If you keep asking why do I feel fake when people compliment my work, it usually means achievement and recognition are getting filtered through a private system that trusts pressure more easily than praise. Performance insecurity often feels less like one moment and more like a repeated inner position.
Strong outcomes can still fail to become usable self-trust when success quickly turns into exposure, comparison, or the need to keep proving yourself Over time, self-trust erosion and achievement discounting can make the issue feel much larger, more personal, or more persistent than it first appears.
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