my work in front of such an audience and remove the feeling of inadequacy that I am currently feeling, not to mention the imposter syndrome? Help!!! …
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Publishing a Theoretical Article in Urban Planning

Am I just feeling the imposter syndrome? I'm a Masters Student in the final year and I want to do a PhD and get into academia. …
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Tenure Track at a Small Liberal Arts College, but bad at research, how do I improve?

The comments in posts like these usually advise the writer to look up imposter syndrome and not give up. I'm not going to give up; I like research. … But I think there's something more going on here than imposter syndrome. The way people start collaborating with each other feels like a mystery to me. …
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