Makes me feel like I’m stupid and that everything that’s happened to me is my own fault, including the thoughts of infidelity between my girlfriend and her guy best friend, it makes me angry and sad at the same time
Inner critic is there right in front of me. It’s a blur I can’t see a face but I hear me. It’s pushing me like in a fight
A shadow version of myself always creeping over my shoulders and whispering in my ear. It always makes me doubt myself
Always lurking, always shaming, instilling fear and doubt, tells me I’m not good enough
Always reminding me of every self doubt, every bad moment, whispering in my ear affirming what I already worried
Picturing my critic made me feel like it had a physical manifestation. And therefore I can see how I might be able to build a technique to listening and ignoring it when needed.
It did make me feel slightly defeated that I haven’t overcome this yet however
It’s a feeling in the back of my mind that stops me from doing things. Thinking about the worst case scenario
It sometimes manifests as a voice, but other times, as I’ve now realized, it’s this inner feeling of dread and anxiety that just clouds anything I’m doing or feeling
Its my own voice and he is my 15yr old self who is insecure, wants to be popular and cool and is afraid of judgement. He is lazy and takes the easy and safe option.
A weight in my chest of fear, that holds me down
It is this creeping, looming anxiety that is always there. It constantly tells me I’m not good enough, I’m not big enough, she feels disappointed seeing me naked, she settled for me, and that I am not man enough to say hard and eventually I will need medication if I want to keep my marriage alove
It’s me, 15 years old, standing in front of the mirror listening to comments about my size.
It’s being called stupid. Like I failed at something. It’s shouting at me
It’s me, just angry and scared of failure.
My inner critic is someone who always looks at things with the worst possible outcome that some could happen
It made me feel anxious and worried that this scenario could occur instead of being excited with what is to come
It makes me feel afraid to form connection because I might not be enough. Tells me she’s just going to be disappointed and there’s no point in trying
It’s a deep anxiety which traps me in a sea of endless thoughts until my body reacts to it and doesn’t perform. It makes me sad and creates fear that I won’t be able to make a connection
It’s like mental quicksand, the more I fight it the worse it gets. It’s so loud I can’t think or hear my rational self
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Like an all powerful force I cannot shut out no matter how hard I try, takes over moments for me, I don’t feel in control