Monday 8 October 2018

How to Deal with an Especially Cruel Inner Critic

a post by Margarita Tartakovsky for the World of Psychology blog

It’s common for you to have a running commentary in your mind that sounds something like this:

You’ll never get that job. You’re not smart, cool or creative enough. That fight was all your fault. You don’t belong at that party with those accomplished people. You’ll never finish that project. You’ll never achieve that goal. Who do you think you are? If you don’t get a perfect grade on that paper, it’ll confirm you’re a fraud. Scratch that. You are a fraud. You’re also a terrible mother. You also can’t do anything right. You also aren’t worthy of _______ and ________. And ________.

And you assume these constant, cruel words are the truth. You assume they’re gospel.

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