the inner critic was saying you are not a man, you can never pleasure a woman satisfyingly.
Something along the lines of “yea you stay hard now while you’re by yourself, why not when you’re with a girl”
Inner critic was telling me I was doing the exercise wrong.
For me I was able to get somewhat of an erection and my inner critic was telling me why I can get one during a soft penis pleasure session and not sex when I need it.
It was telling me it was too hairy, it had too much skin, it was too veiny and didn’t look nice. As I went through I noticed these messages for what they were and was able to be kinder to my penis
Tbh i i had inner critics and this is something i really. Need to work on because i didnt look at a part of me all my. Life not.only it became.hard and all its start hard. I felt so happy my mojo is back lol . Great experience always thought i have a problem.physically.
Inner critic gave flashbacks to going soft
It was reminding me of the time I failed to have an erection with my ex girlfriend
My inner critic was saying this is stupid it won’t work at first but then I started to speak positively out loud to drown out those thoughts. I know what I’m capable of and I know this mental block I put there, so I know I have the power to get over it. I have the self confidence to be who I know I am.
It told me it didn’t look nice. I spent a lot of time (ironically) worrying about getting hard too.
It was telling me it was ugly, that not having a foreskin is an unattractive penis. This is definitely a mental barrier for me
It reminded me of a lot of the negative experiences I’ve had
My inner critic brought up my size and that it looks kinda weird. Reminded me of my past experiences and compared me to other people’s size or looks.
The inner critic was quick to say you don’t feel any sensations down there.
I caught my inner critic halfway through saying “wow you’re touching it and can’t even get hard” then immediately stopped and reminded myself, the goal is NOT TO GET HARD. Even when I am doing something successfully, I catch my inner critic criticizing me. It felt good to recognize that and immediately shut it down and get back into the moment.
Was always watching and sec doubting me about the size nd everything what happen before
At the onset, my inner critic maintained this is such a weird exercise and during, chimed in to say how I could of course get hard now but would fail when with a woman. However, his exercise shows how easily I can get hard from my own physical touch when in the right / relaxed state of mind and the inner critic is quieted.
my inner critic tried to get me to worry about other factors after I’d been thinking positively about my penis, but I caught it quickly
It was more of a tight feeling in my chest. At first it was fine but after about 5 minutes it slowly crept up on me. I started doing the box breathing and it melted away pretty quickly though
The inner critic told me that if I needed to get hard right now that I wouldn’t be able to. I think those thoughts increase my anxiety, exacerbate the fight or flight response, and contribute to performance issues. I think acknowledging the inner critic as just a small voice and not some all-encompassing decider of fate, allows me to feel more in control and let nature take it’s course.