Stop Destroying Yourself With Negative Self Talk - Dr Peter Attia

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Giving that negative voice a name that wasn’t mine gave me the power to ignore it. “You suck.” “Fuck you, Dave. I’m a damn rockstar.” Personify it, overcome it.

Treat yourself as if you are a good friend of yours when you have negative thoughts. Seems very difficult to do in the chaos of emotions but sounds very useful.

Absolutely in a never ending battle with that negative voice in my head, I come off as a nice guy, try to. But that voice in my head can be so evil. I hate feeding it any thoughts

Our inner voice defines our reality, literally. It’s one of the best gifts or worst legacies we receive from our parents.

If I talked to people like I talk to myself, I'd be in jail.

This is something took me so long to figure it out only after I start meditating that was clear for me my mind powerfully

I can attest to this. Its good to be introspective, but you have to apply it. When I have an off week (lack of sleep, too much social interaction, and heavy work loads), i have an inner rage voice. I dont want to be that way towards people, so I tell them Im not up for conversation right now. If they respect my space, then they'll leave me alone and then next week, we talk and resume normal conversation

This is amazing. I teared up when he started talking kindly to this angry person, to himself. I can totally relate. I get mad at myself too when I don't measure up, if I'm honest I actually hate myself, and here we see someone I admire show how they trained themselves to slow down in those moments and find a way of relating to themselves kindly in the midst of the pain of not feeling good enough.

Generally speaking, it seems like the more obsessed we are with certain outcomes occurring in our lives the less happier and less present we tend to be and the more we struggle with the negative self talk. It reminds me of how in sports when an athlete is in a zone he/she is completely present, locked in, and not at all concerned about what will or won’t happen and ironically is when they are performing their best. This is in contrast to when they are slumping and there is performance anxiety and a complete focus on the outcome and past failures and potential future failures is circulating in their minds.

Tony Robins used to call that a "Dickens Pattern". Bring emotion to the impact in the past, present, and future... And for future, what will it be like if you don't change, what will it be like if you did change.

I figured out for myself a long time ago that there is no one arguing on your behalf with that inner voice and that I would have to do it for myself using logical thinking and by talking to myself as though I was counseling my best friend. It worked. I also think psilocybin helped as well to re-wire things. It didn’t happen overnight, but one day I realized that the hyper-critical voice had stopped.

Self compassion so powerful

Thank you so much for providing a concrete step to take towards ridding yourself of negative self talk! This is something that I recently realized has a much bigger effect on my life than I thought. I'm going to try this!

😢❤💪🏻... such a powerful journey to share. I am 52 and live under the weight of intense suicidal ideations. This is one of the self talk tools I've procrastinated in using with the same discipline that Dex the Dick (my inner Bobby Knight) has in beating me down. Big takeway...1. "I didn't do it because I thought it would work" and 2. Biggest most profound example/experience of neuoplacitity he's ever seen/witnessed and...no pills. This clip moved me. A pillar of Self love is clearly, self talk. ❤

You're doing a great job at something important. Love your content.

Thanks for asking good questions this 14min clip might top all of the insights you’ve generated from a personal development standpoint and you’ve posted a ton of good ones. Hope this goes viral

Rage is often a positive thing. A strong, motivating force that is directed against an enemy. You should not try to ride yourself of rage but you should try to direct your rage towards an enemy in a productive manner.

Goggins welcomes the negative self-talk. I don't necessarily think it's always bad, if it brings change.

I literally just changed my mind on the final solution. Thank you.