The description
I’m also a bit confused at the theme/description. (I will ignore the title theme now since it seems we should follow the description). I would think there are several ways to suffer from Imposter Syndrome - for example, as soeone else mentioned in the thread, it’s possible that everyone else believes in the worth of the protagonist, but they themselves don’t believe it. So rather than a suggested theme, this is more of a specific narrative we’d have to follow? We could, say, opt to actually make one or two character believe in the worth of the protagonist…
In themes, I would say they are helpful to enhance creativity, but less helpful if they describe the exact narrative that will take place?… this is my opinion. Of course, even that can be lightly switched but there isn’t much room to create different characters if “everyone” believes the protagonist is the dumbest person in the room. I mean, that’s also possible if you live all your life surrounded by people like that, but usually one time or another you’ll find someone supportive. I don’t know. It’s a little reflection. I would argue I’d be able to do something with it, but I feel my hands are tied, and I’m wondering how tied they actually are or if I’m just interpreting it too literally.
E.g. It’s highly probable that people don’t even think you’re “the dumbest person” but simply don’t notice you and don’t think much about you. In fact, often that’s the case, as humans tend to think more about themselves and be overly critical of themselves than of other people. And when they are, that’s more of a projection because of their own insecurity. E.g. I think you have the worst hair (blond) but only because I have my blond hair myself.