Your inner critic is what you think the others think of you, and—setting aside coping techniques, however helpful—truly silencing it is possible in two ways: ot

Your inner critic is what you think the others think of you, and—setting aside coping techniques, however helpful—truly silencing it is possible in two ways: others stop giving you reasons for fearing their opinion, or you become a sociopath. I find the first option preferable, but getting there is on all of us…