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What is cognitive reframing

What is cognitive reframing

Reframing is a way of changing the way you look at something and, thus, changing your experience of it. 

  • It can turn a stressful event into either highly traumatic or a challenge to be bravely overcome.
  • It can depict a really bad day as a mildly low point in overall wonderful life.
  • It can see a negative event as a learning experience.

Reframing is a way that we can alter our perceptions of stressors and, thus, relieve significant amounts of stress and create a more positive life before actually making any changes in our circumstances.

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