FREE Imposter Syndrome Screener

Do you suffer from Imposter Syndrome? How much?

Author

sharryn gardner
October 01, 2023

We're gonna eliminate your Imposter Syndrome.

This is Step 1 - do you have it? How does it affect you?

The real-world screener.

You're juggling everything—high-powered, high-demand and often a high-risk job. You're likely juggling parents and kids on top of that.

You worked like a dog to get here. You were nervous every time you stepped up or took on a new challenge.

Objectively, you have it all, but my God, it's tough. You rarely take time to reflect on where you are (this screener will help you do that). You keep going and put down your route here to luck or errors from others.

Because you believe this, you 'know' it could run out anytime.

So you worry, someday you'll be found out. You 'know' you're not enough and spend masses of energy trying to hide that from others.

Except you are MORE than enough; this screener is the first step in realising that.

It doesn't matter how many articles or podcasts you read or listen to; it's the context of your life that matters. This screener is for you as you live day-to-day. It will anchor your experience so that you know if you suffer, how much you suffer and what that's costing you.

The point of the screener

It is NOT to act as something else to beat yourself up with.

It IS to get an anchor of where you are and then to DO something about it.

Calming or quelling it is not enough.

You need it gone and gone for good.

Do what exactly?

My own Imposter Syndrome (a 30-year sufferer) was cured in 6 minutes. I want that for you, and having stumbled into the cure, I want to share it widely.

Let me tell you that that is possible, and quickly. No resilience training or yoga. There are rapid Therapies that work. They only take 1-3 sessions (often just 1), and therapists are available to help. My upcoming resources will show you how. They will explain WHY and HOW they work (as best we understand at this stage). They will also give you tasters of each therapy to take the fear away.

What do you mean real world?

Many online screeners or questionnaires are different. They often ask very science-sounding questions. I wanted to reflect your world. Our world.

A lot also have duplicate or overlapping questions. I don't think that helps.

I added a couple of questions on 'tells' - the things you know nearly give you away. I haven't seen these anywhere else.

I've been most inspired by the work of the great Pauline Clance. She pioneered the Imposter Phenomenon and realised that high-achieving women suffered the most. Her Imposter Phenomenon Scale also inspired me.

Good luck!

I hope you find the screener helpful.

Thanks for choosing the screener!

Take time to process your self-rating. The scores aren't as linear as we think in terms of the severity of Imposter Syndrome. We're smart people. We understand that.

If you're having a bit of a wobble afterwards, please reach out.