Cognitive Distancing is a mental model to facilitate emotional healing by establishing psychological space between you and a distressing situation or person.
Cognitive Distancing refers to the ability to separate oneself from personal experiences, thoughts, and feelings. This is particularly helpful in emotionally distressing situations; for example, breaking contact with a toxic friend. By employing the No-Contact Rule, you create distance and thereby a safer space for emotional processing and healing. This means not seeing them, not hearing their voice, not receiving messages from them, and not talking about them. Over time, the emotional intensity associated with thoughts of this person will fade.
The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in - Morrie Schwartz
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