List Ellis’s eleven irrational beliefs

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Answer 1

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1. It is essential that a person be loved or approved by virtually everyone in the community.
2. A person must be perfectly competent, adequate, and achieving to be considered worthwhile.
3. Some people are bad, wicked, or villainous and therefore should be blamed or punished.
4. It is a terrible catastrophe when things are not as a person wants them to be.
5. Unhappiness is caused by outside circumstances, and a person has no control over it.
6. Dangerous or fearsome things are cause for great concern, and their possibility must be continually dwelt upon.
7. It is easier to avoid certain difficulties and self-responsibilities than to face them.
8. A person should be dependent on others and should have someone stronger on whom to rely.
9. Past experiences and events are the determinants of present behavior; the influence of the past cannot be eradicated.
10. A person should be quite upset over other people’s problems and disturbances.
11. There is always a right or perfect solution to every problem, and it must be found or the results will be catastrophic.