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Wykid

@borogovian.bsky.social

Task 11 #TheLastOfItsKind #HandmadeGremlins #InnerCritic #Bangergang @bogglebang.bsky.social

September 23, 2026 at 5:44 AM

Kaz_the_Kumquat

@odragonku.bsky.social

Shoulds, gather like #ghosts,
A rigid script, written out,
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘰𝘸.

👻 ⛓️

#ThreeLines #InnerCritic #AnxietyLoop #Rumination #Perfectionism

October 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM

Kaz_the_Kumquat

@odragonku.bsky.social

I fear I'll #unravel,
And the pieces left behind
... Are just not worth keeping.

💔🧩

#SherePrompt #DailyPrompt #PoetrySky #MicroPoem #Vulnerability #SelfWorth #InnerCritic #SelfDoubt #Anxiety #Fragmentation #FindingWorth

ShereKhancept @sherekhancept.bsky.social · Aug 11

Daily #shereprompt for artists, writers, poets, and creatives of all kinds:

"Unravel"

Feel the places literally & figuratively where you are wound up, bound up, or tangled... what do you feel when you try to tease the tension apart?

Tags to participate: #sherepoetry #shereart #sherecreativity

a spool of natural brown hemp thread/twine, and small snipping scissors tucked into the bound spool. #dailyprompt #poetryprompt #writingprompt #artprompt #unravel

August 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM

Coffeedate with ADHD

@adhd-coffee.bsky.social

Not too much, not too less.
And don't be your own worst critic.

#adhd #selfcare #innercritic

November 30, 2024 at 9:45 AM

Kaz_the_Kumquat

@odragonku.bsky.social

A sharp, bitter thought,
Corrodes the sense of self,
Leaving only doubt.

🫥 💭

#Sherepoetry #DailyPrompt #PoetSky #MicroPoem #MentalHealth #Depression #Anxiety #InnerCritic

ShereKhancept @sherekhancept.bsky.social · Aug 4

Here's your #poetryprompt #artprompt #writingprompt for Monday, Aug. 4:

"Caustic"

What is the last criticism you made toward yourself, in your own mind? Imagine the feeling of it as a substance. How does it affect you?

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/c...

Tag with: #sherepoetry / #shereart!

A woman looks to the side and slightly down as she tucks her scarf over her face. There's a faraway look in her eyes that feels both distant and internal.
Photo credit - Khánh Duy Trương on Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-in-warm-jacket-by-a-lake-in-winter-30605254/

August 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM

🇨🇦PWINCESS💖BEAR🐻‍❄🦫

@icycrittercove.bsky.social

🗣💭😢
[Inner Critic]

#middlespace #cptsd #innercritic #trauma #healing

Close up of an unsure wolf girl, browsing her phone. Next to her is a shrouded dark figure that represents her mean inner critic.

Full image of art and text on the left and right. To the right, it is her inner critics voice beating her down. To the left, are her thoughts in processing all the inner critic's words.

February 2, 2026 at 11:08 PM

Andreea Dumez

@andreeadumez.com

We all have that inner voice. Mine resembles a judgy rooster, clucking at me with every opportunity.
A light take on self-doubt, via brushstrokes.
Art currently hangs at The Newburyport Art Association, for the 10x10 Art Show. Come visit!

#fineart #birdart #rooster #innercritic #arttherapy #birds

July 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM

Christine Jax, PhD

@drchristinejax.bsky.social

Ignore your inner critic. #selfcare #fangirl #innercritic #confidence #womenempowerment #wine

August 4, 2026 at 3:18 PM

Suzanne 🍉 she/her

@thrummiebizzum.bsky.social

Day 19 #The100DayProject

I will definitely be giving this reference another try, as this hasn't quite nailed it for me. I was fighting the #zornpalette all the way, it is what it is.

#art #innercritic #oilpainting #tryagaintomorrow #portrait #limitedpalette

March 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM

Patricia Gestoso

@patriciagestoso.bsky.social

(3/3) Ready to learn to drop the ball “kindly”? DM me - I can help you break the glass ceiling and achieve the professional success you deserve without burnout.

#WomenInTech #WomenInLeadership #WomenInSTEM #InnerCritic #Patriarchy #Coaching #Mentoring

January 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM

Lisa Hutchison LMHC

@lisahutchisonlmhc.bsky.social

Attending continuing education about perfectionism, taming the inner critic.

#continuingeducation #Innercritic

April 15, 2024 at 12:59 PM

Christina Lattimer

@christinalattimer.bsky.social

If you say one negative thing to yourself and take it on board - your #innercritic is alive and well - it’s like mentally hitting yourself - do not listen to it!

Try being your own best friend! It’s one of the kindest acts you can do for yourself.

Thanks @createtheripple.bsky.social

Create the Ripple @createtheripple.bsky.social · Dec 11

“You’ve been criticising yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” Louise Hay

Be gentle with yourself. 🧡

#kindness #positivity #compassion (Picture by Nikki Miles)

Life can feel kind of training sometimes so don’t forget to take care of yourself too. I know you’re doing your best and that is all that matters. Picture by Nikki Miles. Purple background with a white cloud and a rainbow coming out the top.

December 11, 2024 at 7:25 AM

Jen Knox

@www.jenknox.net

Sometimes the inner critic is right, but that doesn't mean I have to listen to her.
open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/...

#5amwritersclub #writesky #booksky #WritingAsSelfCare #WomenWriters #VictoriaWoodhull #InnerCritic #AuthorLife #BookMarketing #WritingCommunity #HistoricalFiction

Sometimes the inner critic is right, but that doesn't mean I have to listen to her.

the historical voices I study have been ignored, imprisoned, and ridiculed for their words; is today different?

open.substack.com

May 29, 2026 at 10:53 AM

Sofie

@sofiev.bsky.social

A story about #emotions… Their importance, different sort of emotions, the inner critic,…

#EmotionFocusedTherapy #EFT #InnerCritic #InnerCritic #Psychology #Psychotherapy

youtu.be/SJOjpprbfeE

Alfred & Shadow - A short story about emotions (education psychology health animation)

YouTube video by Anne Hilde Vassbø Hagen

youtu.be

November 19, 2024 at 10:45 PM

Jen J.C.

@jennnne.bsky.social

#cage #vsspoem #poetry #trauma #arttherapy #healing #innercritic

An innocent young girl
Born into a cruel hell
Built sanctuary within
That one day became her cell

She found she had taken
Quite by mistake
Her cruel tormentors with her
'Stead of making a clean break

She could not escape
She was trapped with their rage
Within her own mind
Her shelter, then a cage

Their presence was wicked
Raining degradation
Sounding like her own voice
Until dawned, the realization

For ages, she's been combing through Heaping mounds of keys
Unlocking a maze of iron doors
To set her grown self free

J. C. 12.9.24

December 9, 2024 at 7:14 PM

David Wakeham

@wakehamamr.bsky.social

I feel seen.

I am very sorry.

#ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #cPTSD #Anxiety #InnerCritic #MentalHealthMatters

Doctored image from Lewis Carol’s Alice in Wonderland, where Alice meets the Cheshire Cat. The cat says to Alice “We are all mad here” to which Alice replies “At me?” Above the image is the text: Me if I was Alice.

Detailed description of scene below.

Alice (a young girl with an inquisitive expression and dressed in a blue dress and white apron) engages in a conversation with the enigmatic Cheshire Cat. The Cheshire Cat, a talking feline with a mischievous grin and a penchant for disappearing at will, perches on a tree branch above Alice, surrounded by the vibrant foliage of a woodland scene.

May 29, 2024 at 3:48 AM

Charlotte Laws-Therapist @ Prismatic Compassion 🧠🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♾️🫱🏾‍🫲🏻🍉🇨🇦

@char-therapist.bsky.social

Part 2 🌟

Cognitive defusion is a powerful technique that help you create space between yourself and your inner critic 💭

#cognitivedefusion #mentalhealthmatters #neuroaffirmingcare #selfcompassion #therapisttips #coping #innercritic

May 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM

Sacredwhispers1111.com Owner of Sacred Whispers Studio LLC

@sacredwhispers1111.bsky.social

💫 Your Souls Curriculum

The Self-love assignment might be the hardest homework of all: Treat yourself with the same kindness you'd show your best friends daughter.

Stop the inner critic's commentary. 💗🗣

visit www.sacredwhispers1111.com
for the podcast.

#SelfLove #InnerCritic #KindnessToSelf

A photo of dried flowers, it says: You are so used to your features, you don't know how beautiful you look to a stranger.

September 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM

Farah Ghuznavi

@farahghuznavi.bsky.social

Brilliant!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

And may I say, #reading this gave me a little jolt of self recognition as a fellow #writer with a vicious #innercritic 😄

Make sure that you enjoy the FULL 2 HOURS before #impostercomplex kicks in again...!

#BookSky #amwriting #amwriter #writersgonnawrite #writerscommunity #write

Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · May 16

Oh, I think I wrote something* that's actually not the worst thing that's ever been written** 🥳. What a relief*** after months of writing dross!

*it's definitely something
**okay - that's an exaggeration, but it's not been sparkling
***I'll probably change my mind in about two hours

May 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM

Dianne Masri

@mediapixel.bsky.social

@irinadumitrescu.bsky.social on the liberating potential of trash and the creative process. #innercritic #recycle #art . open.substack.com/pub/irinadum...

The liberating potential of trash

On recycling as creative process

open.substack.com

September 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM

Katherine Karch

@karchwrites.bsky.social

I’m working really hard to NOT avoid working on revisions on a story I like for fear of f**king it up.

Me: If the edits don’t work, I can change them. I’m not carving anything into stone. It’s okay!

Also me: You’re ruining it.

#sff #writer #author #writing #writerslife #innercritic

March 18, 2024 at 10:41 AM

Lisa Hutchison LMHC

@lisahutchisonlmhc.bsky.social

There is a new moon in Gemini this weekend! I tried a different format with today’s video. I hope it resonates with you and supports your journey of transforming the inner critic. youtu.be/2A8ExBTa6IQ?...
#NewMoonGemini #Innercritic #EmpathHealing #GeminiEnergy #Spiritual

New Moon Gemini Calm the Inner Critic June 14th 🌑♊️

YouTube video by Lisa Hutchison LMHC

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June 11, 2026 at 3:06 PM

Patricia Gestoso

@patriciagestoso.bsky.social

(1/2)What if you lowered your standards?

Society indoctrinates us into believing that we MUST
- Achieve work-life balance
- Be the perfect mother-daughter-partner-friend-colleague
- Become a role model...

What if this week...

#WomenInTech #WomenInLeadership #WomenInSTEM #InnerCritic #Patriarchy

January 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM