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If People Stopped Looking On Their Emotions As Ethereal, Almost Inhuman Processes, And Realistically Viewed Them As Being Largely Composed Of Perceptions, Thoughts, Evaluations, And Internalized Sentences, They Would Find It Quite Possible To Work Calmly And Concertedly At Changing Them.

I Started To Call Myself A "rational Therapist" In January 1955; Later I Used The Term "rational Emotive." Now I Call Myself A "rational Emotive Behavior Therapist." But From The Start, I Always Included Philosophic Techniques As Well As Experiential, Emotional And Behavioral Techniques.

Whenever You Avoid Alarming Situations, You Almost Always Increase Your Anxiety About Them.

The More Sinful And Guilty A Person Tends To Feel, The Less Chance There Is That He Will Be A Happy, Healthy, Or Law-abiding Citizen. He Will Become A Compulsive Wrong-doer.

Fat Is A Barrier, A Bellicose Statement To Others That, To Some, Justifies Hostility In Kind. The World Says To The Fat Person, "your Fatness Is An Affront To Me, So We Have The Right To Treat You As Offensively As You Appear." Fat Is Not Merely Viewed As Another Type Of Tissue, But As A Diagnostic Sign, A Personal Statement, And A Measure Of Personality. Too Little Fat And We See You As Being Antisocial, Fearful And Sexless. Too Much Fat And We See You As Slothful, Stupid, And Sexually Hung Up.