How does impostor syndrome affect high-achievers?

Imagine you're the best kid at school, everyone knows it, but when you get to class, you feel like you're pretending to be someone else. That's impostor syndrome, and it often affects high-achievers.

Even though you're really good at things, like math or drawing, you might think, "Everyone else is smarter than me." It’s like being a superhero who doesn’t believe they have powers. You see all the other kids working hard and start to wonder if you are just lucky.

Sometimes, even when others are proud of you, you feel like a fraud, someone pretending to be good at something. It’s like getting an A+ on your report card but thinking, "I only got that because the teacher was nice." You know deep down that you're amazing, but it's hard to believe.

So even though you're really smart and hardworking, impostor syndrome makes you feel like you’re faking it all the time. Imagine you're the best kid at school, everyone knows it, but when you get to class, you feel like you're pretending to be someone else. That's impostor syndrome, and it often affects high-achievers.

Even though you're really good at things, like math or drawing, you might think, "Everyone else is smarter than me." It’s like being a superhero who doesn’t believe they have powers. You see all the other kids working hard and start to wonder if you are just lucky.

Sometimes, even when others are proud of you, you feel like a fraud, someone pretending to be good at something. It’s like getting an A+ on your report card but thinking, "I only got that because the teacher was nice." You know deep down that you're amazing, but it's hard to believe.

So even though you're really smart and hardworking, impostor syndrome makes you feel like you’re faking it all the time.