The letter ‘I’ in the acronym IMPROVE stands for ‘Imagery’. Imagery is tapping into our ingenious imagination to create images that will improve our emotional state. Images in this case are not limited to the visual pictures, but also include sounds, smells and any other sensory information that flows through our mind when we encounter a specific thought or feeling.
We can mentally create a situation, and location that is completely different from the one we are in. We can create a safer, more secure, and calmer place that we can use to leave a distressing situation when we find ourselves in a crisis.
We can mentally create a situation, and location that is completely different from the one we are in. We can create a safer, more secure, and calmer place that we can use to leave a distressing situation when we find ourselves in a crisis.