EP. 183: Why ADHD Women Might Struggle More with Imposter Syndrome

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Every day I meet amazingly brilliant ADHD women who cannot see their own brilliance. These women may have an impressive list of accomplishments, but because they struggle to keep up with the behind-the-scenes tasks that society tells us are a measurement of our value, all they can focus on are those struggles. In this episode, I’m covering the basics of imposter syndrome–what it is, why it develops, and why I believe it impacts so many ADHD women especially–and giving some tips for changing the internal narrative that you aren’t good enough. Imposter syndrome relies on shame and self-doubt to thrive, and when we can step out of that shame and into our most authentic selves, that’s when we take back our power.

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0:00.0	We're talking about imposter syndrome.
0:03.7	So what is imposter syndrome?
0:07.1	Well, it's a term that was coined in the 70s
0:09.9	by psychologist Dr. Pauline Clance and Suzanne Emez.
0:15.6	And it's used to describe high achieving people
0:18.5	who don't recognize their accomplishments.
0:21.2	They feel like they're a fraud
0:22.9	and that their success must be an accident or a mistake.
0:25.8	It has nothing to do with them.
0:27.8	MUSIC
0:32.9	Thomas Edison, Richard Branson, John F. Kennedy,
0:37.6	Mozart, Michael Jordan, Will Smith.
0:42.4	That sounds like a list of highly successful titans
0:45.7	in a variety of locations.
0:48.3	Why is it that we rarely hear that they have or had ADHD?
0:54.5	And you know what we hear even less about?
0:58.7	MUSIC
1:00.2	Serena Williams, Emma Watson, Mel Robbins,
1:04.4	Wuppie Goldberg, Agatha Christie,
1:07.4	Aaron Brockovich, Cher.
1:10.6	Yeah, the successful women navigating ADHD.
1:14.6	And that's exactly why I started this podcast,
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