Self-talk can be an effective tool for self-control, particularly for individuals responsive to it.

“if you tend to be the kind of person who already has a lot of selft talk going on and the selft talk means something to you like like they're meaningful voices to you that you listen to then selft talk presumably would be very effective for you right so if you're the kind of person where if it's positive selft talk you literally feel better if it's negative selft talk you feel worse um you know then perhaps strategically trying to change that selft talk could potentially have a really powerful effect on you”