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The Power of Self-Dialogue: Healing Through Roleplay

2024-10-147 min read阳孙

The Power of Self-Dialogue: Healing Through Roleplay

Anxious? Lost? Want to talk to someone? Actually, the wisest mentor lives deep inside you—yourself.

"Empty Chair" in Gestalt Therapy

Psychology has an "Empty Chair Technique": imagine someone (or a part of you) sitting there, and talk to them. It helps shift perspective and integrate inner conflicts.

iFriend: Your Digital Empty Chair

[iFriend](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ifriend-自我对话日记本-尝试换角色与自己沟通交流/id1660443610) transforms this into a beautiful App.

  • Roleplay: Create roles like "Future Me", "Harsh Critic", "Gentle Carer".
  • Chat Diary: Like texting. Left is your current emotion; Right is your response as the role.
  • Emotional Detachment: Switching avatars/colors to reply forces you from "confused participant" to "clear observer".

How to Use?

  1. Decisions: Let "Rational Brain" debate "Emotional Brain".
  2. Setbacks: Let "Inner Child" cry; comfort them as "Ideal Parent".

Talk to yourself in [iFriend](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ifriend-自我对话日记本-尝试换角色与自己沟通交流/id1660443610). You'll be surprised—the answer was inside you all along.

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