02/26/2026
here’s the important part: your brain believes the information you repeatedly feed it.
When you mentally replay the worst case scenario over and over, your nervous system doesn’t know you’re “just thinking.” It responds as if the threat is real. Your heart rate shifts. Your muscles tense. Stress hormones fire. The story becomes familiar — and familiarity feels true.
Neuroplasticity means your brain strengthens what you practice.
If you practice catastrophe, you get better at catastrophe.
But the same rule applies in the other direction.
When you intentionally imagine the best case scenario — not in a toxic positivity way, but in a grounded, regulated way — you’re giving your brain new data. New pathways. New possibilities. You’re teaching your nervous system that safety, success, and support are also plausible outcomes.
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