My critic is mean and tells me I won’t get hard. My coach is my girlfriend telling me in my head that there is no pressure and that she knows I love her
i’m still learning
The inner coach helped justify to
me that my worries are normal and i shouldn’t feel bad or scared of them like my inner critic tells me i am. He told me that I shouldn’t need to have them though as I know i can still be great and perform despite them
The critic, who pretends to be a scary wraith in a black cloak and hood wanted to meet in a dark theater where he could take center stage. He told me I’d always be alone but the coach told him that HE didn’t have to be alone, that he could join with me if he would just let go of the dark clothes. I knew it would go this way because my critic’s choice of a performance space where people play adopted roles suggested that he was covering up his true form. He dropped the hood and suddenly was a lonely little kid in a rowboat in the middle of the ocean, totally alone and overwhelmed by his fear of the water, equipped only with an encyclopedia and a pile of scribbled notes, useless to help him. The coach reappeared as a sort of elemental ocean deity and promised the boy that he would help him learn to float in the water so he wouldn’t have to be afraid. He felt a lot better.
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He stands in front of me and takes the flack, guarding me from having to address those accusations so I can just get on with being present in the situation.
I picture a Fox, friendly warm and funny. Reg, is the best of me.
I picture him standing between me and my critic… Barking it down and building me up
My inner critic carried anger and insecurity while the inner coach carried reason and sympathy for the critic. It understood the insecurities but at the same time let it be known that this fear is only something made up in my head and is completely self-imposed
He’s confident! Charming, kind, compassionate. Made logical arguments. Might or might not have been a pastiche of Ted Lasso.
He’s positive, he wants me to do well, he imagines the positive sides of arguments not what may go wrong
My inner coach reminded me that it’s all in my head. That my inner critic is a deceiver and it is wrong. The inner coach reminded me of all the good times I’ve had and why I’ve had them.
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Inner critic mocked my penis size and gave me feelings of dread in body… inner coach with deep breaths gave me wave of relaxation.
Motivational personal trainer. Positive and encouraging. Has my back in the conversation against the critic but speaks empathically and calmly.
Matthew Mcconaughey lol
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I still have trouble imagining it as anything other than myself but in a different tone
That I’m never going to be fully self sufficient.
My inner critic said “its not going to happen” my coach said “ how do you know, weve been doing a lot of things for the first time latley, breaking old habits, starting new routines. What makes you so sure this won’t shatter expectations as well? You surley dont think you know everything do you? Are you a psychic?”
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My inner critic said I was inadequate and my inner coach said that I was actually gifted; if I was inadequate there would be no hope for anyone lol
Inner critic just said you can’t do it and know what will happen. The coach simply said its been done beforez why can’t it happen again
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Bruh I literally had the exact inner conversation.
I only hear the voice for the inner critic, my own voice. When I hear him, i feel it as a weight in my chest. Feeling of not being good enough and general inadequacy.
The coach I picture as a cartoon. The scene is a coach and an athlete, the athlete being defeated/kneeling/on the ground, stuck in his own negative thoughts.
The coach is encouraging and kind, yet strong & confident, reminding me I am strong, I work hard, I am good enough. I picture the cartoon athlete (me) dusting myself off and standing tall as his/my inner critic is silenced.