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Detach Mindfully

Cognitive defusion is the practice of changing your relationship to a thought rather than its content — seeing it as a passing mental event rather than as a fact about the world.

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Where reframing tests whether a thought is true, defusion sidesteps the question. Techniques include prefacing it with "I'm having the thought that", repeating a word until it loses its sense, or watching thoughts pass without engaging. It is particularly useful for thoughts you have already argued with successfully and which have not gone anywhere.

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cognitive defusion from ACT, Steven Hayes.

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