Hadar Shemesh explains imposter syndrome specifically related to English proficiency: people doubt their accomplishments and fear being exposed as 'frauds' who lack grammar or vocabulary. She advises acknowledging the feeling, increasing awareness, and preventing it from driving decisions or negative emotions.
Imposter syndrome is really a psychological pattern where individuals doubt their accomplishments, and they have, like, a persistent and irrational fear of being exposed as a fraud, especially when it comes to English. Feeling like an imposter. When you have a conversation with someone and in your head you're like, well, they think that I know English, but actually if they have a deeper conversation with me, they'll find out that I actually don't know English as well as it looks like. They'll find out that I don't know grammar. They'll find out that my vocabulary is limited. They'll find out that I'm a fraud, that I don't really know English. If that resonates with you, acknowledge that it's a real thing and that you can actually deal with that by understanding it, becoming more aware, and not letting it drive you forward and not letting it impact the decisions you make and how you feel.
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