Critical voices are associated with what Freud called the Superego, known to the rest of us as conscience. Sometimes in cartoons conscience is portrayed as a little man or woman sitting on someone's shoulder. For many Ones this isn't very far from the truth.
Like all voices, critical voices have locations. Some Ones keep their voice on their shoulder, a few inches away from their right or left ear. Others hear their inner critic in their head or in their face, almost like a talking mask....
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