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 |

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

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Why is it so wrong to want to kill yourself?

Posted by Rex Alexander on Wed 29 Oct 25 in Acceptance, Rating, suicide |

   A reader of my lengthy post on suicide on another site responds in part “Why is it so wrong to want to move on [kill yourself]  before your natural physical body tells you to This is not expressing a view more a question for discussion” Originally posted 2014-08-16 18:12:15.

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Oh well!

Posted by Rex Alexander on Tue 28 Oct 25 in Acceptance, Disputing |

Oh well! Now, that’s a deep subject!   Originally posted 2017-12-10 06:05:35.

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“Unconditional” Self Acceptance ???

Posted by Rex Alexander on Sun 12 Oct 25 in Acceptance, Basics, Rating, ULA, UOA, USA |

What does “Unconditional”  in Unconditional Self Acceptance Mean  ??? A reader says that his English teacher advised that he avoid “modifiers” as they weaken the strength of the word they are modifying.  So, rather than “Unconditional Self Acceptance (USA)” he just leaves it at “self acceptance.”  Nothing wrong with that, but it does raise some […]

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