Is rational always logical???

Posted by Rex Alexander on Sun 9 Nov 25 in General Semantics, Rational living, Rational Thinking, REBT & Other therapies compared with Comments closed |
      


Skywalker speaks!

Is rational always logical?  

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Originally posted 2013-09-09 04:28:03.

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Posted by Rex Alexander on Sat 8 Nov 25 in Books & Media, bookshop, Mindfulness, Uncategorized with Comments closed |

Sam Harris
is a public intellectual, one of the new atheists, and regarded as a member of the intellectual dark web, and author of five New York Times best sellers . . .

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Originally posted 2019-04-14 02:32:38.

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I need you too much already, lah! :o{

Posted by Rex Alexander on Sat 8 Nov 25 in Demanding, Dire need for love & approval, Needs vs. Preferences, Uncategorized with Comments closed |

 I need you too much already, lah! 

Four Tops – “Baby I Need Your Loving” (1966)

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Originally posted 2013-08-01 18:17:04.

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Mortification of the Self

Posted by Rex Alexander on Fri 7 Nov 25 in Albert Ellis, REBT & Other therapies compared, Religion, Self esteem, Uncategorized, USA, z-15 with Comments closed |

 MORTIFICATION of the EGO

  
This may seem tangential to REBT. It definitely leans more to the philosophical than therapeutic. I think the conclusion brings the therapeutic aspect into clearer focus.  
  
The “ego” or “self” or however you want to describe or define it, comes preinstalled on all humans so far as we know, other than those born with catastrophic brain injury.

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Originally posted 2022-07-08 15:57:52.

Is a “Happy-go-lucky” attitude an answer to anxiety?

Posted by Rex Alexander on Fri 7 Nov 25 in Acceptance, Anxiety, Ask Rex, Basics, Mindfulness, musterbation, musty thinking, Paradoxical cures, Perfectionism with Comments closed |

How do we deal with anxiety about the future of a son who is not doing well in high school?

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Originally posted 2014-07-13 03:53:10.

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Yes, we can’t!

Posted by Rex Alexander on Thu 6 Nov 25 in Postive thinkikng, Ten Cognitive Distortions with Comments closed |

 

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Originally posted 2019-01-08 21:16:06.

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Ten Cognitive Distortions & Four IB’s

REBT-CBT is built on the premise that we all make fundamental mistakes in the way we think about ourselves, other people and life in general, and that these mistakes (irrational beliefs and cognitive distortions) are the real cause of (virtually all) of our misery and dysfunction and failure. This is so important!   Continue reading to see a complete list, explanation of and tips for how to use  the Ten Cognitive Distortions and Four IB’s (Irrational Beliefs) as conceptualized by David Burns, Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis.

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Originally posted 2013-06-14 18:49:47.

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Posted by Rex Alexander on Wed 5 Nov 25 in Depression with Comments closed |


A loyal reader complains of being “depressed about nothing in particular.”  

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Originally posted 2014-07-16 06:50:09.

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Is “mindfulness” CBT or just distraction?

Posted by Rex Alexander on Wed 5 Nov 25 in Mindfulness, REBT & Other therapies compared with Comments closed |

 

 
In the context of a larger discussion we have been having  regarding “mindfulness” practices and CBT-REBT, a reader raises an important question about whether mindfulness constitutes a “distraction” or is it the antithesis of distraction? 

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Originally posted 2014-02-10 22:42:51.

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What’s wrong with saying, “I am an EXCELLENT person” ???

Posted by Rex Alexander on Tue 4 Nov 25 in Acceptance, ePrime, General Semantics, Perfectionism, Task Perfection vs. Self Perfection with Comments closed |
 
We have  bee having a lively–if somewhat perennial–discussion about why REBT dos not favor motivation and bolstering of “self esteem” by using global labels and “rating,”  such as “I am an EXCELLENT person.”

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Originally posted 2018-12-26 19:54:03.

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