Name: 什麼是冒名頂替症候群,以及你如何它 (What is imposter syndrome and how can you combat it? - Elizabeth Cox)
Uploaded: 2018-09-09T11:39:17.000Z
Duration: 4 min 19 s

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Even after writing eleven books  and winning several prestigious awards,

譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: Helen Chang

Maya Angelou couldn't escape  the nagging doubt

即使是寫了十一本書 且贏得了數個聲望很高的獎項，

過去完成式

that she hadn't really earned  her accomplishments.

馬雅安傑洛仍無法 脫離那惱人的懷疑，

Albert Einstein experienced  something similar:

她無法相信她的成就 是她靠自己得來的。

he described himself  as an “involuntary swindler”

whose work didn't deserve  as much attention as it had received.

他把自己描述成 一個「非自願的騙子」，

Accomplishments at the level  of Angelou's or Einstein's are rare,

他的研究不值得 得到這麼多的關注。

but their feeling of fraudulence  is extremely common.

安傑洛和愛因斯坦 等級的成就是很稀有的，

但他們這種詐欺的 感覺其實很常見。

that we haven't earned  our accomplishments,

為何有這麼多人 無法擺脫這種感覺，

or that our ideas and skills  aren't worthy of others' attention?

認為自己的成就 不是靠自己得來的，

Psychologist Pauline Rose Clance  was the first to study

或者自己的點子及技能 不值得其他人注意？

心理學家波林蘿絲克蘭斯 首先開始研究

she noticed many of her undergraduate  patients shared a concern:

她注意到她的許多大學生 病人都有同樣的憂慮：

they didn't believe they deserved  their spots at the university.

Some even believed their acceptance  had been an admissions error.

他們卻不相信他們能夠進入大學。

While Clance knew these fears  were unfounded,

有些人甚至相信他們的申請 被接受是因為入學許可的疏失。

she could also remember feeling the exact same way in graduate school.

雖然克蘭斯知道 這些恐懼是沒根據的，

She and her patients experienced something that goes by a number of names--

但她也記得在讀研究所時 就有著同樣的感覺。

她和她的病人所經歷到的 狀況，有許多名稱——

Clance first studied imposterism in female college students and faculty.

Their work established pervasive feelings of fraudulence in this group.

首先開始研究大學女學生 及女教職員工的冒名頂替特性。

他們的研究證實這一類的人 普遍會有詐欺的感受。

the same thing has been established  across gender,

同樣的現象也被發現 會出現在各種性別、

though it may be more prevalent  and disproportionately affect

不過，這在少數或弱勢族群當中

the experiences of underrepresented  or disadvantaged groups.

會更常見，且對他們的影響也更大。

To call it a syndrome  is to downplay how universal it is.

把它稱為症候群， 其實是低估了它的普遍程度。

它不是疾病，也不是不正常的，

and it isn't necessarily  tied to depression,

Where do these feelings  of fraudulence come from?

People who are highly skilled  or accomplished

傾向認為其他人也同樣有技能。

tend to think others are just as skilled.

這可能會讓人覺得他們不應該得到

This can spiral into feelings  that they don't deserve accolades

就像安傑洛及愛因斯坦的經歷，

不是說成就到了多高的門檻之後，

there's often no threshold  of accomplishment

冒名頂替的感受 並不限於技能很好的人。

Feelings of imposterism aren't restricted  to highly skilled individuals, either.

人人都很容易被一個現象影響， 就是大家所知的「多數的無知」，

Everyone is susceptible to a phenomenon  known as pluralistic ignorance,

也就是說，每個人 私底下都懷疑自己，

but believe we're alone  in thinking that way

因為沒有其他人說出他們的懷疑。

因為很難真正知道 我們的同儕有多努力，

Since it's tough to really know  how hard our peers work,

他們覺得某些工作任務有多困難，

認為周遭的人能力比我們好的感受

there's no easy way to dismiss feelings  that we're less capable

會讓人無法分享他們很棒的點子

can prevent people  from sharing their great ideas

或無法應徵那些他們明明可以 做得很出色的工作或專案。

or applying for jobs  and programs where they'd excel.

對抗冒名頂替症候群最有效的方式

the most surefire way  to combat imposter syndrome

許多飽受冒名頂替症候群之苦的人

Many people suffering  from imposter syndrome

are afraid that if they ask  about their performance,

即使他們得到正面的回饋意見，

And even when  they receive positive feedback,

it often fails to ease  feelings of fraudulence.

若聽說有位顧問或導師曾經 經歷過冒名頂替的感受，

hearing that an advisor or mentor has experienced feelings of imposterism

光是知道有個詞專門 是在表示這些感覺，

Even simply finding out there's a term  for these feelings

你就能對抗你自己的 冒名頂替症候群，

you can combat your own imposter syndrome

方法是收集和重新檢視 正面的回饋意見。

by collecting  and revisiting positive feedback.

有位科學一直把她的實驗室中 發生的問題歸咎於自己，

One scientist who kept blaming herself  for problems in her lab

後來她開始在每次出錯時 就把原因記錄下來。

started to document the causes  every time something went wrong.

Eventually, she realized most  of the problems

and came to recognize her own competence.

我們可能永遠無法 完全消除這些感受，

We may never be able  to banish these feelings entirely,

但我們能開放地去談 學術上或專業上的困難之處。

but we can have open conversations  about academic or professional challenges.

隨著我們越來越清楚 這些經歷有多常見，

With increasing awareness  of how common these experiences are,

也許我們也會能更自在地 坦言我們的感受，

perhaps we can feel freer to be frank  about our feelings

建立信心，相信一些簡單的事實：

and build confidence  in some simple truths:

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