Negative self-talk damages self-confidence and decreases self-respect.

消极的自我对话会损害自信心，降低自尊心。

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We all have an inner voice: experts call it our self-talk.

我们都有一个内在的声音：专家称其为我们的“自言自语”。

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This get better attitude can be converted into a practical reality using self-talk.

通过自我交谈我们可以做得更好，这个观点就能在生活中变为现实。

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Dr.Sotsky says some moderately depressed patients could still benefit from antidepressants, but his study showed that many others could do just as well with exercise,talk therapy, support groups or self help.

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The final aspect of self that I want to talk about is the idea that what you do makes sense.

我想讲的关于自我的最后一个方面,就是为自己的行为寻找理由。

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And psychologists have coined a term, talk about self-fulfilling prophesies, and the claim here more specifically is what's known as "the Pygmalion effect."

心理学家造了一个新术语，来讨论这种自我实现的预言，准确来说这个现象就是,皮格马利翁效应“

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And the most important thing to note here is: you can manage your self-talk.

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If you can revise your self-talk simply to be as accurate as possible, that seems to work best.

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By learning to correctly identify this kind of negative self-talk and thinking, it is possible to then refute the negative thinking.

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