Posted: Aug 11, 2017 8:49 am
This may be relevant:
Talking 'to God' might be similar in that it frames your own situation in a third-person perspective of an ultra-capable unflappable father figure.
Say a man named John is upset about recently being dumped. By simply reflecting on his feelings in the third person ("Why is John upset?"), John is less emotionally reactive than when he addresses himself in the first person ("Why am I upset?").
"Essentially, we think referring to yourself in the third person leads people to think about themselves more similar to how they think about others, and you can see evidence for this in the brain," said Jason Moser, MSU associate professor of psychology. "That helps people gain a tiny bit of psychological distance from their experiences, which can often be useful for regulating emotions."
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 102906.htm
Talking 'to God' might be similar in that it frames your own situation in a third-person perspective of an ultra-capable unflappable father figure.