From time to time, most of us tend to get a voice in our heads that criticizes us as fiercely as no one else would.
So, I got this idea in my head:
What's the sociotype of your inner critic?
Your conflictor, your super-ego or...?
From time to time, most of us tend to get a voice in our heads that criticizes us as fiercely as no one else would.
So, I got this idea in my head:
What's the sociotype of your inner critic?
Your conflictor, your super-ego or...?
I think this is more enneagram 1 related.
I agree with others that my inner critic is my identical, but it's a version of my identical very preoccupied with all the superego block hatred it receives.
"Stop wasting time"
"Stop putting unnecessary effort into things"
"Stop having weak body awareness"
"WHY CAN'T YOU JUST NAVIGATE THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT BEING CONFUSED ALL THE DAMN TIME"
I tend to respond to my inner criticism with my Ti hidden agenda.
"Okay, I need to form a system where I can easily organize my time"
"Okay, I need to form a system where I can easily categorize which things I should put more/less effort into"
"Okay, I need to form a greater understanding of biomechanics and perhaps read up more about feeling present in your own body as well for good measure"
"Okay, I need a system for life so that I stop having to deal with uncertainty. Wait, actually, I've encountered this problem before and have already devised a solution. It's called 'Enneagram Type 6'..."
I also agree that the form that one's self-criticism takes tends to be highly influenced by enneagram type.I think it's less that this type or that is more or less self-critical and more that the types of things that you criticize yourself for are related to your enneagram.
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My inner critic just set realistic goals with stiffen or loosen rules or path depending on the situation requirements and that's all. I don't see a different sociotype for it.
If I can't achieve the targets I try to do better next time or I change the strategy... (or the goal lol).
I see no reason for self pity, envy, anger or self punishment and stuff like that...
I just have emotionless self evaluation and I try to be objective and factual.
I think that it's more related to enneatypes more than sociotypes as @Chae said. I see 1,3 and 4 as the types with higher levels of self criticism.
Last edited by Kiba; 04-11-2017 at 06:02 PM.
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I suspect the voice you refer to is merely an amplified version of my Ego.
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Your inner critic has a persona?
Mine is mainly related to note things where my willpower dissipates to oblivion and when I miss critical details...
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I dont know how it could be anything but your identical
Projection is ordinary. Person A projects at person B, hoping tovalidate something about person A by the response of person B. However, person B, not wanting to be an obejct of someone elses ego and guarding against existential terror constructs a personality which protects his ego and maintain a certain sense of a robust and real self that is different and separate from person A. Sadly, this robust and real self, cut off by defenses of character from the rest of the world, is quite vulnerable and fragile given that it is imaginary and propped up through external feed back. Person B is dimly aware of this and defends against it all the more, even desperately projecting his anxieties back onto person A, with the hope of shoring up his ego with salubrious validation. All of this happens without A or B acknowledging it, of course. Because to face up to it consciously is shocking, in that this is all anybody is doing or can do and it seems absurd when you realize how pathetic it is.
Probably my identical or super-ego. Often a conflict between the two.
I do think it's more enneagram 1 related though.
LII-Ne with strong EII tendencies, 6w7-9w1-3w4 so/sp/sx, INxP
I thought the "shoulds" were fairly universal...
It goes like this:
"I should have done this, I should have done that"
"Why did I say that? So stupid..."
"I can never do this right"
"I can't believe I made this mistake. I should've seen it coming. I should have foreseen it"
"I can't believe I was so stupid!"
"I should learn how to control my temper"
"I shouldn't have done that, I shouldn't have said it"
I think that you can gradually learn to silence your inner critic with effort.
My inner critic doesn't have a persona but I guess it focuses on "logical type" stuff. Like regulating my emotions better, being less dependent on relationships for my well being and sense of self, eliminating assumptions and biases from my thinking (there's a lot of e6 self doubt spiral junk involved in this last thing).