Dear James:

Reads to me that indeed removing yourself from Twitter is a good idea. Regarding criticizing yourself/ criticizing others: there is the concept of the Inner Critic (“I do tend to be very critical of myself and the way I act.”) and the Outer Critic (criticizing others). When a person gets sick and tired of the Inner Critic they take a break, a tension-relieving break by letting loose of the Outer Critic.

Decrease your Inner Critic activity and you will have less of a need to activate the Outer Critic, as you did on Twitter (“fly off the handle and become very toxic writing negative posts and goading people into arguments”).

anita