"...working harder than others to succeed, because of anticipated or experienced hostility..." Honestly this feeling never left me since I stepped into research in my bachelor. Years passed, I still feel like I have to prove myself, overachieve to get a position in this white male dominated field

Ended up going to therapy because felt so excluded, depressed, and anxious. This system also puts us right in the middle of problems related to imposter syndrome, even though we know that we worked hard