How To Respond To Your Inner Critic
Scripts for when your inner critic is challenging you.
These scripts are for responding to your inner critic. The goal is to give yourself a second, fairer voice to listen to.
If you are dealing with a family that responds with threats, abuse, or attacks on who you are, these are not the scripts for that situation. Take what fits, and change the words to sound like you.
"I made a mistake. It doesn't define me."
"That sounds like my parent. That doesn't make it true."
"Something went wrong. That doesn't automatically mean it was me. What actually happened here?"
"I don't have to punish myself to do better."
"I made this decision for a reason. Feeling guilty doesn't mean I did something wrong."
"I can miss having a family and still know I can't go back to the role I had in it."