Albert Ellis

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It’s normal to harbour doubts and fears – even without the added pressure of the disruption caused by a worldwide pandemic.
Anxiety, fear and dread are unwanted bedfellows

I don’t know how many people wake up with a sense of dread in the mornings. The number must be higher than usual at this time of disruption – but it h(...)

We wonder what our colleagues, boss, subordinates, children think about us. Photograph: iStock
Do we think too much about what other people think of us?

“I wonder if he ever thinks about me?” The question is asked by a woman in a documentary about people who go missing in Japan (it’s on YouTube as “Jap(...)

If your family demand you consistently come top of your class, you might be wise not to take that demand seriously. But are you sure they are even demanding this?
Great expectations: Perhaps you should lower yours?

In separate conversations in Dublin and Belfast recently, high levels of stress among third-level students came up. Some of those I spoke to attribute(...)

It’s often their imperfections and departures from the norm that make people memorable.
Perfectionism robs people of pleasure in their own success

A child comes home with an assignment for which the teacher has given a mark of 90 per cent and shows it proudly to the parents. They respond by askin(...)

The wisdom of the centuries can be heard on a bus. Photograph: iStock
The wisdom of Buddha on the 123 bus

I was reminded of the wisdom of the centuries on the 123 bus in Dublin the other day when listening to two young men having an argument. It appeared (...)

The Patient Gloria: Gina Moxley’s play doesn’t feel like a breakthrough
The Patient Gloria review: Revisiting therapy as an exorcising scream

THE PATIENT GLORIA Peacock stage, Abbey Theatre ★ ★ In the second of her three counselling sessions, filmed for the 1965 educational movie Three Appr(...)

Liv O’Donoghue in The Patient Gloria
Theatre of the week: Misogynistic therapy, and a neglected Sean O’Casey play

The Patient Gloria Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage, Dublin. Previews Sep 28 Opens Sep 29-Oct 6 8pm €25 abbeytheatre.ie In 1964, Gloria Szymanski decide(...)

Your faults and virtues are shared by millions, maybe billions, of other people at this moment. Photograph: iStock
How to silence the harsh self-critic in your own head

“I can take care of other people but when it comes to myself it’s a different story.” Anybody working in mental health will have heard that statement(...)

“Most shame-attacking exercises are just silly, and that’s the point of them . . . when nothing terrible happens, the person experiences less anxiety in facing the world in future.” Illustration: Hong Li/Getty Images
Get over yourself: how to conquer social anxiety fears

A young Italian woman recently drew a lot of attention in Bologna by going out to do her shopping without any clothes on. Naturally she was filmed on (...)

I have always been intrigued by people who can apparently brush off levels of stress that would have most of us pulling the bed clothes over our heads until further notice. Photograph: iStock
Ride those waves of stress – you might enjoy it

I am not a big fan of stressful circumstances. My natural tendency has been to shrink away from them even though this usually turns out not to work in(...)

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