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MANAGING

DIFFICULT
EMOTIONS

(ANGER, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY,


GUILT)
FACILITATIVE VS
DIBILITATING
EMOTIONS
FACILITATIVE EMOTIONS
 EMOTIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO
EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING
DEBILITATIVE EMOTIONS
 EMOTIONS WHICH KEEP US FROM
FEELING AND RELATING EFFECTIVELY.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
THE TWO:
 INTENSITY (ANGER VS RAGE; ANXIETY
VS PANIC)
 DURATION (NORMAL GRIEF VERSUS
PATHALOGICAL GRIEF)
THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS
 SOME BELIEVE THOUGHTS PRODUCE
FEELINGS.
 THUS YOU CAN CONTROL FEELINGS
THROUGH YOUR THINKING.
 REBT(ELLIS) AND THE A-B-C SEQUENCE
OF EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE.
IRRATIONAL THINKING &
DEBILITATIVE EMOTIONS
 FALLACY OF PERFECTION
 FALLACY OF APPROVAL
 FALLLACY OF SHOULDS (IDEAL VS
REAL)
 FALLACY OF OVERGENERALIZATIONS
(ABSOLUTE WORDING)
IRRATIONAL THINKING
 FALLACY OF CAUSATION (BLAME OF
OTHERS AND/OR SELF)
 FALLACY OF CATASTROPHIC
EXPECTATIONS (WHAT IFS)
MINIMIZING DEBILITATIVE
EMOTIONS
 MONITOR YOUR EMOTIONAL REACTIONS
(PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES/
FEEDBACK FROM OTHERS)
 NOTE THE ACTIVATING EVENT (PEOPLE,
PLACE, SUBJECT)
 RECORD SELF-TALK (JOURNALING)
MINIMIZING DEBILITATING
EMOTIONS
 DISPUTE THE IRRATIONAL BELIEFS (I.E. I
MUST BE PERFECT; I MUST BE LIKED BY
EVERYONE; ETC.)

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