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The attitude of unconditional self-acceptance is probably the most important variable in their long-term recovery.
Albert Ellis
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Albert Ellis
Age: 93 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 27
Died: 2007
Died: July 24
Behaviour Therapist
Cognitive Scientist
Non-Fiction Writer
Psychologist
Sex Educator
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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Is self-esteem a sickness? That's according to the way you define it. In the usual way it is defined by people and by psychologists, I'd say that it is probably the greatest emotional disturbance known to man and woman.
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When I started to get disillusioned with psychoanalysis I reread philosophy and was reminded of the constructivist notion that Epictetus had proposed 2,000 years ago: People are disturbed not by events that happen to them, but by their view of them. I could see how that applied to many of my clients.
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As a result of my philosophy, I wasn't even upset about Hitler. I was willing to go to war to knock him off, but I didn't hate him. I hated what he was doing.
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People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change.
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The trouble with most therapy is that it helps you feel better. But you don't get better. You have to back it up with action, action, action.
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I'm very happy. I like my work and the various aspects of it - going around the world, teaching the gospel according to St. Albert.
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I get people to truly accept themselves unconditionally, whether or not their therapist or anyone loves them.
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Even when people act nastily to you, don't condemn them or retaliate.
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We can actually put the essence of neurosis in a single word: blaming - or damning.
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Being assertive does not mean attacking or ignoring others feelings. It means that you are willing to hold up for yourself fairly-without attacking others.
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People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.
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If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.
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I hope to die in the saddle seat.
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