3 reasons we get trapped into self-doubt and imposter syndrome

Imposter syndrome is a psychological pattern where people doubt their accomplishments and struggle to internalize their success. This article discusses three major reasons why people experience self-doubt and imposter syndrome: a harsh inner critic, fear of failure, and false social comparisons. Overcoming imposter syndrome requires self-awareness, self-compassion, and deliberate mindset modifications to build genuine self-efficacy through competence. Insidiously, imposter syndrome distorts perception to filter out evidence threatening misbelief in perceived fraudulence to retain low self-views.