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Not like a voice like it's someone elses, just a really critical freakin' thought that pops up like whenever I do anything. I make cookies and burn them and then it's "Oh wow you fuck up you're at home alone making cookies and you can't even do that right". I actually like myself, it's this guy inside my head that doesn't.
yes, this is normal. I've heard that this is the difference between the 'Left side' and the 'Right side' of your brain.
the 'Left side' uses logic to make decisions and think, while the 'Right side' uses feeling and intuition.
'Left side' is reality based, 'Right side' is fantasy based.
'Left side' forms strategies, 'Right side' forms possibilities.
the 'Left side' is the critical thinking side, while the 'Right side' is the imaginative creative side.
the 'Left side' is usually the 'Right side's worst critic. It looks at our creative blunders and says, "Look at that! You failed, you're not too good at this are you?" or all sorts of mean things that get us down. Probably in an attempt to take control? I don't know.
Personally I like to draw, and if I fuck up, the left side of my brain is like, 'Wow you can't draw that right, it looks like crap even after you try to fix it, what's wrong with you?'
I try to ignore it but sometimes it really insists that I suck. But even if it says some brutal things that we don't think we'd say, it is just the logical, left side of your brain trying to make sense out of creativity.
If it really is a problem in your life, I'd suggest you do some sort of 'brain drain,' which is writing whatever thoughts come into your head. And I mean write everything, write any negative thoughts you have ("this is so stupid," "my hand hurts," "I cant believe I was so dumb to try this," "I suck,"). You want to do this to filter all the negative thoughts out of your head, and help give your creative side a chance to think clearly, without that critical negative voice.
Hope this wasn't too boring, and that it might help :b
Theres a cow living in my computer
every now and then
at half past ten
id hear the cow go moo
what was that, my mother would say
i believe it was a cow okay
there are not any cows around here
well not that i have seen
then look my freind at the computer
for a cow is walking across my screen.
I hope this is normal else we're all pretty crazy! Seriously though I know how you feel on this one. Sometimes I feel like there's two of me. Theres the one guy that is the material me who's based in reality and thus is subjet to it's laws. Then there's the inner me. The one who always seems to think I should be better at everything I do. Like I can't even look in the mirror without this prick pointing out every single flaw on my face! Lol, somtimes I look at my dog and think, "you lucky oblivious bastard!" Oh the human brain ... Such a double edged sowrd!
It could also be tied to your core beliefs about yourself that were established in your mind from when you were a child. They could be statements or labels that parents, teachers, or friends gave you as a child. When we are kids, we don't know any better, so we believe what people say about us as true, even when it's negative or untrue. As adults, we repeat those statements to ourselves, believing them wholeheartedly as true.