Situation · Work
“I feel like a fraud at work even though I get good reviews”
What could be going on
Feels like an impostor despite results: Fits exactly; check whether praise and results leave the feeling untouched.
Impostor phenomenon: Fits if you credit success to luck or charm and fear exposure.
Discounting the positive: Fits if you explain away each piece of good feedback.
Contingent self-worth: Fits if your worth rises and falls with each piece of work.
Harsh superego (inner critic): Fits if an inner critic holds standards nobody could meet.
Perfectionism: Fits if anything short of flawless counts as failure to you.
Questions to carry
- Reading my last good review, which line did I skip past, and which line did I explain away?
- Whose praise could I take in when I was younger, and whose could I not?
Also said as
- impostor syndrome at my job
- I'm scared they'll find out I don't know what I'm doing
- why do I feel like I don't deserve my promotion
- everyone thinks I'm good but I feel like a fake
- I don't feel good enough for my job
- I worry I'm not qualified for my role