How I Stubbornly Refuse to Disturb Myself Over Things Beyond My Control, and How You Can Too. By Dan Prendergast, M.A. Like many thousands of Americans, due to the recent government shutdown I will not receive a paycheck on October 15th or on subsequent pay periods unless Congress is able to fund the government. Because I depend on receiving regular pay to cover living expenses, I am quite irritated that factors beyond my control could potentially cause me some unknown degree of hardship for some unforeseeable period. In my unfavorable position I have a choice to feel functional negative emotions such as irritation and annoyance by thinking rationally, or to feel dysfunctional negative emotions such as anger, anxiety or depression by thinking irrationally. Let’s use the government shutdown as an excuse to practice some REBT and explore ways that I might think rationally and irrationally.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 16:34:02 +0000
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