Self-criticism is a judging response towards yourself, your behaviour or your work. It can range from useful evaluation to harsh, global conclusions that make the next step harder to take.
"This paragraph isn’t clear" and "I have nothing worth saying" are doing very different jobs.
Which part can you actually use?
An accurate observation can help you edit, apologise, learn or change an arrangement.
An insult gives you less information and more shame.
I AWAKE’s Creative Hero’s Journey explores the judgement surrounding creation, while the Sensual Hero’s Journey looks at the roles and expectations through which your own needs become difficult to allow.
You can keep a high standard without making humiliation the method by which you try to reach it.
Sometimes a more useful response is quieter: "This didn’t work. What specifically needs attention?"
Inner critic names the familiar judging voice. Feedback helps distinguish information from a verdict, whether it comes from someone else or from you.
Dan P. McAdams’s Self and Identity, published by Noba, explores roles, goals and personal stories. It provides context when criticism of one action becomes a story about the whole self.