Impostor Syndrome: Do You Have It?

by Kiersten Hallie Krum

Last week, a Buzzfeed listicle made the social media rounds: 13 Charts That Will Make Total Sense to People With Imposter Syndrome. I lost track of how many writers and creative people I “know” (in the social media sense of “know”) who posted or reposted the link to this list, claiming one or more of the charts as hitting waaaaaaaay too close to home.

Impostor Syndromeis a disconnect between perceived and actual performance. People who suffer from it may have ample obj...