Title: Externalization: A Way to Get Away from Your Problems - Exploring your mind
Headings: Externalization: A Way to Get Away from Your Problems
Externalization: A Way to Get Away from Your Problems
Symptoms do not define people
How externalization works
The benefits of changing perspective
How can you get away from your problems?

Content: Changing and questioning beliefs . Preconceived ideas may hinder more than they help. This technique opens a person up to create new ways of thinking. Putting distance between the problem and the person . Externalization makes it easier for the person to expand or modify their perspective. Then they can disassociate from the identity they gave themselves. For example, instead of thinking “I"m cranky, I"m always angry", they can think, “I get angry sometimes, but not always." How can you get away from your problems? With this technique, we don"t just externalize problems or symptoms, but also learn a lot about our own qualities, resources and strengths. This allows a person to see their problem from a constructive perspective and not get so overwhelmed.