LEARN ABOUT IRRATIONAL BELIEFS

 

IRRATIONAL BELIEFS

1. Everything I do must be approved and loved by virtually everybody.
   
2. I have to be completely competent, totally in control, and successful in everything I do.
   
3. It is catastrophic when things are not going the way I want them to go.
   
4. My unhappiness is not my fault. People and events over which I have no control are responsible.
   
5. Anytime I encounter something that I fear, I need to be consumed with worries and upset about it.
   
6. It is easier to avoid life's difficulties and responsibilities than to develop a better system for meeting them.
   
7. My life and the people with whom I work should be changed from the way they are.
   

The best I can do for myself is to relax and enjoy life. Inaction and passivity are the best bet to maximize my own enjoyment.