Why Do We Imagine A Lot?

There are a lot of things around us as much as the thoughts in our minds. The things of our lives are of experiences and memories. It's an avalanche of ideas in images that create future events to overwhelm the feelings. Imagining a lot aims at the truth. The belief on what is possibly true in the world we see and feel. We create and interact with artistic works with imagination.

There are a lot like reality when imagination lives in your brain. Imagining a threat stimulates the mind as experiencing it does. In the process of recovering from traumatic stress and phobias, imagination is therapeutic process of the mind.

As humans we are prone to the ever changing life situations, and there comes imagination to figure out new peculiarities and possibilities to cater for the need of the restless mind and the body. Imagining of the positive events against negative ones. This predicts the imagined events as constructive function of thoughts.

Our brains and bodies can be affected by imagination for the betterment of the life we got to live everyday.

We imagine a lot for several reasons:

Since our minds attracts reality with imagination, why do we imagine? This is an interesting question.

1. Imagination helps us determine and conceptualize our primal needs, and strategize ways to meet those needs. Much of our imagining happens unconsciously, drawing on our memories and past experiences.

2. Imagination allows us to problem-solve, express creativity, and envision possible futures. The more knowledge and ideas we are exposed to, the more our imagination can grow and combine them in new ways.

3. Imagination is closely tied to memory. When we recall past events, our brain can modify and "edit" those memories through counterfactual thinking - imagining how things could have happened differently. This helps preserve the emotional intensity of positive memories.

4. Imagination is not just a random process, but follows a certain logic and predictability, similar to rational thinking. It allows us to simulate different scenarios and outcomes, which can make them seem more realistic.

In summary, imagination helps us to understand and view things in life with different perceptions. We can use imagination to gain knowledge and experience about life and the world. 

Our abundant imagination is a powerful cognitive faculty that serves important functions like need assessment, creativity, memory preservation, and rational simulation - all of which contribute to our ability to adapt and thrive.

References 

What happens in the brain when we imagine the future?https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/Penn-neuroscience-research-what-happens-in-brain-future-imagining

Philosophical Perspective On Imagination. https://philarchive.org/archive/KINPPO-2