self-talk
self-talk — 名詞
1. the words or thoughts that people quietly say to themselves in their head or out
自我對話
對自己說的話，用來影響情緒或行為
the words or thoughts that people quietly say to themselves in their head or out loud, especially in order to influence how they feel, what they do, or how they see a situation
Before her job interview, Diya's self-talk was full of nervous questions.
工作面試前，Diya 的自我對話充滿了緊張的問題。
possessive + self-talk + was full of [emotion]
Niran used positive self-talk to stay calm while giving his speech at the conference.
Niran 用正向的自我對話來幫助自己在會議上保持冷靜。
positive / negative self-talk: common adjective collocations
The therapist taught Camille to notice when her self-talk became harsh and unfair.
治療師教 Camille 留意自己什麼時候的自我對話變得苛刻又不公平。
Too much negative self-talk can stop students from trying new things in class.
太多負面的自我對話會讓學生不敢在課堂上嘗試新事物。
Mayumi wrote down her self-talk every evening to see which thoughts helped her most.
Mayumi 每天晚上寫下自己的自我對話，看看哪些想法對她最有幫助。
- inner monologue
more neutral and descriptive; 'inner monologue' refers to any continuous internal speech, not necessarily with a guiding or evaluative purpose
- inner voice
more literary and personal; often carries a sense of intuition or conscience rather than deliberate self-guidance
- internal dialogue
slightly more formal; suggests a back-and-forth internal conversation between different perspectives
文法句型
self-talk (uncountable)
用法筆記
Uncountable — it is not used in the plural and does not take the indefinite article 'a' or 'an'. Common in psychology, sports coaching, and self-help contexts.