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negative self-talk
negative self-talk Negative self-talk is a person’s internal speech with negatively toned content, such as thoughts linked to anxiety or frustration.
Negative self-talk is a person’s internal speech with negatively toned content, such as thoughts linked to anxiety or frustration. In this source, it is described as usually spontaneous or automatic, and in sport it is associated with greater anxiety and poorer performance when it occurs during competition.