Faking-It
What is Faking-It?
Performing a version of yourself that doesn't match how you feel inside.
When you might feel faking-it
Faking-It is a specific form of impostor, which itself is a type of worthlessness. You might experience this feeling in situations where worthlessness is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define faking-it.
Emotional Hierarchy
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Open Shame & Guilt WheelRelated Emotions
A core belief that something is fundamentally wrong with you. Not what you did —...
Feeling damaged in a way that can't be fixed. As if you came incomplete....
A pervasive sense of not being as whole, good, or whole as others seem to be....
Convinced your competence or success is accidental. That you've fooled people an...
Chronic sense of inadequacy. Achievements don't touch this belief — it runs deep...
Believing that love, care, or good things are not meant for you specifically....