a practice called negative visualization so stoics like Marcus are really a thought when you wake up in the morning you should have the following thought pattern you should think today I will lose my success I will be exiled I'll lose my partner I will lose my health I won't be able to walk he doesn't say ruminate on that for forever but just like a little and then stop and say h I'm not exiled I still have my success I still have my partner and so on this is a technique called negative visualization