It’s official! “Awfulize” is now a word!
Dr. Ellis coined the term “awfulize” by transforming the adjective “awful” into a verb. The language of REBT can sometimes sound a little contorted, especially when employing “ePrime,” in it’s preference for using more verbs and adverbs than nouns and adjectives. Now, it is official! “Awfulizing” has made it to the big time and is […]
The Sky is Falling!
Originally posted 2019-03-06 06:56:30.
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? Originally posted 2013-09-25 01:35:17.
Contributed by Jonathan Von Breton. Thanks for the chuckle, Jonathan! Originally posted 2019-07-02 22:31:06.
Please don’t catastrophize over politics!
It’s not as bad as you think! . . . Or is it ??? Originally posted 2018-11-15 19:37:25.
Is anythnig ever truly 100% awful?
I enjoy the General Semantics (actually, more “ePrime”) exercise of debating whether anything is ever truly 100% awful. Originally posted 2013-02-08 19:20:50.
I cried because I had no shoes…
I cried because I had no shoes . . Originally posted 2017-03-25 07:16:16.