IC shows up only when it’s go time.
Feel like my IC is always - and has always been - there unfortunately
IC shows up when I’m in an anxious spell in life and becomes louder the more my anxiety grows
My inner critic is there from the start
The inner critic is there from the start, and really only goes away when the prospect of having sex comes off the table.
My inner critic is mostly there when it’s spontaneous or I feel I am not the one in control, panic sets in and I can spiral. If I’m feeling confident and things happen more organically I don’t tend to have any issues
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My IC shows up when i’m the ‘focus’ of the activity. I feel pressured to get off and not take too long.
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If I don’t really know the person, the inner critic will pop up about 5 mins into sex when I/they realise it’s not quite the right dynamic. If I know the person, the sex is less urgent and the critic takes longer to appear. It always comes back though because I have this idea that sex needs to have some amount of urgency, so once the urgency fades, I feel we’ve lost the moment.
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My inner critic has the most influence when I expect myself to perform. If I’m pleasing her and it’s obvious I get hard
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My inner critic will pop up when I anticipate sex. If I think its coming its possible ill spend the entire week worrying about it up until the moment it happens and even when were getting started with foreplat, like nervous knots in my stomach and worries
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I learned that as soon as I find out I’ll have sex, my inner-critic pops up. It immediately makes me worried in a number of ways about if they’ll like my penis, if my penis is big enough, if I’ll stay hard, if they’ll like me, and so forth. My inner-critic is strongest when someone does something or says something that reaffirms my fears and worries, and those things can stay with me a long time. It doesn’t always show up, and when it previous had in sexual situations with a partner it has been tough to deal with.
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My inner is there from the start. Really discouraging.
My inner critic shows up the moment I think about sex with a new partner
My inner critic shows up during foreplay, mainly once my pants come off. The pressure rises on if I will maintain my erection or be able to finish, and that pressure comes from my inner critic.
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My inner critic shows up immediately after my know there is a possibility of sex. I start to worry that I won’t be able to get it up. Then it gets louder during foreplay.
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My inner critic takes a second to arise. If I know I’m going to have sex at some point, I get excited or happy. But it fades and turns into anxiety. Then it will go away as I try and cope with it, but it comes back in full force right before it has to do its job.
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Instantly it’s there. Worse during the deed and the buildup
My inner critic is there the moment my partner starts flirting with me sexually or mentions sex and slowly dies down. It comes like a storm when clothes start coming off.
My inner critic is a kind of persistent thought that I will fail, it is at its peak when the sexual activity is planned and weakest when spontaneous or I am high
My inner critic comes out when I have planned sex, and the closer it gets to the organised time of sex the more it plays on my mind about not being able to perform