Table of Contents -- 1 -- things might go terribly, horribly wrong -- 2 -- anxiety: form, function, and the unity of suffering -- 3 -- a fish on dry land: anxiety in the present moment -- 4 -- tell me a story: defusion -- 5 -- come what may: acceptance -- 6 -- meaning matters: values -- 7 -- thou art peter: commitment -- 8 -- you are large, you contain multitudes: self-as-context -- 9 -- things still might go terribly, horribly wrong -- sources for further study -- references.