Comment on Why I feel like a fraudComments−araneae15yJust because there's a name for feeling like a fraud even if you aren't one, doesn't meant you aren't one! I felt like a fraud in graduate school and it turned out I was one.−elliottcarlson15yExactly - how can we be sure that our feelings aren't in fact real or just the cause of some paranoia?−sabat15yYou were an actual fraud? By what definition? [edit: I wonder if you were really a fraud, or are just feeling down on yourself.]−araneae15yWell, I dropped out after 1.5 years :).−sabat15yYou're not a fraud. You changed your mind. It's OK to do that.
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Just because there's a name for feeling like a fraud even if you aren't one, doesn't meant you aren't one! I felt like a fraud in graduate school and it turned out I was one.
Exactly - how can we be sure that our feelings aren't in fact real or just the cause of some paranoia?
You were an actual fraud? By what definition? [edit: I wonder if you were really a fraud, or are just feeling down on yourself.]
Well, I dropped out after 1.5 years :).
You're not a fraud. You changed your mind. It's OK to do that.