Tag: failure

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Imposter Syndrome: My Experience

Last week, I talked a bit about imposter syndrome and some of the negative effects that it has. This week, I thought I’d share a little of how and why I know so much about it. As I’ve mentioned multiple times throughout my blogging here, my father was a textbook narcissist. His constant verbal abuse …

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Imposter Syndrome: a Brief Understanding

If you’ve spent enough time with a narcissist, have anxiety, adhd or trauma brain, then the odds are that you probably have imposter syndrome on some level. Even if you don’t have any of these conditions, you might still have it. It turns out that imposter syndrome is extremely common, especially in women. Basically, having …

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The Pressure to be Productive

If you’re anything like me, then every moment not doing something can feel like a moment wasted. I don’t know if it’s a result of trauma brain, anxiety, perfectionism, ADHD or some sort of combination, but I have never been good at sitting still. I’ve always felt the need to be productive. I have always …

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quitting doesn't make you a failure

Quitting doesn’t make you a failure.

It was a very difficult decision that I battled with for a long time, but I decided to close Deer Danni. At first, I was hesitant because it felt like I was admitting that I was a failure. I had worked so hard on this shop for years, and quitting felt like I was saying …

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