Nothing is ever 100% Awful (Are you sure?)
Over at the REBT-CBT Yahoogroup we have been having a fascinating–if-perennial–discussion about whether anything is truly awful . . . And, if it is true, as REBT asserts, that nothing is ever truly 100% awful, how can we convince clients of that? 5,047 total views Originally posted 2013-09-25 01:35:17.
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Please don’t catastrophize over politics!
It’s not as bad as you think! . . . Or is it ??? 1,798 total views Originally posted 2018-11-15 19:37:25.
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Armageddon
My friend Jimmy from the REBT-CBT Yahoogroup is feeling gloomy about current events, and seeing some of the really nasty things going on in the news as heralding the breakdown of modern society. He is hardly the first to make that observation. Here is what I said . . . 9,332 total views Originally posted 2015-07-30 07:37:31.
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Nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so
Hi REBT Mates! Do you STILL think that it is things “out there” upset us??? 5,710 total views Originally posted 2016-03-11 04:47:10.
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Can Suicide ever be a rational act?
In light of recent events in the news and some of the lovely stuff that Jimmy and Steve posted here recently, I thought it might be appropriate to talk a little about suicide. First of all, if you are thinking about killing yourself or are having thoughts about harming yourself that are scaring you, pick […]
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Is Anything Truly Awful? 7,877 total views Originally posted 2014-10-16 07:25:31.
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It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to . . .
Click to listen to the great Lesley Gore great 1965 oldie, It’s My Party (and I’ll cry if I want to) We have been having an lively discussion about and adult who behaves with emotional immaturity such as avoiding attending a party for fear of seeing a rival there as a teenager might. 4,542 total views Originally […]
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Baby I Need Your Lovin’ . . . Really?
Baby I Need Your Lovin’| Baby, I need your lovin’ I got to have all your lovin’ Baby, I need your lovin’ Got to have all your lovin’ ~The Four Tops, 1964 Awwwwww! Ain’t that romantic? Don’t that just make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside? Ain’t it the truth? […]
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I can’t stand it!
Jonathan von Breton shared another Albert Ellis quote in his “The Daily Al” feature: We say that nothing is awful, nothing. Rape, i ncest, terrorism, Hitler-it isn’t awful. Not that they aren’t bad, but a rational person would recognize that the world is inherently unfair.” Albert Ellis, Ph.D. … Founder of REBT To […]
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Is anythnig ever truly 100% awful?
I enjoy the General Semantics (actually, more “ePrime”) exercise of debating whether anything is ever truly 100% awful. 4,236 total views Originally posted 2013-02-08 19:20:50.
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Quotes That Matter
