Feeling like an imposter - Ep. 26

PhD Talk - A podcast by Eva Lantsoght

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In today's episode, we discuss the so-called imposter syndrome, which is generally defined as having feelings of not deserving what you have achieved despite external evidence of the contrary. However, calling this feeling a "syndrome" actually pathologizing a rational reaction to being in a hierarchical, competitive place like a university, surrounded by high achievers (as Patter pointed out correctly). With these definitions and observations in place, we embark on a personal episode, i...