What do you think of befriending your inner demon?

I’m not entirely sure how but I like the concept because they know you, since they are inside you. So it’s making friends with some1 who knows u inside and out.

Plus if you can befriend it, maybe it will eventually not be super critical?

Any ideas how to go about that lol.

My inner demon is super critical

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My demon gets upset at how I write in my organiser for example, sigh. :joy:

(my handwriting is not neat enough, apparently )

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Not sure we have one per se. Has been formulated by jung as animus and freud as thanatos or id, etc. But its a bunch of negative drives or somesuch not a demon

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Yes I don’t mean a real demon. I think it’s just a saying for what you are describing, that’s correct yea.

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For me it feels like all those negative thinking patterns have kind of clumped together into a personality in me

I like to think of it like that because then I can address it all in one go,

I don’t know much about psychology

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I was friends to him for a while leading to aps

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If you have a tame one its ok to befriend, fighting it might cause that ironic cognitive loop of unwanted thoughts. Dont suppress.

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Oh OK fair enough. It’s not for everyone.

it’s not about being a fan of the negativity but acknowledging it and not constantly having to fight it because I find that really exhausting.

Still doing my own thing (positive) and kind of just letting that clump be, until hopefully one day, it dissipates because of good routine.

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I try not to let any of my self inner criticism make me take it personally.

Any criticism of myself from myself or others I just try not to take it personally anymore.

Whenever I take something really personal it puts me into a situation where I’m stuck in my own feelings and I’m trapped in them. I feel like the only one. I feel like injustice is being done to me alone. From myself or others.

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This post makes me think of that rihanna and eminem song monsters lol

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I wouldn’t make peace with your demons rather ignore them and make peace with yourself

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Made me think of classified song inner ninja

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@The_Reflex, @broken

For me it reminds me of this song

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Video unavailable :melting_face:

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Oh that’s unfortunate, never mind.

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It’s very hard for me to ignore them. I have to at least acknowledge them.

If you can ignore them, I think that’s a very good sign, for confidence

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Just listened a bit that song is really out of tune or something

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I have a very strong inner critic that masks itself as a helpful voice telling me when I’m wrong or bad so that I can be better. What Im starting to realize is it’s just what I think the world thinks of me and I’ve either internalized actually abuse or my delusions have distorted my way of seeing myself and the world…

I’m just now starting to realize…even tho I can’t always control it… that those thoughts are really the reason I feel like a horrible human being. Without them I wouldn’t turn into some horrible monster but I would gradually return to a much healthier view of myself and the world. This in turn would ironically make me the better person that my inner deamon tells me it’s trying to create

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One of my favorite songs with the same name

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It’s a shame the video is not working cos it depicts the demon very visually and such.

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