I think I feel a mixture of all of the above. I definitely feel I am I a fraud and that they just don't really know my true level of knowledge. I also feel like if I seem really pleased with myself for earning their praise then I'm being childish for caring what they think or egotistical for accepting that the praise is true.

When my T give me a compliment often times I assume that she is just doing it to raise my self-esteem or to positively reinforce some behavior. I kind of interpret is as as "GOOD GIRL" pat on the head thing.