DEAR DEIDRE: I’m a woman of 34 and I’m really struggling with impostor syndrome. The feeling that I’m not good enough has been a problem for me since I was a child.
It started when my school pushed me to go to university but my parents always felt it was “too posh” for our family. I have always had self-doubt.
I did go, I graduated and now I work for a bank. I’ve had two big promotions but both times, I’ve had to be persuaded to accept them. There’s a constant negative voice...