Axiomempiricalv1
Using second or third-person self-talk creates psychological
Using second or third-person self-talk creates psychological distance from emotional experience and reduces emotional reactivity within one second.
Why This Is an Axiom
This is Ethan Kross's empirical finding about linguistic distancing. It describes a specific, measurable mechanism by which pronoun choice affects emotional processing speed. The one-second timeframe is a falsifiable, research-backed claim that cannot be derived from other axioms.