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You should be allowed to change your opinions by chibird
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  • Post category:Anxiety/Stress / Positive change
  • Post published:September 4, 2017

When your fear arises, pause and reflect on your actual risk. Talk back to your negative thoughts or false beliefs and say for example, “I recognise that some dogs are vicious, but the vast majority of dogs are gentle. It is unlikely I will get bitten.”

Source: How to Overcome Fear @ wikiHow

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