Change Your Thinking to Change Your Life by Kate James

Author:Kate James [James, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Published: 2021-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

Midway through the last century, the American psychologist Albert Ellis studied how our thoughts and beliefs play a part in our psychological wellbeing. He believed that we all hold a set of assumptions about ourselves, about others and about our lives that influence how we think about and respond to life events.

Ellis discovered that many of these assumptions are inherently negative and irrational. These ‘irrational beliefs’ appeared to lead to behaviours that inhibited happiness.

According to Ellis, an irrational belief is one that:

• Distorts reality

• Is illogical

• Prevents you from reaching your goals

• Leads to unhealthy emotion

• Leads to self-sabotaging behaviour

Like many other researchers, Ellis believed that the way we feel is largely influenced by how we think, and when we become fixated on our irrational beliefs, our feelings lead to behaviours that inhibit the achievement of our goals.

Ellis created a form of therapy called Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) which works on the assumption that if we recognise our beliefs and identify those that are irrational, we can challenge them. When we’re able to alter the way we interpret events, we can also alter our behaviour.

In order to challenge your irrational beliefs, you need to begin by identifying those beliefs – and then you need to dispute them.

Most irrational beliefs fall into one of three categories. Ellis called these the Three Major Musts.

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