AM I AN IMPOSTER?

Imposter syndrome (IS) is a behavioral health phenomenon described as self-doubt of intellect, skills, or accomplishments among high-achieving individuals

• NIH.gov (National Institutes Of Health)

I started my developer journey as a copycat trying to build the next Facebook by tweaking PHP code and learning about HTML, CSS, and Javascript at the end. I kept my failed projects in a junkyard project where I could go and find code that could help me build my next project; always inspired by the next trend in town.

As I got older, I found myself doing projects to challenge myself more than connecting with that project on an emotional level (for example: fixing a problem that bothers me and others)

My most advanced project is a web app called "Hay" (https://gethayapp.com/), a mental health helper.

Did I struggle with mental health problems?
Once...2 weeks battling depression without knowing it. One of my colleagues asked me if I was depressed during that period and I snapped out of it as quickly as I could and never went back in that dark place.

Now, I build a web app to help people with their mental health and I feel like an imposter because I wasn't that deep in depression to pretend to be emotionally connected to that issue. I have empathy as everybody who knows how mental health problems can negatively affect and destroy people's lives. But, I am not the one with the story to back up the web app that I build.

I tried to find a middle ground to cope with that imposter syndrome.
I built a lightweight mental health app compared to my peers and I chose the preventive angle because Prevention is better than cure...in my experience.

Should I throw my web app in my junkyard project and call it a day to stop that imposter syndrome?
Or should I follow through with my web app to get over that imposter syndrome?

Let me know in the comment section. Your advice will be helpful and appreciated.

Peace