Impostor syndrome is an epidemic

There are several reasons why the impostor syndrome seems to have become an epidemic.

• We have given the phenomenon a name.
• Our preoccupation with it is the result of profound social change. Many people work in the service economy, where we create impressions rather than tangible items. 
• Professional life today leaves us straining to redefine ourselves; we sometimes promise things we don't yet know how to do. 
• We are no longer born into a role.
• We can constantly compare our experiences to those of others online.
• We can create an outward persona we know to be untrue.