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How to rebuild identity when intellectual confidence fails

I used to be the smartest person in every room and now at my new job I feel completely stupid and I do not know who I am anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

When cognitive superiority has formed the core of self-concept, encountering intellectual limits can trigger profound identity dissolution.

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