The makers of the Albert Ellis biographical film, "The War on Musturbation" have released more clips from the movie (hat tip to Torbjoern for alerting me to...
Hi All, any tips for dealing with this problems from my work colleagues? I admit some of it is justified by some wrong decisions and not helped by my losing my...
Hi Dawn, You wrote: >>any tips for dealing with this problems from my work colleagues?<< You can try these tips for coping with unpopularity: 1.. If anyone...
Hi Dawn Further to Will's excellent answer which lays the foundations of REBT you could also try some NLP techniques which are similar to Cognitive Emotive...
... <lifeforms99@...> ... This reminds me of a very amusing technique that Dr Burns writes about in his particularly excellent new book 'When Panic Attacks'. ...
Hi, I want to ask for advices for a long time persistent anger management problem, that express it self not only emotionally, or behaviorally but firstly...
Dear Will, thank you so much for your detailed relpy just wondering what is the best way to dispute these ideas? In the heat of the moment I go blank and just...
hahaha what an idea! Yeah it can work on whatever you are thinking. SOmetimes we borrow other peoples thinking if what they are saying is particularly harsh ...
Hi Dawn I find the best way to go about dispution is to take the time to fully think about such events, complete ABC forms and to practise Rational Emotive...
Hi Black Adder, You wrote: >>The problem is I have a heart disease - cardiomyopathy - and along with this problems when anger is also accompanied by angina...
Mon 6 Oct 08, 1:56 pm Hi Dawn, The reality is that you may not be able to do much of anything about a full-blown reaction once it erupts and reaches a boil....
Hi Steve, You wrote: >>To make the discussion more interesting please post your answers to these questions about Chapter 2:<< If you were to tell a friend...
Hi Dawn, You wrote: >>just wondering what is the best way to dispute these ideas? << Albert Ellis wrote a book called Feeling Better, Getting Better, Staying...
Hi Lifeforms, thanks for these great ideas and disputations(think thats right), can i ask do you repeat them over and over again regardless of whether you are...
Hi Rex, thanks for your encouragement, determined i will keep at it thanks, Dawn ... about a full-blown reaction once it erupts and reaches a boil. The ...
Hi Will, thanks for this as you predicted my left hand column was full very quickly, but when filling in the centre column i started to laugh, suddenly seeing...
Reading questions from Ch 2 "How To Conquer Your Frustrations" http://www.rebtnetwork.org/library/How_to_Conquer_Your_Frustrations.pdf ... If you were to tell...
If you aren't in the book club feel free to jump in. This quote from chapter 2 reminded me of many requests for help on this list. "People trapped in this...
On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Dr. Black Adder Zwei ... You might want to join the book club discussion of chapter 2. Type 2 personality traits have been...
... I'm still trapped, but I have had my moments of insight where I saw that. Every now and then on a weekend when I have control of my schedule I get my...
... Ditto, I have the same question. I've read in several books that having impossibly high standards can make people feel overwhelmed to the point that they...
Hi Steve, You wrote: >>Single people whine a lot about being single, but when you ask them how many times last week, last month they went out to try to meat...
Hi Steve, You wrote: >>I compulsively surf the web and I feel in my gut that part of the compulsion is a discomfort dodge, though finding the reasons and a...
Sounds like a form of Procrastination - putting off something more fulfilling and rewarding by using distractions in order to stay in a 'safer' zone. Not do...
Yeah. "I should not attempt this book or painting cos I SHOULD be in the PERFECT state of mind." "therefore it is doomed and I will not bother trying." Have I...
Hi Dawn, You wrote: >>when filling in the centre column i started to laugh, suddenly seeing how ridiculous i was being, and i was unable to write ONE thing, I...
Wed 8 Oct 08, 7:53 am Perfectionism has two different expressions, each driven by the same dynamic and IBs. Mostly, I reckon, "I MUST do everything perfectly...
These are some of the points I gathered from the Chapter 2 of the book. The expedient way often proves hardest. This is one of the well stressed upon concepts...
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