But a later response, and much more useful, would be to try and deconstruct the message behind the words, so when the voices warned me not to leave the house, then I would thank them for drawing my attention to how unsafe I felt -- because if I was aware of it, then I could do something positive about it -- but go on to reassure both them and myself that we were safe and didn't need to feel frightened anymore.
Men en senere reaktion, og en langt mere brugbar en, var at prøve at afkode beskeden bag ordene, så når stemmerne advarede mig mod at gå ud af huset, så ville jeg takke dem for at henlede min opmærksomhed på hvor usikker jeg følte mig – fordi hvis jeg var bevidst om det, så kunne jeg gøre noget positivt i forhold til det – At forsikre både dem og mig selv om at vi var sikre og ikke behøvede at føle os bange længere.