Last, you can defuse the intrusive thought to reduce the importance you attach to it. Through defusion, you can learn to view an intrusive thought as just another thought, not one that’s meaningful, important, or significant in some way. You can apply the Milk Milk Milk exercise (earlier in this chapter) to your intrusive thought The counter is covered in germs, and I might die at any moment by repeating the thought aloud over and over.

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