When ever I imagine my problems I make them a character in my imagination. They're usually monsters that I have a difficult time slaying. But the more time I stay with the monster (the problem) the more I figure out how to beat it.
It gets me sort of angry that we created so many ways to run away from our problems. Drinking, drugs, binging habits. The monster always gets you at the end. It's usually 10x worse than the problem began. Don't be your own monster.