The IC’s origins develop in childhood, where it was used as a survival mechanism.
It is believed that its function is to keep you safe by spotting real or potential danger in your environment.
And it uses constructing narratives about yourself and others to make what it says, seem real to you.
Maybe something happened when you were younger, and when speaking your mind, you were ridiculed by others.
At that moment, you may have decided that it was to your advantage to stay quiet rather than voice your opinion.
Fast forward to today, and you want to share your ideas in a meeting. When suddenly you hear that critical voice arch up and say something such as
Are you serious?
You know what happens when you voice your opinion to a group.
Why would you want to speak up when everyone is going to think you are ridiculous?
So you stop yourself from sharing, assuming that anyone who hears your opinion will think it is ridiculous and you are stupid.
Then you spend the rest of the afternoon beating up on yourself for not speaking up.
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