{"id":2050,"date":"2021-05-06T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/?p=2050"},"modified":"2021-05-06T05:09:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T05:09:48","slug":"stoicijnse-filosofie-negatieve-visualisatie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/stoic-philosophy-negative-visualization\/","title":{"rendered":"In accordance with Stoic Philosophy: The Importance of Negative Visualization"},"content":{"rendered":"

The big stoic<\/a> philosophers have left behind vast amounts of wisdom for us to explore, but one of the most powerful techniques they have bestowed upon us is the practice of negative visualization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Negative visualization is a technique that dates back thousands of years and is used by philosophers such as Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius and Seneca. The core of the idea is to visualize negative results in your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You think about what you have and visualize your life without them. Imagine a life without your partner or without your job or without your health, and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It's like asking yourself the question what if<\/em><\/strong> (something goes wrong) in all areas of your life: your creative pursuits, your business, your life decisions. This approach is certainly not intended as a test to make it as difficult as possible for yourself. No, certainly not, the use of this technique actually has enormous added value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We list 3 reasons why you should use negative visualization in your life:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Appreciate what you have<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First of all, this technique makes you appreciate what you have in life much more. Your health, your family, your opportunities and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you realize that you are blessed and have a lot to be thankful for, it is much easier to put things in perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the reasons for using negative visualization: you will appreciate more what you already have! (fig<\/a>.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

More understanding of the possible outcomes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ten tweede cre\u00eber je het vermogen om vooraf verwachtingen te stellen en veel eerlijker tegen jezelf te zijn. Wat kan er fout gaan? Hoe zou je dergelijke scenario’s aanpakken? Kun je ze overwinnen of plannen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This practice is also called in the business world pre-mortem<\/a> mentioned, but the idea is similar. When you prepare for the worst, you are better equipped to deal with disaster as and when it occurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Realize it's not that bad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Finally, this practice can help you realize that the things you fear are actually not as bad as you envisioned them before. What if you lost your job? What if you had to move to a much smaller apartment? What if your work or your project fails?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We build our fears to the point that they are bigger than life. By confronting them and even temporarily experiencing them consciously, you can really overcome such barriers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

"Nothing happens to the wise man against his expectation," he wrote to a friend. \u201c. . . nor do all things turn out for him as he wished but as he reckoned - and above all he reckoned that something could block his plans. \u201d<\/em> – Seneca in Letters to Lucilius<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How do you apply negative visualization?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Negative visualization is a powerful technique that we can all take advantage of from time to time. So how do you do that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whenever you embark on a new challenge or get overly nervous about something or afraid to do something, use negative visualization to ground yourself and learn to better understand what you're dealing with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speel door de verschillende scenario’s of resultaten waarmee je te maken kunt krijgen, de angsten die in je achterhoofd opspelen, en kom ermee in het reine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Epictetus describes the approach as follows:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If you are going to perform an action, remind yourself of what kinds of things the action may involve. When visiting the pool, think about what could happen at the pool: some will splash the water, some will push against each other, others will abuse each other and others will steal. Thus, you have prepared yourself mentally to take the act, and you can say to yourself, I intend to bathe now and am willing to uphold my will in a virtuous way, having warned myself of what may happen.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doe dit voor elke handeling, zodat je, als er toch een belemmering opduikt, kunt denken: ik heb mezelf niet alleen voorbereid om de handeling te ondernemen, maar ook voor deze belemmering die zich heeft voorgedaan, en ook om deze belemmering deugdzaam aan te pakken & mijn wil in overeenstemming te houden met de natuur – en dit zal onmogelijk zijn als ik er erger van word.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The key is to mentally prepare not only for what you expect, but also for what could go wrong, ie the unexpected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, it is best to apply this technique in a comfortable place. After all, you want to mentally prepare for the worst, but you don't want to spoil your mood or state of mind. When you are at home or in the office, you can return to your current life and not dwell too long on the possible negative visualizations that you envisioned for a moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Het uitvoeren van negatieve visualisatie is heel nuttig, maar iets dat we helaas nog zelden doen. Probeer het zelf en zie hoe het denken aan de worstcasescenario’s je daadwerkelijk kan versterken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources include DailyStoic (AND<\/a>), HealthShots (AND<\/a>), Medium (AND<\/a>), NiklasRosenberg (AND<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

De grote sto\u00efcijnse filosofen hebben enorme hoeveelheden wijsheid achtergelaten die we kunnen onderzoeken, maar een van de krachtigste technieken die ze ons hebben geschonken, is de praktijk van negatieve visualisatie. Negatieve visualisatie is een techniek die duizenden jaren oud is en wordt gebruikt door filosofen als Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius en Seneca. De kern van het […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[92,22],"tags":[140,53,139,129,120,96,81,94,144,58,128,95,93,19,61,79,83],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2050"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2102,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050\/revisions\/2102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}