According to mental-health professionals, positive daydreaming can boost mental health.
Here are four ways to practice it.
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If you engage in positive daydreaming, you wont automatically achieve your goals, she says.
April Mayorga is a Latina Bilingual licensed therapist, mental health advocate, and speaker.
If you engage in positive daydreaming, you wont automatically achieve your goals.
4 tips for practicing positive daydreaming
Ready to give it a whirl?
Below are four tips to keep in mind on your daydreaming journey.
Have an explicit intention
First, know the goal of your daydream: Where you want to go?
What do you want to think about?
Mayorga recommends that, at the beginning of every daydreaming practice, you begin with a set intention.
Be mindful of the topic youd like to process she says.
Once those first five minutes are up, Mayorga suggests tuning into what your bodys doing.
Are your muscles more relaxed?
April Mayorga is a Latina Bilingual licensed therapist, mental health advocate, and speaker.
Are you sitting up straighter?
Make it your ownand stick to the practice
Maybeyoure a doodlerand you want to daydream, crayon in-hand.
Or perhaps youre a writer and prefer to jot down your thoughts in a journal.
(Because, well, your positive daydreaming session cant last forever.)
Setting time aside to practice daydreaming is part of a healthy way to practice the technique, she says.
Learning how to cope in the actual and present situation is just as important as daydreaming.
Dr. Cook recommends setting realistic expectationsones that are relaxing and can build a sense of hope.
There is no right way to engage in daydreaming, she says.
Its more about engaging in daydreaming at the appropriate and safe time to do so, she says.
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