Problem: Choose an important situation in which you experience debilitative emotions that interfere with your ability to communicate effectively. Use the five steps on pages 247-251 to reappraise the rationality of your beliefs. Report on how the rational-emotive approach affects your communication in this important situation.
1. Describe from personal experience an example from a relationship where you experienced debilitative emotions. Identify the emotional fallacy that you experienced. See pages 247-250 for an overview of emotional fallacies.
2. Monitor the emotional reactions that you experienced. See page 240 that provides descriptive terms for emotions.
3. Note the activating event and briefly describe it here.
4. Next, dispute the irrational belief.
5. Change your self-talk.
6. How effective would you rate the rational emotive approach? How can this technique help you to manage debilitative emotions that you might encounter?