Try and resist going into a shell hoping the problem will just go away.

Certainty is impossible... It just is. I’m completely sure of this fact. And wanting the impossible is stressful!

Worries conjured by our minds don’t obey the rules of reality any more than dreams, or nightmares.

A sobbing child implores Parent A to rescue them from the monster. They want to sleep in the master bedroom where they will feel safer.