How To Train Your Imaginary Friend: A Guide to Not Believing Everything You Think

By Randall H Scott

Mira has always had an imaginary friend.

It tells her how to stay safe.
How to avoid embarrassment.
How to prepare for everything that might go wrong.

It sounds exactly like her own thoughts.

For most of her life, Mira believed that voice was her.

But when a move to a small town introduces her to people who don't believe every thought they think, Mira begins to notice something unsettling-and freeing:

She isn't the voice.
She's the one listening.

As Mira learns to separate her true self from the fear-based protector running her inner world, she discovers a different way of living-one where anxiety doesn't have to disappear in order for courage to exist, and where safety doesn't require constant control.

How To Train Your Imaginary Friend is a coming-of-age novel about growing up with a busy mind, learning to rest instead of brace, and discovering who you are when you stop mistaking fear for wisdom.

Through quiet moments, honest dialogue, and deeply human insight, this story explores:

Why the voice in your head means well-but panicsHow imaginary threats can feel just as real as real onesThe difference between pain and dangerWhat happens when fear stops being the leader and becomes a companion

This novel is for teens navigating identity and anxiety-and for adults who wish they'd learned sooner that overthinking isn't the same thing as awareness.

You don't have to silence the voice in your head.
You just don't have to believe everything it says.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GJRZ9T9N
• ISBN13: 9798245587028
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"