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I definitely think that attitudes like "only do what you love/is automatically motivating" is a huge source of imposter syndrome, depression, and anxiety in me
by joeberon 7y ago
I definitely think that attitudes like "only do what you love/is automatically motivating" is a huge source of imposter syndrome, depression, and anxiety in me as a grad student
- Dansvidania 7y agoThank you. I have had the same exact problem with imposter syndrome and innumerable motivation issues with things I felt like I loved (and still love). The "do what you love" narrative that our generation has been fed, I am not sure how and by whom, caused me to doubt my decisions much more than I think it's healthy, just because "I am not loving this, is this what I should be doing?". This applied to my university career, to my profession, to the jobs I took. Luckily through lots of work on myself I am able now to look at these feelings with more lucidity and to work through them. Thanks for sharing.