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Giant Brain Candy: Rosy Daydreams Sap Energy. In experiments, people who fantasised only about an ideal future, with no obstacles in sight, showed less energy, measured partly as lower blood pressure. Source: Positive fantasies and energy.
Growing evidenceThe research
  1. Kappes, H. B., & Oettingen, G. (2011). Positive fantasies about idealized futures sap energy. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47(4), 719–729.

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Rosy Daydreams Sap Energy

In experiments, people who fantasised only about an ideal future, with no obstacles in sight, showed less energy, measured partly as lower blood pressure.

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