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Rational Emotive Therapy

Overview to Rational Emotive Therapy as a treatment in psychology. Includes explanations of different developments in the RET field and an evaluation of the treatment. Rational Emotive Therapy Rational Emotive Therapy, sometimes called Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, is a form … Continue reading

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Emotions: Guilt Guilt (= self-pity + self-hate)

Guilt prevents me from seeing life as good, as worthwhile in itself ; it neutralises aesthetic enjoyment of the world. Guilt focuses on my failures in life.   The self-pity mode knocks out all meaning in anything and my motivation … Continue reading

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TECHNIQUES TO AID STRESS MANAGEMENT

Stress management involves a lot of strategies and techniques that it would take more than just this article to discuss them all. However, there is perhaps nothing more popular than relaxation, or the soothing and clearing of mind and physical … Continue reading

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MANAGING STRESS AT THE WORKPLACE

Perhaps one of the highest sources of stress among adults is the workplace. It is where they spend nearly half of their waking lives. While spending a lot of time at the office is not necessarily destructive for all, the … Continue reading

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Emotions: Envy

Envy is not always easy to separate from jealousy. Envy is behind the worst forms of destructiveness. Envy prefers to destroy, jealousy (love mode) prefers to control. Both envy and jealousy make the person seek social company ; but whereas … Continue reading

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Emotion Anxiety = (fear + vanity)

Anxiety is a cerebral emotion: when it is intense it �fogs� the mind, producing mental tiredness and the incapacity for intellectual work. I feel it most in my eyes as a regular ache, which generates a sensitivity to bright light. … Continue reading

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How Love Happens: The Three Components of Relationships

In 1986, Steinberg proposed a theory of triangulation: that defined three seperate elements to a loving relationship: Passion – the sexual attraction between the two people.   Intimacy – the communicative bond and trust; perhaps the most important factor of … Continue reading

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Unconscious Ideas and Emotions

The link between the unconscious and emotion. No feeling is permanent. There is a constant oscillation between the positive and negative feelings. Emotions are constantly changing, in part because feelings change, and in part due to the constant stream of … Continue reading

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How to have Inner Peace

To meditate is to achieve peace of mind and calmness. No matter how chaotic and rowdy the rest of the world maybe, one can always achieve inner peace. In this world where almost everyone is always on the go working, … Continue reading

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Meditation : Peace of Mind Daily meditation to attain peace of mind

The act of meditation for at least 15 minutes in the early morning will have a positive effect on your mind during the entire day. Upon waking have these positive thoughts I am a peaceful soul, my aim today is … Continue reading

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