Come talk about psychology and related disciplines.
Long story short:
"Students who were asked to repeat ‘positive verbalisations’ between throws improved faster than a control group who simply rested between throws. Students who were asked to repeat ‘negative verbalisations’ performed the worst of all."
As someone who suffers from the internalized criticisms of my shitty parents, it's nice to know that self-affirmations can actually do some good. I'll take whatever I can get.
Silencing your inner critic is not a thing you can finally do once and for all. If it were, there wouldn't be entire families of therapy approaches aimed at doing this.
Some things sometimes help some people. Ethan Kross has summarized modern findings in Chatter.
I like ideas from Internal Family Systems therapy (the voice in your head is trying to protect you, so show it gratitude while you remind yourself you're safe) and basic mindfulness (the thought is merely a pattern of the mind and you don't need to give attention to it, let alone believe it).
But, you know, that's just, like, my opinion, man.
Peace.
The techniques in this article worked for me. My inner critic can suck my dick, and they suck it well!
Pot is also effective.
Um, unless you get the anxiety and paranoid spiraling... then it's the exact opposite.
Quiet you are just like the other voices.
That's because I am the other voices.
We're all here, fam. Always. Even when we let you sleep.
In my experience, that has been from taking too much.
A light couple of puffs every now and again can be great, but if I get super stoned I get super paranoid and easily freaked out.
"Micro-dosing" pot is what allows me to move with minimal pain and focus on tasks. "Macro-dosing" is where the paranoia can come in, but that's also fairly dependent on the strain you're using.
Paranoia is also boosted if you're afraid to get caught being high. As an adult in a legal state, my only consistent responsibility being a geriatric cat, I don't get paranoid much at all anymore. When I do, it's pretty easy to remind myself that I was clear-headed before I smoked, and I know around what time I'll be clear (or clear enough) again.
I'd like to throw an anecdotal study into the research as well. Alcohol is INEFFECTIVE in this regard.
Yeah. In my experience, alcohol will shut the voice up for the night but the next day it'll be back, and it'll have something to say about your drinking.
Needs peer review. I'll be verifying this
"Finally"?
This is just CBT. Old news.
It's summarizing a lot of techniques used in cognitive behavioral therapy, which has entire studies confirming they work. And I can confirm from personal experience, they work, too.
Guns?