• Most of the young achievers having impostor syndrome feel like a fraud and are constantly judging themselves as not being up-to-the-mark in their endeavours.
• Their parents may have empathized on achievements too much, and engaged in praising or criticizing them during their formative years.
• They might attribute their achievements to pure luck, but blame themselves for their failures.

The new generation has experienced a never-ending stream of expectations, where their achievements are never enough. They are always pushed up on the edge of perfection, being rated and scored every moment.

This is a major cause of the phenomenon of the Impostor Syndrome, where an...