2023-08-21
35 分钟Impostor syndrome is one of many therapy-speak words that have gone mainstream in the past few years — but what is it, really? Aparna Nancherla knows all about it. Aparna is a comedian and the author of Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome. Despite her success as a performer, she isn’t immune to self-doubt. In this episode, she talks about the ways she’s learned to deal with impostor syndrome: like creating a resume listing all her failures, or making up words at parties to gauge other people’s reactions. She also shares how she learned to put less stock in success and what to do when your mind isn’t telling you the truth. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts
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Sometimes if I think too hard about this podcast, my head starts to spin like who am I to host this show, or to host any show for that matter?
Why on earth would I think that people should listen to me ask questions about being a better human?
And why would these successful, intelligent guests agree to an interview?
It's easy to start feeling like this whole thing is a fraud and I'm about to be found out and kicked out and that I'll never work again, I want to say, but of course that's not the case.
That's like, what would make sense to say here?
But of course that's not the case.
But if I'm being honest, I don't know that I really believe that that's not the case.
Sometimes I really wonder.
I hope that these feelings of insecurity are wrong and inaccurate, but I can't say that I know for sure.
And I think that almost all of us have those doubts sometimes where we question ourselves and feel like were faking it.
But for some people, those feelings can be constant, intense, and powerful.
Imposter syndrome todays guest Aparna Nancharla writes about her own experiences with imposter syndrome and other mental health challenges in her book Unreliable Narrator, which comes out September 19.
Amy Poehler described Aparnas book as a deeply honest and funny look at how exhausting it can be to live a human life.
And heres a clip from the audiobook courtesy of Penguin Random House Audio I.
Wanted to write a book about imposter syndrome because its an identity ive embraced without question my entire life.
Like being a Leo, Im right on the cusp.
But its the more fun, flamboyant one my pragmatic Virgo heart unenthusiastically understands.