How to Stop Your Inner Critic from Sabotaging Your Happiness and Success
Know Your Inner Critic
Most people believe and feed an inner critic who points out faults and flaws, dwells on the negative, and is often downright abusive. This can lead to procrastination, inactivity or avoidance. It affects your emotions, your self-esteem, confidence, courage and joy of life. And most of all it diminishes your trust in your own strengths and abilities.
Self-Criticism
Being overly critical and dissatisfied with yourself.
Often based on unrealistic and unreasonable expectations about who you should be and how you should act.
Judging yourself negatively.
Comparing yourself to others who seem superior in some way.
Being full of self-condemnation.
Self-Doubt
Taunting yourself – Not capable, experienced or good enough …
Diminishing yourself – It’s only me; I know it’s not very good …
Finding it hard to make decisions.
Avoiding new challenges.
Needing reassurance from others.
Self-Recrimination
Results from a sense of failure, guilt or regret.
Reprimanding yourself: How did I get into this situation? I should have known better…
Self-Neglect
Indifference or denial of your own needs.
Discouraging or ignoring your aspirations and dreams.
Self-Rejection, Self-Loathing or Self-Hate
Ranging from vague feelings of low self-worth to severe self-hatred.
Expressed in extreme ways – destructive and dangerous behaviours, self-harm, suicide.
Associating with negative people who drag you down.
Sabotaging chances at living a fulfilling li...
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christiana Star Tags: Habits Happiness Self-Esteem Self-Help Success & Achievement Confidence Failure identity Self Awareness Self Criticism self-compassion self-worth Source Type: blogs
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