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 Can anyone plz recommend some basic intrusive thoughts for someone looking to get into anxiety? #askNOSTR 
 The sun will burn out in about 5 billion years. 
 Inflation is theft 
 Here some personal faves:
- Everyone knows you're a fraud
- that person you dated 20 years ago laughs about you with their friends 
- every lump is stage 4 cancer
- you are ineffective at everything you do

😂 
 In any human body there are around 30 trillion human cells, but our microbiome is an estimated 39 trillion microbial cells including bacteria, viruses and fungi. 
 “What am I?” Works every time 
 When we say "it is raining" what is the "it"?  
 A classic starter kit might include:

	•	Worrying if you left the stove on (even if you didn’t cook today).
	•	Overthinking that one awkward thing you said five years ago.
	•	Imagining every worst-case scenario before a big meeting.