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Thank you Steven, for this beautiful layed out read about Imposter Syndrome. I know you got the power to live with this knowledge about yourself and I want you to know that you're definately not the only one ✊🏼 Actually I never read something about it, even never encountered it while I was in therapy years ago, so reading this gives me a thread to follow in my own live. A lot of 'aha Erlebnis' vibes I'm getting from reading. I'm kind of relieved to learn I'm not a crazy one that did all this learning and got a corporate job, while deep inside I'd rather make pizza's or working behind a dishwasher. The class analysis makes so much sense that I really want to thank you for this insight.

Much love ❤️

Coen

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Agree with Coen below: so much of what you've said here rings so true for me too & is definitely something I've always struggled with. If I had had the confidence in my intrinsic self worth without the fear of failure & the consequences of that what could I have achieved with my life? I sabotaged every opportunity to progress to a comfortable salary because I just couldn't handle the bullshit I would have to be a part of, because crappy, low paying jobs like care, cleaning, cooking feel so much more honest.

The question is whether humans will ever recover from this obsession with status and wealth and bullshit and illusion & regain the value of what actually matters? Most people I know are so entrenched in their patterns of behaviour they simply don't question it let alone see a need to change anything on a larger scale. And I think this inertia can be seen at every level: we're all just too comfortable with things staying as they are, even if we're in pain.

Always enjoy your work, (and your jams!) thank you for making so much of it available to skint readers like me :) Much love to you.

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