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> You're feeling imposter syndrome - what color is it?

I dunno. Any random color, I guess.

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Well maybe picking a random colour means it's not imposter syndrome because you really don't know how to do this ....

Just joking! Sorry couldn't resist the silly response.

I actually found the whole exercise quite nice and picking colours felt basically random to me because I don't associate my emotions with colour. But I'm a guy so I was raised to only feel angry and nothing

I would guess a lot of people don't associate feelings with colors, or at least associate them on a one-to-one basis. For me there is lots of texture and shape involved. But I found the basic self-interrogation great for self-awareness and it inspired me to realize I can be a little more systematic about it, just in a different way than the site creator.

> You're feeling imposter syndrome - what color is it?

I don't know, I'm not a real colour theorist! Aaaah what even are colours! Do I know all the colours? What if my selection is wrong!

Yeah, I stopped at that point because I don't believe in emotions being colored and body-located, and the experiential disconnected with "Isn't that FASCINATING?" made me anxious, frustrated, and cynic.

When I got to this point I reacted immediatelly thinking that it was pointless. And then ... it wasn't pointless, I actually felt more at ease after I found the "right colour" for the feelings I picked. No idea how that works.

My pick would be orange. YMMV

Just look at him! He’s orange with imposter syndrome!

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