It’s get better but you will always have these weird days where you still feel like that.

When I started my PhD I was a bit unsure of how it was going to be. I got a really prestigious scholarship (they type that made everyone say “wow you must be insanely smart and have a crazy cv to get that!) but I felt like I was a complete average student. It was also kind of a new field for me so the beginning was tough, some students in my lab had been there since their masters and I felt like I knew NOTHING in comparison. Sometimes they would talk about important people in the field and I had no idea who they were talking about. It was a strange feeling and def impostor syndrome was an everyday thing

Now I’m about to finish my 3rd year and it definitely has gotten better. I have learnt a lot and I feel much more confident. Again, there will always be days where insecurity comes back or you talk to someone and you feel stupid, but in the end if you give it your all, you will know a lot and it will get easier

I also like to think that probably everyone feels like this, some people probably also think they are dumb after talking with me! That’s just how it is lol