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Problem

I will be Elara, a PhD candidate in her second year of a competitive STEM program. We will use a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) framework to explore these feelings. I'll begin the simulation now. (Elara sits on the edge of her chair, adjusting her glasses and looking slightly down at her lap. She exhales a shaky breath before looking up at you.) "Honestly, just being here feels a bit like a waste of your time, but my advisor insisted I talk to someone. I'm just waiting for the day everyone realizes I'm not as smart as they think I am." What recent achievement makes you feel like an impostor? "I just found out my first-author paper was accepted into a major journal. It should be the happiest day of my life, right? But I can't stop thinking that the peer reviewers must have been tired or just skimmed it. I keep waiting for an email saying they made a mistake and are retracting it." Get the instant assignment help. How do you feel when someone praises your work? "It's physically uncomfortable. My chest tightens and I feel this urge to deflect it immediately. When my advisor called it 'groundbreaking,' I felt like a liar. I usually just say, 'Oh, I got lucky with the data' or 'The lab equipment did most of the work.' I feel like if I accept the praise, I'm participating in a scam." What thoughts do you have after a success?