Cognitive Distancing: A Stoic Technique to Remain Calm

It’s not things that upset us but our judgments about things

Divit Mehta
3 min readJul 10, 2022

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Epictetus

This article will shed light on the art of Cognitive Distancing. A powerful stoic exercise that can change how we perceive obstacles. It was taught by ancient Roman philosophers and is now popularized by the cognitive-behavioural psychotherapist and Stoic Donald Robertson…

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Divit Mehta

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