Anxiety Syndrome
“I don’t deserve an A.” “Others know better.” “How did I even get into this school?” If thoughts like this torment you, congratulations: impostor syndrome is upon you. This psychological phenomenon was defined only at the end of the XX century but has always existed in too responsible and insecure people. It can arise in childhood or suddenly in adolescence, or even at a solid age. A person with impostor syndrome often feels that those around him greatly overestimate him. He may even be afraid of being exposed.
It is difficult to fight this. After all, even when you are sincerely praised and you have impostor syndrome, you involuntarily think that this is either a mistake or you are simply being mocked.
The bad news is that a student with impostor syndrome is usually very responsible and tries to live up to the trust placed on him, but he also, because he underestimates himself, is much more at risk than his classmates:
- Being compromised in front of professors in lectures or seminars. That is the person knows the right answer/way of solving it / can answer brilliantly, but… keeps silent, thinking: what if he/she is wrong.
- Fail the session. For the same reason.
- Not to graduate, to drop out. And just because he thinks, that he can not cope, and then anyway it will be impossible to work in the chosen specialty.
- The good news is that there are ways to fight it.
How to overthrow the imposter in you
First, realize that you have an impostor syndrome, or something in a milder version, but very similar.
- To do this you can go to a psychologist. If he defines the problem, then it will be more difficult to excuse yourself (say, how bad I am, although I am good).
- There is a test by well-known experts in the field of psychology Pauline Clance and Susanna Eames (they were among the first to introduce the concept of “impostor phenomenon”).
Secondly, psychologists advise it as the simplest, but quite an effective action to begin to get rid of impostor syndrome – to write out on a piece of paper your achievements, your strengths (perhaps at this point you will be surprised that it turns out that you are still oh-ho-ho). Also, praise yourself for your successes.
Thirdly, try to turn off the perfectionist in you. Or at least let it rest sometimes. You can use term paper writer help, but if the professor accepted it, it means that everything is OK. For a diploma is not necessary to search for 100500 sources, double-check the data, and infinitely add work. This way you cannot pass it at all. The approval of the supervisor and the passage of the anti-plagiarism system are sufficient.
Fourth, you can escape the trap of imposter syndrome by simply forbidding yourself to willfully give up college and, in general, any endeavor. “I don’t know anything”… “I’m the worst”… So what? Suffer, but study. You don’t even have to go to work in your specialty, you can work as a longshoreman or a cashier. A problem postponed in this way has all the chances to dissolve imperceptibly. Or in adulthood you will have to finish the impostor in yourself: again, go to a psychologist, praise, seek an objective assessment of success, etc.
Yes, these ways are not perfect. But to find out if they work or not in your case, you need to try. The road will take the walker.
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