It can be hard when one is too... "entangled" with one's own issues, feelings and deeply carved thought patterns. Being able to distance oneself from them can

It can be hard when one is too... "entangled" with one's own issues, feelings and deeply carved thought patterns. Being able to distance oneself from them can definitely help. Just like it's often easier to figure out someone else's issues and their solutions (unless one is projecting or missing an important part of the picture)