Posted by baseball55 on October 10, 2018, at 18:17:38
In reply to Imagination and fantasy . meds, posted by cadburyhesychasm on October 9, 2018, at 20:14:52
Generally people think of fantasies as imagining extended scenarios starring yourself. These can be harmless (thinking about going to the beach tomorrow) or exciting (thinking about the date tomorrow with someone you think likes you) or upsetting (playing out scenarios of getting even with people).
That's weird about your religion though, because imagination, while it can be negative and harmful, is how humans have been able to change their environment. Someone imagined how nice it would be to have indoor plumbing and figured out how to make it a reality. Someone imagined what it would be like to have information and our fingertips and came up with the worldwide web and google.
> I don't know the difference or relationship between imagination and fantasy. But, anyway, I was wondering if there are good free (or on scribd) resources about pharmacotherapeutics that affect the centers in brain responsible for imagination and fantasy and how they modulate it, what changes come from their effect on various transmitters, transporters, receptors, etc. in specifically imagination-related centers and effects specifically on imagination.
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> Maybe with me instead of a depression disease causing aberrant imagination, it might be an aberrant imagination that is the root of depressed and agitated states.>
> Any thoughts and input appreciated.The basic idea if CBT is that aberrant thoughts cause depression, so we need to learn to identify and control negative imaginings and thoughts that make us unhappy and, usually, have no basis in reality (people hate me; I' can't do anything right; I will always be alone; he must hate me since he gave me that weird look). CBT therapists teach you to challenge these thoughts. It is very effective in relieving depressions that are strongly associated with negative thoughts.
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