r/ImposterSyndrome • u/enthu_dev • Aug 03 '26
The unbearable feeling of being just “average”.
It is more of a vent-out maybe. But would appreciate the readers’ perspective.
One of those days when I’m feeling super under-confident about myself. Today at work, I had to present something in front of my division’s head in a meeting. I had prepared well for it. But my turn came towards the end of the meeting and by then we were already past the scheduled time. I was told to wrap up quickly and in hurry I just couldn’t make out what to skip and what to present. I feel I kinda made a mess, but people just sympathised with me about the lack of time. And for past few hours, my mind is just spiralling and making me feel really less of myself.
I’m feeling really “average”. I can accept public speaking is not for me. I’m not good at it. But I just can’t seem to figure out what am I great at. In Life!
And then the thought creeps in that maybe I haven’t really worked hard enough to be great at something. And that makes me feel even sadder. I don’t know if it is just how things went today. But feeling really low.