- Filtering (magnify the negative aspects of a situation and filter out all of the positive ones)
- Personalizing (attributing negative events to oneself)
- Catastrophizing (automatically anticipate the worst)
- Polarizing (see things only as either good or bad)

Qualities of Negative Self Talk

- Identify areas to change (identify areas of your life that you usually think negatively about)
- Check yourself (periodically stop and evaluate what you're thinking)
- Follow a healthy lifestyle (Aim to exercise for about 30 minutes on most days of the week. Exercise and a healthy diet can positively affect mood and reduce stress)
- Surround yourself with positive people (supportive people give helpful advice and feedback. Negative people may increase your stress level and make you doubt your ability to manage stress in healthy ways)
- Practice positive self-talk (if a negative thought enters your mind, evaluate it rationally and respond with affirmations of what is good about you)

Methods of Stopping Negative Self Talk 

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. 

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- Negative People
- Negative Environment
- Negative Self Talk

Types of Negative Energy 

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. 

Definition of Self Talk

Brennan, Dan. (2020). Signs of Negative Energy. Retrieved October 31, 2021, from https://www.webmd.com/balance/signs-negative-energy

Negative Energy 

People can influence our energy by contributing to a negative atmosphere through their own emotions which can trigger negative energy and thoughts within other people. 

Negative People 

Environment influences both positive and negative energy especially the home and other personal spaces. These spaces both represent and feed into one's energy. Therefore, clearing personal space can also lead to less negative energy and clutter within the brain.

Negative Environment 

Negative Self Talk

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. 

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