Dear pomplemous:

A wise man your brother is to point this out to you. How did he acquire his wisdom?

Very enlightened and enlightening post, says I. The Internal Critic (or critics, in Jack’s case: hi Jack!) is a natural part of our psyche. For many people it is an Abusive Internal Critic, also termem=d Toxic Internal Critic. It is the Freudian Superego comlimenting the Id and the Ego (that unlike the Buddhist Ego, in Freudan terms, the Ego is the healthy part that makes it possible for the Superego and the Id to get along). These terms, as old as Freud, are far from being a new hippie thing.

I like that you first acknowledge that voice, then face it, talk back to it, evaluate and challenge its thoughts. Bravo!!!

anita