Impostor phenomenon/syndrome and perfectionism

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Impostor phenomenon/syndrome and perfectionism

Posted by griffith on 2021-September-05 23:46:32 EDT, Sunday

It is really infuriating to see how many people, especially women, say they suffer from these syndromes. Can't they think that they really are impostors? And why do people so often say that they are perfectionists, as if they meant that they are already near perfection?

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that's not what they mean ... - Baldur on 2021-September-08 07:52:44 EDT, Wednesday - (17 / 0 / 4)
- True, but I know one woman - griffith on 2021-September-08 13:37:41 EDT, Wednesday - (17 / 0 / 3)
  - And in a doctor's waiting room, you know... - griffith on 2021-September-08 14:19:04 EDT, Wednesday - (15 / 0 / 2)
    - impostor impostors - Baldur on 2021-September-12 00:38:34 EDT, Sunday - (14 / 0 / 1)
      - It is possible, yes... - griffith on 2021-September-12 00:56:18 EDT, Sunday - (15 / 0 / 0)
Take me, for example - griffith on 2021-September-06 00:21:38 EDT, Monday - (17 / 0 / 2)
- Imagine that I were building a boat - griffith on 2021-September-06 12:35:33 EDT, Monday - (14 / 0 / 1)
  - boards of the boaT - not board NT - griffith on 2021-September-06 12:37:22 EDT, Monday - (18 / 0 / 0)