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I imagine that _________________________________.

(consequence #4)

You can carry this exercise as far as you would like. Often you will see
an element of absurdity in your fears and will notice that on a deep
emotional level, you are basing your action or lack of it on a fear of
abandonment, or of pain, or of death.

As you look closely at the situation, you will be able to see that the
potential for these things probably does not exist at all. Your gremlin is sly
and manipulative. Given almost any circumstance, he can, without your
even noticing, transport you to an earlier time when you feared being left or

hurt or when it seemed to you that your survival was threatened. He may