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Imposter Syndrome Is Real with Lynda Sunshine West
Man. It was decades ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday. I was attending a military ball and it was with an officer. So it was an officer's ball. And I had met this guy through a friend of mine (this was before I was married by the way), but I had met this guy through a friend of mine and I was all excited. It was going to be a blind date. I was going to go to this military ball and I was about 22, 23 years old. And I decided that I was going to go all out. So I went out and I rented a gown, this beautiful blue gown. It was so pretty. It had sequins on it and pearls and it was just so beautiful. And then I went out and I paid to get my hair done and I paid somebody to do my makeup.
I even rented some really fancy shoes. Like my whole outfit was probably about $300 or $400 and this was way back in the 80s. So that was a long time ago and that was a lot of money. That's a lot of money today. But back then it was like an extra lot of money. And I showed up at the military ball. I met the guy. I don't even remember his name or anything, but I met him and we hit it off, you know we were cordial with each other, but as time went on, it was time for me to meet people. I’m the kind of person who would prefer to walk into a room and just kind of sit down without talking to anybody. I'm very shy person when it comes to meeting people. Once I get to meet you, I'm okay.
But getting to meet people is a really tough thing for me. It still is. Even though I faced a fear every day, you know, in 2015, I faced a fear every day and meeting people is still something that I am having a struggle with. So anyway, here we were at this event and he was taking me around and introducing me to people and it was really a weird time for me because at that time I was working in the court system. I was in the jail system, even really, it was at the jail, not the court system. I was working in the jail and I was a booking clerk and I was embarrassed of my job. I was really embarrassed of the job that I did, but it was the job that I did. And so here I was with these people who were military spouses, as well as the military officers.
And they were all officers, cause it was an officer's ball. And I felt like a frickin’ imposter. Like, what am I doing here?
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By Lynda Sunshine WestMan. It was decades ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday. I was attending a military ball and it was with an officer. So it was an officer's ball. And I had met this guy through a friend of mine (this was before I was married by the way), but I had met this guy through a friend of mine and I was all excited. It was going to be a blind date. I was going to go to this military ball and I was about 22, 23 years old. And I decided that I was going to go all out. So I went out and I rented a gown, this beautiful blue gown. It was so pretty. It had sequins on it and pearls and it was just so beautiful. And then I went out and I paid to get my hair done and I paid somebody to do my makeup.
I even rented some really fancy shoes. Like my whole outfit was probably about $300 or $400 and this was way back in the 80s. So that was a long time ago and that was a lot of money. That's a lot of money today. But back then it was like an extra lot of money. And I showed up at the military ball. I met the guy. I don't even remember his name or anything, but I met him and we hit it off, you know we were cordial with each other, but as time went on, it was time for me to meet people. I’m the kind of person who would prefer to walk into a room and just kind of sit down without talking to anybody. I'm very shy person when it comes to meeting people. Once I get to meet you, I'm okay.
But getting to meet people is a really tough thing for me. It still is. Even though I faced a fear every day, you know, in 2015, I faced a fear every day and meeting people is still something that I am having a struggle with. So anyway, here we were at this event and he was taking me around and introducing me to people and it was really a weird time for me because at that time I was working in the court system. I was in the jail system, even really, it was at the jail, not the court system. I was working in the jail and I was a booking clerk and I was embarrassed of my job. I was really embarrassed of the job that I did, but it was the job that I did. And so here I was with these people who were military spouses, as well as the military officers.
And they were all officers, cause it was an officer's ball. And I felt like a frickin’ imposter. Like, what am I doing here?
Read the full transcript at https://womenactiontakers.now.site/podcast