Good morning @Birdofparadise8 🙂🌺
I hope the Gp and osteo appointments go well today 🙂
There are times when I don’t imagine anything - like a blank tv screen - however to get the ball rolling so to speak, I picture events in my mind: maybe a place I was walking yesterday, or the outside of a large building I see often, or the clothes I have in my wardrobe… once I start being able to picture objects or environments, I then imagine activities (ones like your experiment in the lab from the other day for instance), where I’ve been doing something that took concentration. Then I move on to using my imagination to think about conversations I might have - like, in the instance I need to talk about something with someone - and think about what I might like to say, the words I’ll use, and how I’ll make sure I’m attentive to how the person is responding 🌺
It isn’t always quick; it may take some time to start to use imagination, but I find it works in a practical way for me, when trying to prepare for things - I used to do this a lot for upcoming prac scenarios at uni where we would be in pairs and one is a service recipient and one is the service deliverer/OT, and I would run through the scenario using the above, in my head first (we didn’t know what the service recipient would do, so we had to make sure we had all the things ready to go, if that kind of makes sense?).
I hope that is helpful? Please feel free to let me know what you think 💜🙂🌺
