Lily: How can I stop having bad dreams? No matter what I do, they just keep happening.
Me: Think happy thoughts when you're going to sleep. When you wake up from a bad dream try to remind yourself that it was only a dream...even if it feels real, it was only a dream.
Lily: I try that...it doesn't work.
Me: Well, what do you dream about?
Lily: Tornadoes. Skunks. Really, skunks.
Me: Do you try and run away from the skunk and you can't run?
Lily: No, I don't run. He just sprays and sprays me.
Me: Skunks don't hurt you. They just make you smelly. It's okay to be smelly. You don't have to be scared.
Lily: I know. I just hate to take baths.
Me: So, having to take a bath is your nightmare?
Lily: Uh-huh.
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