According to a first-of-its-kind study, depression and anxiety sufferers that’re too hard on themselves may be able to find real relief from the virtual space. Published this month in the British Journal of Psychiatry Open, the study investigated whether participants prone to excessive self-criticism–“a ubiquitous feature of psychopathology,” researchers noted–could benefit from using virtual reality to step outside themselves, and it found some happy results.

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