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Impostors

Feb 06, 2008 08:32

Benedict Carey, best known for being J. Michael Bailey's lapdog, wrote a piece on Impostor Syndrome (NYT, 2008) yesterday. Impostor Syndrome is not a recognized mental disorder. Many researchers use the less clinical term "imposter phenomenon" (IP), possibly to avoid the popo psychology stigma of the "syndrome" terminology ( Read more... )

psychology, nyt, j michael bailey, anxiety, benedict carey

Comments 9

poeticalpanther February 6 2008, 14:12:26 UTC

The Columbia Guide to Standard American English: Impostor is the more common spelling, but imposter is also acceptable.

*makes mental note not to use this guide, ever*

;D

differenceblog February 6 2008, 14:16:05 UTC

*grin* I use the "or" ending, but a lot of the papers I was looking at this morning use "er" -- it was driving me bonkers.

astrogeek01 February 6 2008, 16:24:58 UTC

Dammit, now I can't remember which one I use.

differenceblog February 6 2008, 16:39:45 UTC

Well, according to my gmail, you've never typed either version in a comment to either of my LJs. But apparently I've used the "er" version, because that's what it said on Wikipedia.

IMPOSTOR anonymous February 6 2008, 15:21:53 UTC

I can personally relate to this issue. I am one of two Masters of Deception and Impostors in the world.

For more information take a look at: http://howtocatchacon.blogspot.com

Also, see the video.

Re: IMPOSTOR differenceblog February 6 2008, 15:25:32 UTC

speaking of ego...

Re: IMPOSTOR anonymous February 6 2008, 15:38:18 UTC

Not ego, but FACT. Can you do better?

Re: IMPOSTOR differenceblog February 6 2008, 15:39:34 UTC

No, but I'm impressed because most comment spammers don't stop back to see if there have been any replies.

Usually the ones who do stop back actually read the post. Which clearly isn't the case here.

feministyogini February 7 2008, 16:48:26 UTC

I suffer from Imposter Phenomenon a lot, often when I'm teaching - "how can I possibly fill up 2 hours of lecture?" I'm a bit more confident in my research skills/writing, though becoming less so as the years go on.

I've seen a fair bit of IP in my colleagues (all women academics) that can be quite harmful because it means they put trust in other people (like academic advisers) to run their lives. I got frustrated with one person recently because she was relying on her adviser to dictate her comprehensive exam process. I wanted to shake her and say "take control of your own life/work!!"