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by kazinator 4122 days ago
It sounds like you have fallen into something that is nowadays referred to as "impostor syndrome". This is when people who are competent in their field underestimate themselves: they harbor as suspicion that they are actually not competent and think that others around them have somehow been duped, perhaps only temporarily so.

Obligatory Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome

It may help you to remember that if you actually were an idiot, you'd likely be the opposite way: irrationally confident in your abilities. :)