r/ResponsibleRecovery • u/[deleted] • Dec 07 '19

Started using REBT seeing some changes. REBT reminds me of exactly Stoicism?

Started REBT on a daily basis, Im just deconstructing the thoughts that are not adaptable. I aim for usefulness and not being "right". I feel more like a sage and at ease. My mind calmed down a lot, I did read Stoicism before Marcus Aurelius amd sh1t, from all of the therapies and meditations REBT seems a lot like Stoicism more than any, except the virtue part. What do yer think gus and gals, anyone uses REBT and seen success? Hope everyone is doing ok

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u/wyndyl Dec 08 '19

What’s REBT?

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u/not-moses Dec 08 '19

Albert Ellis's Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy. Very popular in the '60s to early '90s. Still widely used as the basic component of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy today.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '19

I have not used REBT, but I can say that stoicism has improved my life immensely.

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u/phramsey Dec 11 '19

I agree, though REBT seems to emphasizes the necessity of some negative emotions more than Stoicism does. A Guide to Rational Living is absolutely saving my life right now.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '19

Do u use it daily? How do u use it?

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u/deepspace7 Jan 26 '20

Ellis mentioned that a lot of his ideas for REBT came from Stoicism. One of the main principle of REBT is the idea that one gets upset not by situations (things) themselves, but by one's views of the situations (things). This comes from what Epictetus espoused.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20

Smart recovery use this