Hi All, I need some fresh answers for my group. When we discuss the irrational belief that some people are bad or evil I get the same thing, naturally. For ...
Mon 02 Jul 07, 8:52 a.m. Hi Tim, Good questions! First of all, everyone is entirely free to call Hitler *"bad"* if they want to. Indeed most people would or...
I go along with what Rex said regarding the distinction between bad act and bad person. This is important. However if someone is persistently causing harm to...
Tim, It is no wonder that you may have difficulty helping your group members understand and utilize Unconditional Self and Other Acceptance. Ellis himself said...
Dear Tim, I agree with Micah: people cannot be all-bad, we're all simply people who do bad things (even Hitler). Once you unconditionally accept the Hitlers of...
Hi all, I am the same as Diana. I write and write and write my illogical thoughts and I can write the "disputing" statements; but, I am having a really hard...
Hi Bonnie, It is the sympathetic portion of our nervous system that creates the "fight or flight" response (hyperarousal) we experience during panic attacks....
Hi All, Our organs are not "damaged", we just have to reprogram our "learned memory" which is what REBT tries to do. I know this is easier said than done. The...
Hi Tim, My therapist explains it to me this way. No one is 100% bad. Even hitler, etc have done some good things in their life. vic timothynys@... wrote: ...
Hey Vicky I have spent years reading REBT/CBT and also counselling people with irrational beliefs but when it comes to me, I look at it all differently. For...
Thu 05 Jul 07, 9:16 a.m. Good Morning Diana, all, Disputing the erroneous conclusions that something "terrible" is going to happen to you (or to your loved...
LeavesI plan to go back and add my comments on the next chapter of FEELING GOOD very soon. I have been tired up with working lately, but havent forgotten the...
... who do bad things (even Hitler). I thought Micah's elaboration on this was excellent too ... humans, not lice, this will make it easier to unconditionally...
Thu 05 Jul 07, 11:30 p.m. Hi Julian, all, Dr. Edelstein doesn't need me to speak for him, but I think his statement "Once you unconditionally accept the...
Perhaps Forrest Gump's quote "Stupid is as stupid does" to "EVIL is as Evil does" is fitting ! I agree that we should distinguish between the person, and the...
Each of us do numerous things every day. We eat, we breathe, we talk, we sleep, we argue, we make a mess in our kitchen, we clean up our mess, we fight with...
Hey Rex Thank you for responding. I like what you wrote and understand where you are coming from. In my case worrying about my vertigo or my uncle's death...
Is a bad person someone who does bad things some of the time, or someone who does bad things all of the time? If it's a person who does bad things some of the...
Hi everyone After doing a lot of soul searching lately, I feel like I may have come to understand an IB of mine a little better. First it's important to get a...
Hi Diana, "Anticipatory anxiety" is a specific problem associated with panic attacks and other anxiety disorders. It is a "secondary" disorder. Not secondary...
Fri 06 Jul 07, 9:34 a.m. Hi Richard, I am of the opinion--and I know a lot of the guys here disagree--that "introversion" is *not *a neurosis, does not need to...
Richard, First congradulations on your hard work! You are a great example of how changing actions AND behaviors can change self defeating beliefs. It sounds as...
... unconditionally ... could ... the ... from condemning the essential self of people like Mugabe as opposed to focusing on his terrible acts. I think you...
... someone who does bad things all of the time? Maybe this is a false dichotomy and a bad person is someone who is predisposed to do bad actions? Thereby they...
Sat 07 Jul 07, 7:22 a.m. Good Morning Julian, all, This is a misreading or a misunderstanding. I don't want to go back and research it, but I "think" you may...
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