Imposter syndrom

In the past week, I received feedback for my Ph.D. thesis – three texts, two from my readers and one from my supervisor. They all have been incredibly positive – something my supervisor predicted upfront but didn’t believe him. Don’t get me wrong, I know the readers, so I know what lovely people they are. I had no expectations of them tearing me apart like one does with a piece of paper with private information written on it. But still… I don’t know. I expected them awkwardly try to say something nice while it being obvious to everyone that they’re up for an impossible task.