REACH 8.5 ❍ Summary of Ways to Hold on to Forgiveness
Ways to Hold on to Forgiveness During a Reminder Experience:
- Get out of the situation.
- Distract yourself.
Ways to Hold on to Forgiveness if You Start to Worry or Obsess about It
- Realize that the pain of a remembered hurt is not unforgiveness.
- Don’t dwell on negative emotions.
- Remind yourself that you have forgiven the person.
- Seek reassurance from a partner or friend.
- Use the documents that you created.
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Look at the five-step model to REACH Forgiveness, and think through the steps again.
Which of these ways do you intend to try more often in the future? ❍ Continue to Exercise 8.6 here