pgetbetter, I am going to make all sorts of guesses which may or may not be true. You will have to try to help clarify. First, Would you be willing to posts...
Thanks Micah here are my disputes 1. There is no law of the universe which Says that I must not act badly, Otherwise I would be incapable of doing so. 2. There...
Has anybody read this book or heard anything about this? I thought the "Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy: It works for me!" by Albert Ellis, was his...
pgetbetter, Your disputes look like you are off to a good start. I am curious, you stated that you believed you should be punished 70%. What have you done, or...
Yesterday was one year since my triple bypass surgery. I thought I would share this story of how REBT/CBT came to my aid during a particularly difficult...
Mon 02 Apr 07, 10:41 a.m. PGE, This is excellent stuff. Thanks for taking risks and being a stand up guy and sharing with us. I wish that I had the time and...
Thanks for sharing Lynn :) ... would ... particularly ... fluid ... the ... my chest ... Luckily, this ... inexperienced) nurse ... cleaned up. ... and ... ...
Hi all I am new to this forum but not entirely new to the concepts of CBT. I encountered them some years ago when dealing with some shyness issues I had been...
Hi Richard, Welcome to the Forum! A lot of times people with phobias realize (superficially) that they are irrational, however deep deep down they still...
I have an anxiety disorder and one of my irrational beliefs is: " I must always be perfect and never show people my weaknesses lest they laugh at me." Please...
Hello Folks, Three cases have come in front of me in last few days: # A man, sexually abused as a child, turns into a serial killer; killing 16 children,...
I think I've become relatively proficient at using REBT as a "self management" tool to deal with anxiety, anger and other destructive emotions. However, one...
Hi Sunil, I also have a perfectionist problem. However, laughing at me is the least of my concern. I have been working on this for quite a while now with my...
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Hi all, I had really planned a message to go out; but, I obviously hit a wrong button somewheres:) Has anyone tried thought exposure with dissociative clients?...
Are there any laypeople here (bus drivers, secretaries, retail sales associates, bookkeepers, waitresses, bartenders, nannies, gardeners, common folk) or is...
I'm very much a layperson-- a caregiver who has never had a psychology course. I've been practicing and reading about REBT for some 27 years-- that's the...
Hi Micah Thanks for your reply. Yes I do think that the methods of 'introducing myself to the situations I fear' are a good thing to try. The reality is that...
I am a non-professional (not a professional practitioner of CBT/REBT) who uses CBT/REBT and a variety of individual elements in my thinking on a daily basis. I...
I have an anxiety disorder which i can deal with its been going on for about 11 yrs now im 22, and my irrational phobia is: " if i get sick to my stomach i...
... for ... Do you abstain completely from alcohol, caffeine and nicotine? I gave up all three in my 30s and my anxiety disorder all but disappeared after...
Margaret, Richard, Burt, J - thanks for responding. I found REBT through a book called Rational Recovery by Jack Trimpey in the late 90s which led me to the...
It has been some time since I have posted in this group message board, but will try to be a little more faithful in the future. I just attended one of Mr....
Thu 05 Apr 07, 10:22 a.m. Hi Ken, Except for those who are independently wealthy, the (sad) reality is that scores of people are "stuck" in difficult, even...
Thu 05 Apr 07, 11:10 a.m. Hi Eric, Your distorted thinking may be "silly" as distorted thinking nearly always is, but your problem sounds anything but silly,...
REBT is not a religion. You can be "at odds with the tenets of REBT" all you want. Hell, I use "shoulds" and "musts" all the time (eg, "I should get a good...
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