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Originally Posted by Lionhart
Thanks so much for your nice comment, skeezyks. The only way I can describe my good mood last week was I created a luxurious mansion inside my own thoughts in which I'm a God and forget about the awful things happening outside my mansion or bubble.
It's not a fantasy world and I'm not actually walking around a mansion. It's a 'theme' which represents happiness and all good thoughts spring from this theme. Last week I perfected my theme, until something crept in and my theme just vanished. If anyone knows a psychological term for what I'm doing please let me know cause I have no clue myself.
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It sounds healthy. You're building an infra-structure that allows you to function independent of outside forces. I do the exact same thing. In fact, I had a "theme" I was working on last week and for a day or two my mood was lifted. Then, like with your experience, it vanished, and I feel back down into a low energy state. I think this must be because the internalized structure isn't yet strong enough and you need more practice. I don't know the psychological term for it but in Buddhist meditation internal visualization is used a lot. The Buddhists believe that the imagination is one of our strongest tools, and we can control our thoughts, it just takes practice. Let's both try again this week!
Best of luck!