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[–]jet199 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

What's the actual research on this.

I seem to remember they discovered if you continually imagine a great life your brain assumes you have that so stops trying as hard so you then end up in a worse place.

[–]fijupanda[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

there is research that athletes that use creative visualization have better training results.

there is also this article... https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/sports/olympics/olympians-use-imagery-as-mental-training.html