Your inner critic part may have taken on its harsh role because it learned in childhood that if it could motivate you to do what you’re supposed to do, the consequences will be less severe or desirable. A harsh Inner Critic might have some short-term motivational pay offs (the logic if if it makes it “sting” where we’re at, it’ll motivate us to move and change and do something to get out of where we’re at), but it doesn’t really make us productive in the long-term.  In fact, it can actually be quite debilitating for someone to live with their Inner Critic long-term and it can impair and restrict us in ways we're most likely not always aware.  

There’s a lot of research out there that indicates that self-criticism tends to be a component of many high prevalence mental health challenges, such as depressive and anxiety issues, and phobias.  

What our inner critic doesn’t realize, is that maybe what it’s wanting for us, doesn’t actually serve us in the way it thinks it does.

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