As an artist who suffers from RSD as a symptom of Neurodiversity, Imposter syndrome can be a creative crippler. This is even more prevalent with daily social media streams of thousands of artists creating amazing original work with significant numbers of reactions and followers in comparison to my own. “Creative imposter syndrome is when artists worry that they don’t have “real” talent or feel they don’t belong in the creative community” www.skillshare.com
There is a vulnerability in sharing creative work that has come from a very personal place. In my own practice I have been striving to practice counteracting intrusive negative thoughts as I scroll through social media online.
The oldest surviving human art is over 40000 years old, with such a history what is original about any work I produce is not likely to be the idea or the creative process, but that the work has never been produced by me before.
“Even the most successful creative and performing artists struggle with deep feelings of insecurity and inferiority, feeling that they are impostors amongst real artists. Understanding that inferiority is a universal human experience, and that we are under no obligation to react to this feeling is helpful in dealing with the experience. As Alfred Adler has taught us, this feeling of inferiority is often the kernel of gold that underlies the motivation to fulfil our potential in our art” www.psychologytoday.com
