Hi Sleepy21
If you're good at leading people to imagine things fairly easily, this is an ability that may serve you regarding your doctor. Btw, if he doesn't have a well exercised imagination, doesn't matter what you try to conjure up in it, he won't be able to relate. Fingers crossed that he has a good imagination.
When trying to convey emotion, he may not be able to relate to the emotions of your own experiences but if you can lead him to relate to/imagine his own emotional experiences you might get a result, so that he can relate better to where you're coming from emotionally. An example (if he's got kids), could involve when his kids were little. To lead him to relate to the emotion of anxiety or fear, you could say to him something like 'I want you to imagine you've taken your 3yo son/daughter out to a crowded shopping centre. With a lot of noise going on and people rushing around everywhere, in your mind I want you to clearly imagine yourself turning around to find your child is gone. They're nowhere in sight. Can you feel that, that feeling? You're looking around and you just can't find them. Your heart is racing and you're entire body is going into hyper activity. You just can't calm down no matter how much you try. Then, you turn around and you see them. Can you now feel what incredible relief feels like?'. If he does have kids who he has a deep emotional connection to, watch his breathing change as he imagines this scenario. As a mum, I guarantee the breathing of any loving parent will definitely change through such fearful imagery. This is one of the top fears as a parent, losing your child in a crowded place.
The imagination is a seriously powerful thing. There's so much we can achieve through a healthy well exercised imagination.
