“Work hard, play harder”; “hustle all the time"; "work while everyone else sleeps.” These phrases make for catchy social captions, but they also unveil a dark side of entrepreneurship.

Pause, hit the mute button and for a moment, walk in someone else’s shoes. Kosta Kolev writes this guest post about his struggles with Imposter Syndrome whilst running a startup.

Here we share a short synopsis on each of the types, as detailed by Dr Valerie Young, along with thoughts from our entrepreneur community on what Impostor Syndrome means to them.

Though Impostor Syndrome is not recognised as a mental health issue, it does in turn burden our mental wellbeing, by inducing anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. We’ve collated five videos, by entrepreneurs and psychologists, which examine Impostor Syndrome and how to combat it.