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Talking to yourself is only concerning if that self-talk is negative. "While positive self-talk may be very beneficial, negative self-talk may be extremely damaging," Dr. Kain says. "We believe ...
John C. Gibbs and Granville Bud Potter propose four categories for cognitive distortions: self-centered, blaming others, minimizing-mislabeling, and assuming the worst. [16] The cognitive distortions listed below are categories of negative self-talk. [15] [17] [18] [19]
For negative self-talk, the inner voice focuses on bad aspects of the self, often in an excessively critical way. It can take the form of telling oneself that "I'm never going to be able to do this" or "I'm no good at this". [81] [82] Negative self-talk can already develop during childhood based on feedback from others, particularly parents. [83]
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Beck suggests that people with negative self-schemata are liable to interpret information presented to them in a negative manner, leading to the cognitive distortions outlined above. The pessimistic explanatory style , which describes the way in which depressed or neurotic people react negatively to certain events, is an example of the effect ...
[1] [2] Self-as-context is distinguished from self-as-content, defined in ACT as the social scripts people maintain about who they are and how they operate in the world. A related concept, decentering which is a central change strategy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy , is defined as a process of stepping outside of one’s own mental ...
The Automatic Thought Questionnaire 30 (ATQ 30) is a scientific questionnaire created by Steven D. Hollon and Phillip C. Kendall that measures automatic negative thoughts. . The ATQ 30 consists of 30 negative statements and asks participants to indicate how often they experienced the negative thought during the course of the week on a scale of 1–5 (1=Low-High=
Self-deprecation is the act of reprimanding oneself by belittling, undervaluing, disparaging oneself, [1] or being excessively modest. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It can be used as a way to make complaints, express modesty, invoke optimal reactions or add humour .