Imagination: Why Would Someone Have The Tendency To Imagine ‘Negative’ Scenarios?

If someone was to observe their thoughts for a little while, they can find that they often think about bad things happening in the future. Consequently, they are likely to experience a fair amount of fear and anxiety.

And, if they were to talk to a friend about what is going on for them, they could be told that being this way is not serving them. This friend could also suggest that they start to focus on positive things taking place.

Another Part

What this friend could make clear is that what they imagine not only has an impact on how they feel but it also has an effect on their life. Therefore, if they constantly focus on negative things happening to them, they are going to experience negative things and vice versa.

After this, they could start to imagine positive things taking place and they could soon find that their life changes. At the same time, they could make an effort to be more positive but they could soon go back to how they were before.

One Outlook

If so, one way of looking at this would be to say that they lack willpower and are not committed enough. They are then going to want to change their life but this desire won’t be strong enough.

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atively, it could be said that they want to change their life but that they need to try another approach. Purely focusing on what is going on in their mind is not going to be the way for them to move forward.

Stepping Back

What this comes down to is that although the mind/intellect is usually the point of focus when it comes to making changes, this is not the only part of the brain that plays a part in how they experience life. In addition to this part of them, there is the impact that their limbic system and brainstem have.

Said another way, they are not purely a walking cortex; there is so much more to them. Having this understanding creates the space for additional questions to be asked and new answers to be attained.

A faulty Mind

Taking into account that they don’t begin and end with their cortex and there are other parts of their brain that shape their experience, it can show that there is another reason that they continually imagine negative scenarios. As opposed to them lacking willpower and not being committed enough, other parts of their brain can be trying to send them a message.

By coming from this position, it will be possible to explore what this message may be and to take the necessary steps. Without it, their intellect can just be seen as playing up for no reason or even as doing what it can to undermine them.

A Different Type of Communication

One of the things that make it hard to become aware of let alone explore these messages, in addition to the fact that the intellect is largely the point of focus in today’s world, is that, unlike their intellect, these other parts of their brain – parts that are also older - don’t communicate via words. However, these other parts of their brain do have an effect on the part of them that does communicate via words.

Taking this into account, if their mind/intellect is continually causing them to imagine negative scenarios, what needs to be looked into is what is going on in the other parts of their brain. One thing that this can show is that what they imagine will happen in the future relates to what has already happened or a variation of it.

The Past Is Present

But, although it has already happened, as they haven’t resolved the impact that what happened had on them, it is seen by their system as something that will happen. What is going on for them at a mental level can then appear to be ‘irrational’ and, in the here and now it will be, but it will be a sign that they have inner wounds to resolve.

If this is not taken into consideration, they can just end up using their intellect to suppress the information that is rising up from other parts of their brain and will be killing the messenger, so to speak. This might allow them to function but it certainly won’t allow them to become a more integrated and whole human being.

Going Deeper

What will allow this to take place is if they were to connect the information that other parts of their brain are trying to send to them and explore what is going on for them at a deeper level. For example, if they often imagine being left, they could soon find that they were often left throughout their formative years.

And/or, they could find that they often imagine their life coming to an end, and once again, this could be how they often felt as a child. This illustrates how their brain blocks things out to protect them, causing them to be unaware as a result.

Awareness

If someone can relate to this and they are ready to change their life, they may need to reach out for exte
al support. This is something that can be provided with the assistance of a therapist or healer.