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

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