How to spot your inner critic
6 signs your IC is in the room 🚩
When you hear the term ‘inner critic’, you can probably get a sense of what it means straight away. After all, most of us can identify with feeling bad about ourselves.
What takes a little longer is understanding exactly when our inner critic shows up, and what it sounds like. Once we grasp this, we can open up a conversation with our inner critic and start to turn down its volume (or tell it to f*ck off).
So if you’re struggling to work out which thoughts are your inner critic speaking, here are six verbal signs to look out for. In other words, if you hear yourself saying any of these things, your inner critic is to blame.
6 inner critic red flags 🚩
“I’m not sure if this will work, but…”
“I had a lot of help”
“I don’t know if that makes sense”
“I should do X more”
“I should be better at X”
“I’m just lucky”
Sound familiar? Let us know which red flags you relate to in the comments.
Now you’ve identified your inner critic, it’s time to start exploring that relationship. Here are some resources from Fuck Off Russell to get you started:
Where does your inner critic come from?
How to make friends with your inner critic
4 ways to turn the volume down on your inner critic
How to set boundaries with your inner critic
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