What causes the impostor syndrome
We have no idea what causes the impostor syndrome. But we all suffer from it It may have to with:
- Personality traits, like anxiety or neuroticism
- Family or behavioral causes, like childhood memories (such as feeling that your grades were never good enough for your parents)
- The environment or institutionalized discrimination.
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