@jch, if you haven’t already, you may find the book by Pete Walker, Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving helpful. That‘s where I learned about the Inner Critic. At first I thought the whole concept sounded kinda goofy, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized how much I was plagued by an inner voice of sorts that seemed to regularly attack me—picking me apart in all kinds of ways and bringing me down. I still have problems with it, but understanding what it is, and that it’s a very common CPTSD symptom, has helped some. There’s other useful stuff in that book, too. He really gets it, IMO