They say you can’t change the past, but maybe that’s not always true. By imagining ourselves in past situations, seeing things from others’ perspectives, and visualizing what we could have done or said in those trying moments, we can heal the past.
Perhaps your family was cruel to you, spanking or scolding, but you know now that they had good intentions, even though they expressed it poorly. What would those situations look like if they had expressed themselves perfectly? How might you have responded?
By using the ABCD model from cognitive behavioural therapy, we can look at the beliefs that cause our emotional reactions, and begin to change our beliefs. Then we can imagine ourselves in the same situation, perhaps with a completely different reaction - changing our view of the past and the direction of our futures.
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