Inner Critic = Status Quo

The superego or inner critic is a part of our ego structure whose sole purpose in an adult is to maintain the status quo. This is not good news for someone who is finally figuring out that in order to change our life, we need to change.

The superego does not like change. It does not want you to change. It resists change. This is conflictual, because the superego is always telling us we need to change. But real change involves fundamentally changing our perception and experience of who we are - our identity. We can renovate the prison, but remain imprisoned until we break free of our identifications.

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