There's a certain personality type found in any profession demanding high standards, the abilty to do research and interpret facts and situations--academia comes to mind. Anyone with a bad case of imposter syndrome (they're smart but always doubting themselves) can slide into feeling like a victim (which is so much easier and so much mor…
There's a certain personality type found in any profession demanding high standards, the abilty to do research and interpret facts and situations--academia comes to mind. Anyone with a bad case of imposter syndrome (they're smart but always doubting themselves) can slide into feeling like a victim (which is so much easier and so much more ego-inflating than admitting, "I'm a bit of a masochist.") Imagining "they're all against me" is pleasanter than looking into that snakepit of one's own soul.
There's a certain personality type found in any profession demanding high standards, the abilty to do research and interpret facts and situations--academia comes to mind. Anyone with a bad case of imposter syndrome (they're smart but always doubting themselves) can slide into feeling like a victim (which is so much easier and so much more ego-inflating than admitting, "I'm a bit of a masochist.") Imagining "they're all against me" is pleasanter than looking into that snakepit of one's own soul.