So one of the coaches today who has done many, many triathlons talked about crying at mile 40 of a 60 mile race and telling his crew he didn't think he could finish . He was carrying a bunch of "baggage" in the race and didn't have his mental game that day.
He was screamed at by his son at the aid station who said "No sympathy from the crew Dad. You came here to finish the race and that's exactly what you are going to do"!
The coach brought up the fact that he had to silence his "negative inner critic" (the one everyone in the world has) to finish the race. And his struggle made it more memorable.
Regardless of the name we assign to our negative thoughts, let's assign no power.