mental rehearsal of whatever makes you nervous - for example if it's public speaking imagining yourself going up to the podium relaxed and people applauding.
I spoke at a public forum in my community and was not prepared and really screwed up...I was worried about speaking the second time. I wrote out a speach and imagined myself speaking cooly - even though i stumbled a couple of times, it was 100% better than the first, and i got several applauses which i did not realize until after i read the public records transcript (this was at a big public hearing in a major US city).
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