inner critic

I'm working through the SEP and on this page https://www.tmswiki.org/ppd/TMS_Recovery_Program#Accepting_the_Diagnosis (TMS Recovery Program)"it states the following: ... the purpose of the pain in most cases is to scare you. Your inner bully is using this pain as ammunition to abuse you." I...

Here was always my game-plan: Be a reporter for the Washington Post; Become a famous novelist; Earn six figures as a freelance writer with my own business Small goals, right? And I wanted all three. All three did come to fruition in super small ways. I freelanced a couple stories for the...

I really enjoyed demonstrating some modes of working with our inner experience ---with awareness, self-compassion, and defending against the Inner Critic. Enjoy!

Building Self Compassion Through Stages We hear it time and again, “Treat yourself with compassion.” or “You’re too hard on yourself; forgive yourself.” But how exactly do we do this when we have a lifetime of self criticism and judgment? How do we learn to feel authentic empathy for ourselves...

We hope our tone is clear here: We don’t need this kind of criticism from a computer. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/10/amazon-halo-band-review/

Hi TMS Forum, Some of my friends and I are offering support for folks during the Covid19 Pandemic, free of charge on Zoom, Tuesday evenings, 6:00 to 7:30 pm, Pacific Time. We start next Tuesday, May 12, with the esteemed Ted Sundin, Psychiatrist. You can see the presenters and subjects below...

Hi Everyone, I am posting here a conversation that Eddy Lindenstein and I had, re foot pain, plantar fasciitis, tarsal tunnel, peripheral neuropathy, superego, and the invitation our psyche gives us to feel deeply and heal. Eddy's Mind and Fitness Podcast has many other interviews, and he has...

I think one of the best ways to rid ourselves of fear and the inner critic is to laugh at it. Here is a "Dr. Seuss" style poem on fear and one on the inner critic. Hope you enjoy!

Hi there, I wanted to share this video I made about a strategy I use in relating to the more difficult parts of myself like the inner critic, my fear brain, the perfectionist, and all those different characters. I would love to know what protector parts of yourself you notice and if you can...

If you're reading this forum you might already be aware of your perfectionist tendencies. Here's a short video I made about one question to ask to determine if you suffer from perfectionism (and if you have TMS you have a sense of how high the cost is) and what to do if you find out you are.

I see TMS clients all the time whose inner critic attempts to use their TMS diagnosis against them. By that I mean that when people are doing the recovery work and not getting the relief from pain they had hoped, their inner critic unhelpfully chimes right in that it must be their fault. Do not...

Hi all! I just wanted to take an opportunity to introduce myself. I have lurked here for years and have directed many clients here for help but have never actually posted! My name is Danielle Szasz, and I'm TMS therapist/coaching seeing clients in Southern California and via Skype. I was...

The last activity in Day 9 was to look at self-criticism. I made a list of things I was critical of myself - from too much salt on my food, to being forgetful, being a poor conversationalist, etc... And I wondered why am I doing this? Is it that if I don't judge myself, I somehow won't want...

Hi, I think the next step in recovery is letting go. But, I can't let go. I KNOW it is TMS but I keep doubting that going through this will eliminate it 100%. I keep obsessing over it and even though I've seen tremendous improvement so far, it's still not good enough. Even the things I'm doing...

Somebody here on the forum mentioned Kristin Neff. I found several videos on Youtube where she talks about self-compassion. I find her approach very helpful in standing up to my inner bully (which is very powerful and resilient, as I discovered).

I started working with what I want after I got in touch with my inner child a few months ago. I had a moment of being present with my inner child. of really "knowing" what was happening. It is an ongoing relationship with her now. A few days ago, and in a dream, a message from an old wise woman...

I finally came to a conclusion with my on and off with medications over the last 1.5 yrs, pain med antidepressant meds,anxiety meds and so on…Every-time I took a med it just re-enforced my fear, so after I dosed down and made sure everything was ok…I did something I thought I would never due…I...

Hi All Can anyone recommend some good books regarding this topic. I believe in the theory of the inner child and would like to learn more. Thank you.

I've been doing the tms/mbs work for about 3 months now, been on the forum for about 2 months. I thought about stepping back from here completely, because it stressed me out too much; I've since come to reconsider and decided to stick around but in a different way. I think this is a great...

On Day 13 of the SEP and I am trying to sort out some of my learning. It seems like I am supposed send away the damaging messages my inner drill sargeant ( I call him PFC BUTTHEAD... b/c those 2 places are where most of my symptoms are found - and PFC for pressure, fear and criticism messages...