I think there are two issues with feeling like an “imposter”.
On the one hand, having unrealistic expectations of yourself, so that you are an imposter, by those standards.
The applying an entirely different standard of imposter to other people.
If you applied that same standard, to yourself, using only the kind of publicly available knowledge that you use to judge whether someone else is an imposter, it’s likely you’re not an imposter by those standards at all.
One unrealistic standard for you, a realistic standard for others, and you treat them in your mind like the same thing.
How do other people fare when you apply your own standards to them? How many of them aren’t imposters? If they evaluated like you do, using their own knowledge of their failures and limitations, would they feel like imposters too?
Upvoted for ego stroking—I like the idea that I might not actually be an imposter.
I think there are two issues with feeling like an “imposter”.
On the one hand, having unrealistic expectations of yourself, so that you are an imposter, by those standards.
The applying an entirely different standard of imposter to other people.
If you applied that same standard, to yourself, using only the kind of publicly available knowledge that you use to judge whether someone else is an imposter, it’s likely you’re not an imposter by those standards at all.
One unrealistic standard for you, a realistic standard for others, and you treat them in your mind like the same thing.
How do other people fare when you apply your own standards to them? How many of them aren’t imposters? If they evaluated like you do, using their own knowledge of their failures and limitations, would they feel like imposters too?