Among Us

Hacking Your ADHD

William Curb

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 702 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Last year there was a surge in the popularity of the game Among Us - 1000's of people jumped on to be funny little scientists running around there spaceship running various little tasks... all while trying to find out who among them didn't belong - the one who was trying to sabotage the mission. The one who was an imposter.

I definitely played my fair share of the game, but always felt like I didn't get to play as the imposter nearly as much as I wanted to... yet in real life, far too often I feel like I'm playing the imposter. I'm sure that many of you can relate to feeling like the only reason you are where you are is that you tricked people into thinking that you belong. Maybe you think that you're not really qualified for your job, or maybe you got into a program that you're sure someone else would have been better qualified for, or maybe you feel like you're friends are just pretending to like you.

This is called imposter syndrome and it is shockingly common - I say shockingly common because when you're feeling it, it's hard to imagine anyone else feeling quite like you do - and yet almost everyone feels imposter syndrome to some extent.

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This Episode’s Top Tips

Imposter syndrome is the feeling of self-doubt around your skills, talents, or accomplishments where you fear of being exposed as a "fraud".
By understanding what causes imposter syndrome you can begin to work on overcoming it - understanding that it's not just you and that even if we're chalking up all our success to luck that we still had a hand in creating that luck.
Talking about and reflecting on our imposter syndrome is a great way to work on overcoming it - when we bottle up those feelings it can be hard to have real perspective on the situation. By acknowledging the feels and removing our beliefs about all or nothing success we can work through those feelings of being an imposter

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0:00.0	This is an ad by BetterHelp.
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0:33.4	Welcome to Hacking Your ADHD, part of the ADHD Rewired Podcast Network.
0:40.1	I'm your host, William Kerb, and I have ADHD.
0:43.6	On this podcast, I dig into the tools, tactics, and best practices to help you work with your ADHD brain.
0:51.1	Last year, there was a surge in popularity of the game Among Us.
0:56.0	Thousands of people jumped on to be these funny little scientists running around their spaceship,
1:01.2	running various little tasks, all while trying to find out who among them didn't belong.
1:07.3	The one who was trying to sabotage the mission.
1:10.1	The one who was an imposter. I definitely
1:13.1	played my fair share of the game, but I always felt like I didn't get to play the imposter
1:17.2	nearly as much as I wanted to. Yet, in real life, far too often, I do feel like I'm playing
1:23.1	the imposter. I'm sure that many of you can relate to that feeling, like the only reason you are
1:28.7	where you are is that you tricked people into thinking that you belong. Maybe you think that
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