# Impostor syndrome The impostor syndrome is when we feel like frauds about to be discovered. ![[2022-06-14-impostor-syndrome.png]] [[The smarter you are, the more you doubt yourself]] because [[The more you know, the more you realize how much you don't know]]. High achievers believe they've tricked everyone into thinking they are great - https://www.byrdseed.com/the-curious-case-of-impostor-syndrome/ > Impostor syndrome can be defined as feelings of inadequacy that persist even in the face of information that indicates that the opposite is true. It is experienced internally as chronic self-doubt, and feelings of intellectual fraudulence. Shoemaker, J. (2014, April 30), The Imposter Syndrome and Gifted Children