Dear Bassy:

You are welcome. You wrote: “I understand that thoughts are not real and that they are not dangerous but what I find difficult is making a thought less scary… I would really appreciate some suggestions that will enable me to (stop fearing your thoughts)”-

when a scary thought occurs to you, notice the thought and notice the fear. Then if it is safe to do so, close your eyes, take a deep breath, inhale and exhale slowly, and imagine the thought drifting through the room you are in and exiting the room through a window. Imagine it drifting and leaving as you breath slowly, in and out.

Then open your eyes and keep doing what you were doing. Repeat as needed.

anita