Making Sense of Anxiety, Self-Doubt & Imposter Syndrome
Practical, compassionate articles for capable people who overthink, second-guess themselves, and feel like frauds despite the evidence. Drawing on CBT, ACT, CFT and EMDR, these posts will help you make sense of what your mind is doing, understand the patterns that keep you stuck, and learn to trust your own experience.
Struggling with imposter syndrome? You’re not alone, and you’re not imagining it. Imposter syndrome isn’t a formal mental health diagnosis, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a real and serious issue. If you find yourself constantly doubting your abilities, dismissing your achievements, or feeling like a fraud, it may be holding you back in more […]
There’s a particular quality to the way imposter syndrome distorts how you see yourself. It’s not just that the self-doubt is loud – it’s that it seems to make certain things invisible. The mistake you made in a meeting last month is vivid and immediate. The twenty things you handled well that same week are […]
Imposter syndrome tends to show up as a quiet, nagging voice. It tells you you’re not really good enough, that you’re faking it, and that sooner or later you’ll be found out. It can be loudest at the very moments you’d most like to feel steady, before a presentation, as you send an important email, […]
Most people who consider therapy for imposter syndrome have already spent a long time trying to sort it out themselves. They’ve read about it, understood it intellectually, perhaps tried some of the self-help strategies – and found that while all of that helped up to a point, something remained unchanged underneath. The self-doubt kept returning. […]
You’ve been going over the same decision for days. You’ve weighed it up, talked it through, written a list, unwritten the list, and you’re still no closer to feeling sure. Every time you get close to choosing, another “but what if” arrives and pulls you straight back to the start. If that sounds familiar, you’re […]
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