creative visualization
Imagining desired outcomes
Creative visualization is the practice of forming detailed mental images of desired outcomes—imagining success, health, or goals as if already achieved.
Popular in self-help and sports psychology, the technique assumes that vivid imagining can influence attitude, motivation, or even external circumstances: She used creative visualization before every competition, picturing herself crossing the finish line first.
- guided imageryDirected mental scene creation
- manifestationOutward display of something
- dream boardCollage of aspirations
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- mental rehearsalPracticing something mentally
mental pictures · visualization · mental simulation · affirmations · conceptualization · goal-setting · future self · motivation · meditation · subconscious mind · neuroplasticity · self-actualization · peak performance · daydreaming · mindfulness · self-empowerment · neural pathways · envision
- mental imagerymental image, mental picture, mind's eye, imagination, mental snapshot
- visual imaginationmental imagery, visualization, mind's eye, imagery, picturing
- New Thoughtaffirmation, affirmations, law of attraction, manifestation, positive thinking
creative visualizationdirect action
Confrontational political tactics
physical effort · taking action · brute force · trial and error · hard work
creative visualizationcatastrophizing
Imagining worst-case outcomes
worry · mind-wandering · zoning out · dread · rumination