Talk to your anxiety and demand that it increase the intensity of the bodily sensations that scare you. For example, your heart’s pounding fast, so you say: “Okay, anxiety, that’s good, but can you make my heart pound even faster?!” You feel you can’t catch your breath, so you say: “Show me, anxiety, what it feels like if my throat and chest feel even tighter.” “I can feel a real knot in my stomach, but I wonder what it would be like if it were much tighter. Can’t you make it tighter, anxiety? Is that the most you can offer?” “I notice all kinds of fearful thoughts circling round my mind. Can
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