I have met so many people struggling with Imposter syndrome, especially those who are quite successful already. Numerous studies indicated some professionals who are pretty good at their jobs struggle with the fear of not being good enough such as health care providers.
"Imposter syndrome refers to a pattern of behavior wherein people (even those with adequate external evidence of success) doubt their abilities and have a persistent fear of being exposed as a fraud" (Mullangi& Jagsi, 2019, p. 403).
I have experienced imposter syndrome on many different occasions. Part of this phenomenon might come from our cultural background that was so academic-oriented in Asian culture. We were constantly being judged and ranked in our academic setting growing up, which led us to believe that we are never good enough. Some people might believe that their success was due to luck or other people's contribution instead of theirs. The imposter phenomenon has become prevalent in our day-to-day life. It creates a negative cycle for some people to never enjoy their achievements.
To stop this cycle we have to stop comparing ourselves to others.
Remind yourself how wonderful you are by speaking out loud the following sentences:
"I am at the place we are supposed to be."
"I am worthy."
"I am enough."
"I deserve to feel the joy from things that I achieve."
We need to allow ourselves to celebrate and appreciate. Recognizing not only big achievements but also small ones is important.
"Good job for exercising today!"
"I am proud that I made myself coffee this morning!"
"Great job for being on time during the rush hour!"
"Thank you for making the bed this morning, great work!"
Small steps matter! Remember to be gentle toward yourself!
我遇到過很多人有冒名頂替症候群，尤其是那些已經很成功的人
研究顯示，一些專業人士常常擔心自己不夠好，例如醫療健康工作者，或是律師，很多Youtuber也有這樣的症狀
“冒名頂替綜合症是指一種行為模式，其中人們（即使是那些有足夠成功的外部證據的人）懷疑自己的能力，並持續害怕被認為不過好或是是個冒充者”（Mullangi& Jagsi，2019，第 403 頁）。
我自己也經歷過冒名頂替綜合症，這種現象的一部分可能來自亞洲文化過度學頁導向的文，我們總是在被比較，和被排名，這讓有些人相信他們永遠不夠好
有些人可能認為他們的成功是由於運氣或其他人的貢獻而不是他們的努力，冒名頂替現像在我們的社會很常見，它創造了一個負面循環，讓我們覺得自己沒辦法享受我們的成就。
為了停止這個循環，我們必須停止將自己與他人比較
大聲提醒自己以下句子：
“我是最好的自己”
“我值得開心和幸福”
“我在我獨一無二的時間線上”
“我值得對我的成就感到快樂”
我們也需要慶祝和欣賞自己，不僅要大成就值得慶祝，還要小成就也值得慶祝
“謝謝自己今天去健身房運動！”
“今天早上我給自己煮了咖啡，真是太棒了！”
“不錯不錯，在尖峰時刻準時到達約定地點”
“謝謝你今天早上整理床鋪，幹得好！”
每個小步驟很重要！記得對自己溫柔一點！