My creative partner and I both struggle with perfectionism but in opposite ways — I freeze and revise endlessly while they push forward despite their doubts, and now we're stuck in this cycle where I feel rushed by their momentum and they feel held back by my hesitation. We've started snapping at each other during creative sessions and I can feel both our inner critics getting louder, but we don't know how to talk about the fear underneath without making it worse.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two artists are discovering that their different relationships with self-criticism are creating a creative deadlock that neither can solve alone.
“Where Are You with The inner critic?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.