{"id":971,"date":"2024-11-22T11:20:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T10:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matrice-psicoterapia.es\/uncategorized\/what-is-behind-the-impostor-syndrome\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T09:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:02:18","slug":"what-is-behind-the-impostor-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matrice-psicoterapia.es\/en\/psychologist-madrid-centre\/what-is-behind-the-impostor-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"What is behind the Impostor Syndrome?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">What&#8217;s behind Impostor Syndrome?<\/h1>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nEn los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os se ha popularizado, sobre todo a trav\u00e9s de las redes sociales, el denominado s\u00edndrome del impostor: una experiencia psicol\u00f3gica en la cual las personas dudan de sus logros o capacidades y tienen un miedo persistente de ser descubiertas como &#8220;fraudes&#8221;.\n<p>\nResulta una experiencia extra\u00f1a porque, aun cuando haya evidencias claras de su competencia, quienes lo experimentan permanecen convencidos de que no merecen el \u00e9xito o reconocimiento que han alcanzado. La situaci\u00f3n puede asociarse a sentimiento de ansiedad, bajo estado de \u00e1nimo y malestar psicol\u00f3gico general y puede resultar limitante para una vida plena.\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The most common manifestations of imposter syndrome tend to be:<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Attribution of success to external factors<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Feelings of inadequacy or inability<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Difficulty internalizing achievements<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Constant fear of being \u201cdiscovered\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Feelings of guilt for undeserved achievements<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Excessive perfectionism<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Work overload to \u201ccompensate\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Minimization of own achievements<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Discomfort or guilt to accept praise<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\nPara poder entender esta experiencia psicol\u00f3gica tan particular es necesario situarla dentro de un modo de funcionamiento psicol\u00f3gico m\u00e1s amplio, cuyo aspecto central es la existencia de una creencia de insuficiencia o de falta de capacidad. Esta creencia funciona \u201cautom\u00e1ticamente\u201d, con independencia de las evidencias contrarias y del grado de conciencia que la persona pueda tener de ella.\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How could such a thought have been formed?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nEsta creencia suele conformarse progresivamente a lo largo de la vida de la persona, muchas veces, desde muy temprana edad. Hay que entender que dicha creencia no es simplemente un error cognitivo o una tendencia a ver de forma sesgada nuestra realidad sino que forma parte de un modo de relaci\u00f3n que tiene una funci\u00f3n psicol\u00f3gica y que por ello se mantiene a pesar del malestar que genera y de la evidencia de que es un pensamiento equivocado.\u00a0\n<p>\nPara desmontar este sistema de pensamientos, es necesario un trabajo terap\u00e9utico guiado por un profesional de la psicolog\u00eda, ello te permitir\u00e1 conocerte mejor, asumir los cambios necesarios y mejorar tu vida.\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<p>\nMarcos B\u00f6cker\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-color has-text-color\"><\/p><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, the so-called imposter syndrome has become popular, especially through social networks: a psychological experience in which people doubt their achievements or capabilities and have a persistent fear of being discovered as \u201cfrauds\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It is a strange experience because, even when there is clear evidence of their competence, those who experience it remain convinced that they do not deserve the success or recognition they have achieved. The situation can be associated with feelings of anxiety, low mood and general psychological distress and can be limiting to a fulfilling life. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[94,123,116,122],"class_list":["post-971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psychologist-madrid-centre","tag-guilt","tag-insecurity","tag-mental-health","tag-self-demand","category-67","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matrice-psicoterapia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matrice-psicoterapia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matrice-psicoterapia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matrice-psicoterapia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matrice-psicoterapia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=971"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/matrice-psicoterapia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":986,"href":"https:\/\/matrice-psicoterapia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions\/986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matrice-psicoterapia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matrice-psicoterapia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matrice-psicoterapia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matrice-psicoterapia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}