题目内容：

    The negative thoughts inside your head can hold you back from making new friends, connecting with colleagues or sharing your brilliant ideas in meetings. For some people, these negative thoughts become too powerful and require professional attention. 1. The following are some tips to quiet your inner critic.

Label the voice.

The voice does not define you. Just identify it as an independent entity (实体) and give it a name. Call it your unreliable speaker, your negative Nelly or your passive Bob. 2.

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Negative thinking can do a lot on your central nervous system, causing you to react physically. 4. Whatever your response ― shaky hands, trembling voice, sweaty brow — a slow breathing in and a slower breathing out will help comfort the central nervous system.

Trust that the thought will pass.

It’s just a thought, and ifs just not that important—it’s irrational after all! 5. You don’t realize you’re empowering those thoughts, getting into a tug of war with them. You can choose to accept its presence in the moment and trust that it will pass.

All in all, don’t let that voice in your head tell you what to do.

A. Don’t waste energy fighting it.

B. Calm your central nervous system.

C. Slow your breathing to calm your thoughts.

D. For others, these negative thoughts will pass very soon.

E. Naming the voice almost turns it into someone else talking.

F. Have you ever started getting negative thoughts and suddenly felt physically bad too?

G. For the majority, simple ways can stop them discouraging you from connecting with others.