"Impostor syndrome (also known as impostor phenomenon, impostorism, fraud syndrome or the impostor experience) is a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts his or her accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud"."

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Hey GWAbackstage it's your shy neighborhood Knight⚔️✨,

Perhaps this is silly 😰, but I wondered if anyone else felt this way and if so had advice on dealing with it?

I love posting because it's a relief and an outlet for me. But when I get comments or messages from people who enjoy what I do, I feel good but also like a big phony. Sometimes I just want to shout a PSA to the world like: "I'm not sexy, I'm not even cool, In comparison to other people on this sub I'm wildly insignificant, please don't look at me, I'm awkward, I trip over things, I make bad jokes, and I have dirty thoughts that I'm not supposed to, and I'm in no way qualified to be admired!"

I hope this doesn't come off as ungrateful for positive comments, I guess I'm just hoping I'm not the only one who gets like this.

Edit: Thank you so so very much to everyone’s comments, responses, ideas, and anecdotes. Truly I’ve been overwhelmed and so pleasantly touched by all of them. I’m still reading and poring over your messages, even if I don’t leave a detailed response 💙. I hope this thread can be something I look back to, that we all do, when this feeling arises. Thank you all so much, I’m so grateful to be a part of this community ✨⚔️ -Knight