The Importance of Being Aware of Criticism

In romantic relationships and sometimes even in friendships people who are afraid of criticism tend to gravitate to people who are very critical or even abusive. When you have been through the whole having a critical parent because you're very self-critical it ends up distorting yourself image so you don't have really an accurate perception of your personality. Your inner voice gets dimmer and dimmer anddimmer until you finally are able to start paying attention to that little voice and giving it more and more airtime  and raining in that inner critic. It can be incredibly painful and resurrect old wounds.