Imposter syndrome is something that can hold you to explore your real potential. Sometimes it makes you doubt yourself on things that you actually good at. I had this syndrome before and maybe still having it, though I'm trying to fix it up. I always doubting myself every time i want to make a big decision such as registering in a paper conference or MUN, afraid that I'm not capable enough to do it. When i told my friends about this, they support me reminded me that I'm capable. So i tried and do my best. I ignore my thoughts that sometimes say I'm not good enough. I also realized that sometimes people doesn't really know what their doing and they do it anyway, because then they have experience that can help them grow. The thing that I'm afraid of the most is that I'm saying something wrong and it annoy people. But, trough many experience, i learned that it's okay to be wrong as long as we learn from it.

Possible reasons, maybe because everyone expect high on me. I graduated from famous high school in my place and now a student in a famous university. So people look up for me and I don't. People also blame me so much like "You graduated from that famous high school but you can't answer this question?" So it grows on me, that i always have to be the person that everyone expect to be. And now i realize when you achieve something, it doesn't mean you capable of anything else.

So, i think people should try to explore them self, to really know their interests and capabilities. Because, sometimes we take others advises so much that it drives us to be someone we don't. And then we become afraid of taking steps if people doesn't recommend or agree with it. Then we full of doubtness and afraid of being a fraud when we really not being.

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I am well aware of the impostor syndrome from personal feelings. I think that it is necessary to unite in collective research in order to avoid it, and seek help on research problems that arise.