Did you know your subconscious can’t clearly distinguish real experiences from ‘fake’ ones? This means you can trick your mind by simulating desired experiences through visualization. The more details you visualize, the more your brain will interpret the experience as real. By using visualization to elicit positive feelings such as gratitude, excitement, or joy, you can condition your mind to experience more positive emotions, as we’ll see in more depth in the section “Conditioning your mind.”