Remember that whenever you experience the effects of anxious thinking, having even a 99 percent probability of certainty still isn’t enough. There is no risk that feels reasonable. You are looking for total and complete certainty. This fight for certainty fuels your Worried Voice and makes it harder for you to label your thought as an intrusive one. You focus on the content of your thought, rather than the result of a false alarm triggered by an eager amygdala. So the action of labeling helps you to practice the art of allowing reasonable uncertainty in your life. We will talk more about this
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