„Imagine…“ – our attitudes can change solely by the power of imagination https://www.mpg.de/13491393/0520-nepf-132884-imagine-our-attitudes-can-change-solely-by-the-power-of-imagination
Roland Benoit and Philipp Paulus together with Daniel Schacter from Harvard University have examined the question, how neutral places suddenly become valuable to us, in a study published in the journal Nature Communications. They show that our attitudes can be influenced not only by what we actually experience but also by what we imagine.
to dwell on negative thoughts about their future, such as people who suffer from depression