# Externalize and Process Experiences
## Why is this important?
Externalizing memories quickly and without much filtering helps me distance myself from those memories and start find solutions to the problems they cause.
## What is exciting about it?
When I allow difficult memories to emerge this way, I am able to start working with them.
## What sucks about it?
Allowing difficult emotions and memories sucks. It's painful and it makes me sad.
## What is this related to?
As an example, here is my [[Work Trauma Realization Process]] where I tried to put out everything I could remember onto the screen.