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Interview/education assessment nerves & alexithymia (& imposter syndrome?)

GuybrushThreepwood

Hi

I’ve had a quick search and majority of imposter syndrome posts are related directly to diagnosis so I’ve made my own post.
I get so nervous in interviews but I don’t always realise at the time because of alexithymia. I had one last week for an assessment to get Masters equivalence for work and had a call this afternoon to say I failed. Now I think I’m having feelings like imposter syndrome that I’m not actually as good at my job as I thought or as my colleagues tell me. I got so flustered I couldn’t answer one of the questions at all. I have two international board certifications but still feeling like an idiot the last few days. I now have to go through the interview again in the future, does anyone have any tips for managing or recognising nervousness with alexithymia? This time I didn’t realise until the interviewers arrived and it was too late to get  back in control of my brain

Parents

  • This is an interesting question. I did not think I suffered from anxiety particularly but in therapy it quickly became very obvious that my body was anxious a high percentage of the time even if my mind didn’t realise it.

    I now realise that I get a tingling sensation in much of my body and start to suppress stimming with my hands and feet when I’m anxious. Basically my body fills with nervous energy. No change to my heart rate though.

    It was a lightbulb moment for me - it’s now very obvious to me.

    II’ve tried to learn progressive relaxation and use deep breathing but if possible I remove myself from  the situation - even if only for a moment and quickly pace - walking and pacing seems to calm me.

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  • This is an interesting question. I did not think I suffered from anxiety particularly but in therapy it quickly became very obvious that my body was anxious a high percentage of the time even if my mind didn’t realise it.

    I now realise that I get a tingling sensation in much of my body and start to suppress stimming with my hands and feet when I’m anxious. Basically my body fills with nervous energy. No change to my heart rate though.

    It was a lightbulb moment for me - it’s now very obvious to me.

    II’ve tried to learn progressive relaxation and use deep breathing but if possible I remove myself from  the situation - even if only for a moment and quickly pace - walking and pacing seems to calm me.

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