Intolerance of Uncertainty Life has plenty of uncertainties, and no one can predict the future. Most of the time, you are able to accept that nothing in life is risk-free and go on with your activities with little worry. But anxious thinking makes any uncertainty feel threatening. In addition, anxious thinking makes thoughts feel threatening. Certain thoughts are experienced as dangerous. It is very hard to hold onto the truism that thoughts and feelings are not facts. Helpful Fact: Neither thoughts nor feelings are facts. These are just a few of the ways that anxious thinking makes you
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