I Will I Hear Your Voices in My Head?

When you internalize the very common beliefs of I'm not worthy, I'm not lovable, these parts of me are unacceptable, then the natural byproduct of that aimed at keeping ourselves safe. So in a very real way, we become locked in a cycle of self protection which only continues to strengthen those deep, rooted beliefs. And so if we do tune more into and allow this critical voice to color, to convince ourselves out of expressing those parts of ourselves, really what we've just done is you brought up fear," she says.