Impostor Syndrome: True Tales, Tricks, and Tactics for When You’re Feeling Fraudulent

The Hilarious World of Depression

American Public Media

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.8 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

You know the feeling, right? You finally achieve something -- a new job, a promotion, an award -- and while you know you should be proud, you just feel like a big phony who will soon be exposed. You feel like you don't really belong there and you suspect that someone else should be there instead. It's called Impostor Syndrome and it's more common than you might think. We're joined by Dr. Valerie Young to talk about who it effects and what to do about it. And we're joined by you, our listeners, sharing stories of Impostor Syndrome at its most ludicrous and the unorthodox but effective ways you've found to treat it.

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0:00.0	I'm Cameron Espazito and I have a lot of jobs. I'm an actor. You've seen me on ABC's and a million little things.
0:04.8	I'm a stand-up comic bestselling author, but I am no expert at survival.
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0:26.4	Listen and follow wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.1	It's the hilarious world of depression. This is a program where we talk to comedians and entertainers and listeners and people who are famous and people who are not famous.
0:56.0	All about their experiences with mental health and with depression in particular.
1:00.6	A reminder to swing by our Facebook page. Lots of great conversation happening there with our listeners.
1:07.3	New shows developing. Just burbling out of nothing right there in front of you. It's a very exciting place.
1:13.8	I'm John Moe and it is okay and good that I am hosting this program. I deserve to host this program.
1:20.9	Millions of people download our episodes and we hear the show has had a huge positive impact on their lives.
1:27.6	It's okay and good that I'm here and I will not be exposed as a complete fraud.
1:31.6	There won't be a group of uniformed government thugs showing up at my office door today saying,
1:38.2	Mr. Moe, please come with us. Your secret has been exposed.
1:41.8	Then they drag me to an interrogation room where the lead guy asks me just how long I thought I could get away with this.
1:48.8	That's not going to happen. None of that's going to happen or so I keep telling myself.
1:53.7	Because the thing I'm describing is in posture syndrome. It's a psychological pattern where a person
2:00.0	doubts their accomplishments and fears being exposed as a fraud. I should add that many successful
2:07.2	people I know whom I've asked about this have some experience dealing with in posture syndrome.
2:13.0	A lot of people I talked to say, oh yeah, that thing. If you have accomplishments and humility,
2:19.4	it may well show up and most people can recognize it and disregard it.
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