Imposter Syndrome
Imposter syndrome is something that I have learned about during my time in OT school. When I first learned about this phenomenon it sounded funny to me. Why would anyone doubt themselves that much? But then I read more about it and realized that it was describing me to a T. I have always had some form of imposter syndrome in my life and I didn't even realize it. Growing up, I played a lot of different sports. I would pick up on different sports pretty easily. Once I got a little older, I started to doubt myself and my abilities thinking my coaches wouldn't want to play me once they realized I wasn't as good as I let on. Which in reality was me getting in my own head and mentally messing myself up. I wish someone would have told me about this "imposter syndrome" back then so I could have realized what was going on and done something about it. Since I have been in grad school, I have struggled with imposter syndrome while on my Level I fieldwork rotations. I know t
