i don’t liketaking onadditionalduties that canprove myabilitiesi worry that iwill not liveup toexpectationsvolunteering isa distractionthat couldcompromise thequality of myother tasksi don’t want to ask foraraise/promotion/accelclassi don’tdeservemychi don’t wantpeople tothink highlyof meevery time iaccomplishsomething i becomemore worried thatothers will discoverthe "truth" about myabilitiesi burymyself inworkinsteadi’m unhappy inmyjob/academicsi’m afakei don’t feelchallengedenoughi fear thateveryoneexpects toomuch frommei attributesuccessto outsidefactorsi haveloads ofself doubti fearfailurei avoid extraresponsibilitiesi selfsabotagei don’t likevolunteeringi have lowselfconfidencei deny mycompetencyi need toworkharderthan mosti set myselfextremely hardgoals anddisappoint myselfwhen i don’t reachthemshould i besuccessful oravoid being“found out??”iundervaluemy skillsi don’t liketaking onadditionalduties that canprove myabilitiesi worry that iwill not liveup toexpectationsvolunteering isa distractionthat couldcompromise thequality of myother tasksi don’t want to ask foraraise/promotion/accelclassi don’tdeservemychi don’t wantpeople tothink highlyof meevery time iaccomplishsomething i becomemore worried thatothers will discoverthe "truth" about myabilitiesi burymyself inworkinsteadi’m unhappy inmyjob/academicsi’m afakei don’t feelchallengedenoughi fear thateveryoneexpects toomuch frommei attributesuccessto outsidefactorsi haveloads ofself doubti fearfailurei avoid extraresponsibilitiesi selfsabotagei don’t likevolunteeringi have lowselfconfidencei deny mycompetencyi need toworkharderthan mosti set myselfextremely hardgoals anddisappoint myselfwhen i don’t reachthemshould i besuccessful oravoid being“found out??”iundervaluemy skills

impostor syndrome - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. i don’t like taking on additional duties that can prove my abilities
  2. i worry that i will not live up to expectations
  3. volunteering is a distraction that could compromise the quality of my other tasks
  4. i don’t want to ask for a raise/promotion/accel class
  5. i don’t deserve mych
  6. i don’t want people to think highly of me
  7. every time i accomplish something i become more worried that others will discover the "truth" about my abilities
  8. i bury myself in work instead
  9. i’m unhappy in my job/academics
  10. i’m a fake
  11. i don’t feel challenged enough
  12. i fear that everyone expects too much from me
  13. i attribute success to outside factors
  14. i have loads of self doubt
  15. i fear failure
  16. i avoid extra responsibilities
  17. i self sabotage
  18. i don’t like volunteering
  19. i have low self confidence
  20. i deny my competency
  21. i need to work harder than most
  22. i set myself extremely hard goals and disappoint myself when i don’t reach them
  23. should i be successful or avoid being “found out??”
  24. i undervalue my skills