People and things do not upset us. Rather, we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us.” ~Albert Ellis Originally posted 2019-09-10 23:05:13.
Is keeping emotions “bottled up” dangerous?
Posted by Rex Alexander on Mon 22 Dec 25 in Aggression & Violence, Awfulizing, Awfulzing, Basics, Cognitve (Behavior) Therapy, Demanding, Demanding, Depression, Disputing, Ellis Four Irational Processes, Emotions, Low Frustration Tolerance, People Rating, Rating, REBT & Other therapies compared, Uncategorized, What is REBT - CBT? | ∞
In my callow and shallow youth, I used to subscribe to the “teapot model” of emotions. You know, our emotional systems are like teapots with water boiling, generating steam and pressure. If the steam does not have an outlet, or the outlet becomes overwhelmed by too much steam expanding too quickly . . . POW !!! Explosion […]