I do a variation of this. Instead of stepping into the memory to adjust it with kindness, I intensify it. I turn up whatever feeling is being invoked until it

I do a variation of this. Instead of stepping into the memory to adjust it with kindness, I intensify it. I turn up whatever feeling is being invoked until it is at comical levels. Was the experience one person saying you are bad at maths? Now, imagine the Nobel prize committee publishing an expose at how bad you are at math! I find doing this for a while defangs the feeling. You stop being as affected by the experience and get to explore it mentally rather than emotionally after a while.