For the longest time I rejected having impostor syndrome. But during holidays I recognize it.

The thoughts rise up from the little things. For example, as I watch my Mastodon instance that has almost 1000 users or look at other achievements I've made, I ask myself: what if that sucks, how can this be good, why do they like this, what the...?

It's impossible for my brain to understand that I can succeed and do great things. I wonder why that is... those years in therapy were clearly not enough. I'm still on a journey.

@rolle Over the years of suffering from imposter syndrome and watching the people around me, I’ve learned something: the smartest people I know have imposter syndrome the worst. This is because they’re smart and self-aware enough to understand that they don’t know everything.

The scary ones are the people who don’t have it - or have overconfidence.

I can go on at length about this. <maybe an eventual blog post>