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Keeping track of your mental health
Published in John Measey, How to Publish in Biological Sciences, 2023
Stress is a natural part of life, and many people are at their most productive when they are under some degree of pressure, such as a deadline. Although deadlines don't work for everyone. Problems arise when we become overwhelmed by stress and are unable to fully respond. When this occurs, productivity can drop off and survival responses can be triggered as if responding to an actual physical attack. These responses include fight, flight or freeze responses. Anxiety and panic can be triggered. In this state additional demands on your time may also push your life off balance, so that you start to neglect your personal wellbeing which can negatively impact on relationships, exercise regime, or even nutrition and personal hygiene. Some people can find that the additional stress can cause physical symptoms that may even need medical treatment. Your sense of competence and mastery can be negatively impacted such that you may even suffer from feelings of inadequacy or imposter syndrome. Impostor syndrome is an experience you have when you believe that you are not as competent as you think others perceive you to be. It is not uncommon in many professions, and especially prevalent in academia (Clance and Imes, 1978). This is now widely recognised and there are lots of useful shared experiences out there to read (e.g. Dickerson, 2019; Woolston, 2016).
Tool 3: Debunking Myths and Leadership
Published in Danielle Laraque-Arena, Lauren J. Germain, Virginia Young, Rivers Laraque-Ho, Leadership at the Intersection of Gender and Race in Healthcare and Science, 2022
Do “myths” lead to mindsets, and mindsets perpetuate the status quo? What about imposter syndrome? Is this equally prevalent in men and women? Do men experience it and compensate by being more dogmatic and opinionated? Do women become hesitant and uncertain? Does it fade as one gets older? We have not addressed a number of myths, but just introduced the topic of challenging notions that are assumed to be correct. The binary, “normative dualism posits hierarchical relationships between mental labor and manual labor, mind and body, culture and nature, reason and instinct” (Wilson, 2009). We challenge these binary notions and invite the reader to also challenge the assumptions undergirding these dichotomies.
Inspire confidence and connection
Published in Amar Rughani, Joanna Bircher, The Leadership Hike, 2020
However, this process is long and requires great personal commitment so it is not surprising that many leaders, particularly early on in their leadership career, lack confidence in themselves especially when they step up to new challenges. One manifestation of this is the so-called impostor syndrome. This is not a bad thing, because it tempers arrogance and encourages humility, as a result of which we connect better with others.
The Post-Secondary Student Stressors Index: Proof of concept and implications for use
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2022
Brooke Linden, Randall Boyes, Heather Stuart
Findings in the campus culture category were mixed. Both males and females reported a desire to excel, with “pressure to succeed,” “feeling like I’m not working heard enough,” and “feeling like my peers are smarter than I am” leading the board in terms of both severity and frequency. Females rated pressure to succeed as being the most severe and frequent stressor in this domain, while males rated concerns about not working hard enough as having the greatest impact on their stress levels. Male students found competition with their peers to be more frequently stressful than females, tough females found this stressor to be slightly more severe. The severity of these stressors may reflect this particular institution’s reputation as a high-achieving, research-based, top university in Canada. These stressors are frequently noted symptoms of “imposter syndrome,” a condition where an individual feels they are fraudulent, or undeserving of their accomplishments and responsibilities, despite having earned them. Given the negative mental health effects imposter syndrome can produce, a possible recommendation might be to provide (or increase) education for students about imposter syndrome, and how to manage and/or combat it as a component of mental health promotion programing.26
WOMENtorship: The #WomenInMedicine perspective
Published in Medical Teacher, 2020
Ariela L. Marshall, Renee K. Dversdal, Martina Murphy, Donna M. Prill, Tian Zhang, Shikha Jain
It is also very important to acknowledge and address impostor syndrome in academic medicine and help mentees recognize the potentially harmful effects this can have on self-esteem and career development. Impostor syndrome is a behavioral pattern wherein individuals experience feelings of inadequacy and fear being exposed as a fraud despite evident success in their field (Corkindale 2008). While both male and female physicians are susceptible to impostor syndrome, women may be at especially high risk because they tend to minimize their strengths in addition to perseverating over their failures (Koven 2017). Leaders have suggested that health care leaders and organizations can help to combat impostor syndrome by advocating for cultural change and providing strong role models, mentors, and sponsors in the workplace (Mullangi and Jagsi 2019). As mentors, we can share examples of our own experiences with impostor syndrome and discuss techniques for overcoming this common affliction including ways to remind ourselves of our strengths at the times we feel most like failures.
Impostor syndrome in hospitalists- a cross-sectional study
Published in Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2021
Susmita Paladugu, Tom Wasser, Anthony Donato
Impostor syndrome has been associated with burnout[27], anxiety, depression and psychological distress[12]. Impostor Syndrome is a trait associated with perfectionism, overpreparation, low self-esteem, lack of career planning and low conscientiousness[28]. Whether Impostor Syndrome is a fixed trait in individuals, deeply rooted in personality, or a state that is temporary that can be allayed by mentors, group discussions or counseling, is still currently debated[29]. Next steps for both IS and burnout research are high-quality evaluations of interventions and their impacts on IS scores, so resources can be directed toward meaningful interventions in the future.