Hola! I truly believe to this day that I was Schizophrenic and my inner critic was silenced when I got lucky one day and began to train myself with CBT to simply respond and take the power away from the voices. There are times to this day that I actually miss “Kelly”. I went through a long period of time after kicking the substance abuse and alcohol problem that I felt un-worthy of love. I would think about Kelly often. It was bizarre to miss a voice. I didn’t have a normal childhood. I grew up alone mostly as my Father died when I was 3. My Mother worked two jobs to raise my sister and I. I was incredibly independent. I have this odd belief that anyone can become schizophrenic at anytime. Follow me here…. You spoke of your “inner critic”. Schizophrenia is, in my belief, that point that you give the inner critic power. So I can’t tell you of one person that was persecutory or a harsh critic. My mother did an absolutely fantastic job raising my sister and I. Your claim of being never “psychotic”. We all teeter at the edge of a cliff of sanity…. =)