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

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