•1 Chronic, compulsive, and problematic anxiety are about thought-things.
•2 Thought-things are considered to be realities; however, thoughts are not realities but can only be about or point to realities.
•3 Thought-things are self-proving, self-referential, and perpetual motion machines that trigger the survival instincts over imaginary problems.
•4 Common reality testing of thought-things is done by testing their existence; instead, learn to test thought-things against experiences and non-verbal reality.
•5 Thought-things have to be discounted, disputed, and deconstructed to stop their darkness, destruction, and domination.