The four types of self-talk are labled by functional designations and are as follows: 
- self-critical (assessment of negative events)
- self-reinforcing (the assessment of positive events)
- self-managing (general self-regulation behavior)
- social assessing (the assessment of social interactions)

Four types of Self Talk

- Increased life span
- Lower rates of depression
- Lower levels of distress
- Greater resistance to the common cold
- Better psychological and physical well-being
- Better cardiovascular health and reduced risk of death from cardiovascular disease
- Better coping skills during hardships and times of stress

Health benefits of positive self talk

Mindfulness-based interventions commonly include training
in emotional regulation skills and psychologists have theorized that self-regulation could be a conditional variable for the effectiveness of mindfulness-based treatment. 

Self Talk and Mindfulness

Self-talk is the way one speaks of and to themself, whether it be to other people or within oneself. Negative self-talk both reflects negative internal energy and further feeds into it. 

Negative Self Talk

Self-talk is comprised of statements, regardless
of whether they are covert or overt, to the self, not to others. Content of self-talk impacts intrapersonal communication and has a tangible effect on the speaker. 

New York University

Intrapersonal communication refers to the transmission of messages within an individual, where they adopt dual roles as both the sender and the receiver.

Intrapersonal Communication

Grzybowski, Jocelyn. Self-Talk and Mindfulness: A Correlational Analysis, Middle Tennessee State University, Ann Arbor, 2021. ProQuest, http://proxy.library.nyu.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdissertations-theses%2Fself-talk-mindfulness-correlational-analysis%2Fdocview%2F2563673421%2Fse-2%3Faccountid%3D12768.

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