I personally experience my inner critic as something which often prevents me from āseeing the world clearlyā including seeing good things Iāve done clearly, and seeing my action space clearly. Itās odd that this is true, because youād think the point of criticism is to check optimism and help us see things more clearly. And I find this to be very true of other peopleās criticism, and for some mental modes of critiquing my own plans.
But the distinct flavor of self-critique Iād call āmy inner criticā is a weird little guy who seems mostly to be interested in bucketing me as āa good personā or āa bad person.ā This isnāt helpful, and it fluctuates week to week, which is also not helpful. It also tends to be overweight social evidence as opposed to other types of evidence. It seems self-obsessed. I would not hire it.
I enjoyed this, in particular:
which resonates for me.
I personally experience my inner critic as something which often prevents me from āseeing the world clearlyā including seeing good things Iāve done clearly, and seeing my action space clearly. Itās odd that this is true, because youād think the point of criticism is to check optimism and help us see things more clearly. And I find this to be very true of other peopleās criticism, and for some mental modes of critiquing my own plans.
But the distinct flavor of self-critique Iād call āmy inner criticā is a weird little guy who seems mostly to be interested in bucketing me as āa good personā or āa bad person.ā This isnāt helpful, and it fluctuates week to week, which is also not helpful. It also tends to be overweight social evidence as opposed to other types of evidence. It seems self-obsessed. I would not hire it.