Hi Skeezyks, thank you for the recommendation and I've just subscribed to her and look forward to looking through some of her videos.

Hi Miswimmy I've know the basis of your message and it was that which I wanted to expand on. To just clarify, the idea would be to purposefully put myself into situations where thoughts are triggered and then not react to them using any of the safety behaviours/reassurance tactics I use against the negative thoughts. I've tried this and although I must be using failing at some point and using a safety behaviour because otherwise I wouldn't still be getting them. I find it difficult to know if or when I'm using a safety behaviour, even the act of saying you're not afraid and then facing the thoughts could even turn into a safety behaviour itself, couldn't it?

Also to confirm the idea isn't to accept thoughts to such an extent that you're saying their right (even when most of them aren't) and accepting that you are what you fear most that in the long term they won't bother you anymore? That would be just as unbenefical as resisting them wouldn't it? The answer is between resisting and accepting and that is having a netural response to the thoughts and just observing them, right?

Thank you both for replies