Now, you try it. Use the View from the Balcony Worksheet (exercise 5.5) to loosen your anxious mind’s grip on a particular anxious interpretation. On the worksheet, write the event or situation briefly, along with your anxious interpretation. Rate the probability (from 0 to 100 percent) that your anxious interpretation is correct. Then brainstorm to find five to ten other possible views or explanations for the event or situation, and rate the likelihood that each alternative explanation is correct.

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