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

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