Have you ever had frightening, intrusive or disturbing thoughts? Petting a kitten and suddenly thinking: “I can easily smash its head.” Comforting a friend who has experienced a fiasco in his personal life, and secretly savoring the humiliating details of his story. Driving with your family in a car and imagining in detail how you lose control and drive into the oncoming lane. Are you ashamed, scared, don’t want to believe that all this is happening to you? Are you trying to forget them as quickly as possible? The bad news: the more persistently you try to get rid of such black thoughts, the more they “get stuck” in your head and the worse you feel. But there is good news: these shameful thoughts arise in everyone, including reasonable and respectable people. Good news number two: there is a great way to get rid of this torment. Here is a valuable guide that describes an approach based on the practice of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The point is to learn a new way of dealing with thoughts where you are no longer afraid or ashamed of them (it turns out that pushing thoughts away or trying to challenge them only makes your anxiety worse). Gradually, you will learn to tame these bulls in your head, reduce your anxiety level, stop endlessly judging yourself, and be able to concentrate on what is important.