Can I ask you where you've read/heard about the imposter syndrome first? Also, I don't pretend we don't suffer the same symptoms, just that without a name to p

Can I ask you where you've read/heard about the imposter syndrome first? Also, I don't pretend we don't suffer the same symptoms, just that without a name to put on it, it's more bearable. Personally, I have a very hard time with compliments (I had to learn to say thank you to compliments, which make me think "bullshit" naturally). So I tend to believe I'm average, even when someone insists I'm not. That's not unlike imposter syndrome. Plus I do understand what you mean about reading stuff from/about brilliant people. But an imposter or a fraud? Nope... I just think I don't have enough self-comfidence or self-esteem, because "being a fraud" and "self imposter syndrome" meant nothing to me not long ago, plus these terms seem absurdly guilt-inducing to me. Living without this guilt definitely helps make progress in anything.