bad outcomes You can break away from the habitually unhelpful ways you see yourself and your world by turning each negative thought into a prediction to be tried out and tested YOUR ANXIETYTELLING When you experience anxious thinking it likely stops you in your tracks because you take it as a signal or even a command for you to worry and ruminate This may be your negativity bias operating at full tilt What if the anxious thinking is not a signal to stop and wring your hands but rather a sign that something you really care about or desire is at When you recognize making anxious predictions complete the following statements to see what might be on the other side of the anxiety for you and then test out your prediction 1 Write down an anxious prediction I drive have a panic attack Yet I seen my mother in a long time I worry all the time about why I drive I also beat myself up for being so weak 2 Write down why this matters to you want to visit my elderly mother and spend time with her She lives in a nursing home over an hour away so