How To Stubbornly Refuse To Make Yourself Miserable About Anything-yes, Anything!, by Albert Ellis

Author:Albert Ellis
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2012-06-24T16:00:00+00:00

REBT Exercise No. 13

Think of something you are irrationally afraid of doing, such as:

Speaking poorly in public

Writing an inadequate essay or report

Drawing badly

Being rejected by someone you care for

Riding in a fast elevator

Breaking into an ongoing conversation

Dancing in public

Talking to strangers

Taking a difficult course

Being laughed at by others

Playing a game or sport badly

Force yourself to do one of the things that you most fear and try to do it many times in rapid succession. Once you decide to do it, don’t hesitate, or cop out. Do it and do it and do it!

While you are doing this “fearful” thing, show yourself that it is not really dangerous or fearful. Show yourself that:

• You will hardly die of doing it.

• You will be in no real physical danger.

• You may come to enjoy it.

• You can learn by doing it.

• You will add to your life by conquering your irrational fear.

• You will have the great challenge of overcoming it.

• You will eliminate the endless restrictions and frustrations of indulging in your fear.

• You will be working at disciplining yourself and overcoming your low frustration tolerance.

• You will behave more efficiently as you overcome this fear.

• You will gain more approval from others.

• You will help ward off physical and psychosomatic ailments, such as ulcers and high blood pressure.

• You will greatly reduce your negative feelings of anxiety, depression, self-downing, and self-pity.

• You will find life on the whole much more enjoyable.

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