Mental Time Travel
Future-oriented time travel asks how a distressing event will feel later, often revealing that distress is temporary. Past-oriented time travel can reduce overwhelm by comparing current hardship to larger past hardships. Mental time travel…
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Future-oriented time travel asks how a distressing event will feel later, often revealing that distress is temporary. Past-oriented time travel can reduce overwhelm by comparing current hardship to larger past hardships. Mental time travel may work differently for different people, with some benefiting from verbal reflection and others from vivid visualization or sensory imagination. Mental time travel broadens perspective by moving attention beyond the immediate moment.