Celebrating Successes to Combat Imposter Syndrome (Malloy 102)

Imposter syndrome is an ongoing fear that you are going to be “found out” or unmasked as being incompetent or unable to replicate your past successes. Eventually, this can interfere with your mental health and overall functioning, preventing you from reaching your full potential in college and beyond, placing you in a self-fulfilling prophecy. In this session, you’ll learn more about the prevalence of Imposter Syndrome, what you can do to combat these feelings, and have a chance to practice celebrating your success as well as the successes of other first generation college students. The session will end with a group brainstorming exercise to search for answers to the question “How can we take what we learned today and bring it back to our campus to help other first-generation students?”. You’ll leave the session with a better understanding of Imposter Syndrome, how to combat its effects, and what we can all do moving forward to support our peers.