2023-12-20 merged from imposter syndrome An Imposter is a “fraudster”. A phenomenon in which a person feels that he or she is not being evaluated on merit and that he or she is unknowingly committing fraudulent acts. Although named a “syndrome,” advocates later came to believe that “imposter experience” would have been more appropriate. The word has a strong impact and stands alone.
- The flip side of [Unsubstantiated Confidence. Despite having an established track record and being recognized by others for it, the perception that “it’s because I’m deceiving them” leads to a state of self-doubt.
It may be a phenomenon that if in the past you have perceived someone who is rated higher than his/her ability as a fraud, the criticism will be directed at you at the time when you are rated higher.
Many socially successful women do not consider themselves smart and think they are overestimated by others
- Some argue that it’s not limited to women.
- I agree with you on the “not necessarily” point, but I wonder if it’s an unknown if there’s a gender difference.
relevance - Dunning-Kruger effect
from /villagepump/imposter-syndrome.
“Imposter syndrome” refers to the tendency to underestimate one’s self as not having such abilities and not deserving of recognition, even when one has achieved something on one’s own and is highly regarded by those around one. [Imposter” is an English word meaning “cheater” or “swindler,” and is sometimes referred to as “cheater’s syndrome.
hypothesis
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Phenomenon in which one has had negative feelings toward “people who are valued even though their abilities are not so great” in the past, and when one finds oneself in the same position, “oneself in that position” clashes with “one’s past self who denies people in that position”.
- I interpret it a little differently.
- I interpret it a little differently.
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Depressed people accurately perceive self and society.
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Healthy people can distort their perception of the world.
- self-deception
- positive illusion
- Once this illusion is solved, it is very difficult to apply it again.
- self-deception
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When you look at yourself from society’s point of view, it would be realistic to think that in most cases, “killing him right now won’t affect the majority of society”.
- But that’s because I’m thinking Value to Society, and when I think Value to me, I think “[The value of my existence to me is naturally higher than everything else. Right?
The lower you look, the less you risk getting hurt.
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People who evaluate my abilities make me wonder if there’s something behind it.
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This trend can be carefully crafted.
- Seems like a big parent.
- Parents do not praise their children
- Parents deny their children’s achievements.
- Example
I was so happy to get first place that when I reported it to my parents, they asked me to show them all my grades and pointed out the only subject in which I scored below 90, math, and said, “You are a coward who tries to show only your good side even though you scored below 90 in some subjects. I received a grade of
- I received a curse that I had to be perfect to be approved.
- There is a discrepancy between the non-home evaluation and the home evaluation.
- In time, they will understand that Japanese society has a culture of one’s real intention and one’s hidden motives.
- When this happens, we no longer know what’s real.
- I see
- A monster with low self-assurance will be created.
- Seems like a big parent.
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I get praised → I don’t know what is being said behind my back.
- There is a Downward load of evaluation like Ascending load in Abyss.
- If you are low from the start, you are not loaded.
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Low self-esteem leads to aggression toward others.
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I have had negative feelings about “people who are valued even though their abilities are not great” and
- I believe this is a story of consequences.
- I see
- I see
- I believe this is a story of consequences.
- If you live by the strategy of lowering yourself, you’ll have a tremendous conflict when you encounter this situation.
- The belief that you should be the bottom of the barrel makes you negative about anything less than you are.
- Cognition is distorted.
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I think you should acquire the skill “Accepting others’ evaluations” as above.
2024/2/12
- I’ve seen a few cases of real imposters, and I’m tempted to say that people who are worried about “I must be an imposter…” aren’t imposters. - Misleading profile description - People who want to pretend they were involved in the project.
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