I ran across this and found it interesting. What do you all think of it?
Irrational idea 1: The idea that you must have love or approval from all the people you find significant.
Irrational idea 2: You must prove thoroughly competent, adequate (or you must atleast have competence or talent in some important area.
Irrational idea 3: The idea that when people act obnoxiously and unfairly, you should blame and damn them, and see them as bad, wicked or rotten individuals.
Irrational idea 4: The idea that you have to view things as awful, terrible, horrible and catastrophic when you get seriously frustrated, are treated unfairly, or are rejected.
Irrational Idea 5: The idea that if something seems dangerous or fearsome, you must preocculpy yourself with it and make yourself anxious about it.
Irrational idea 6: The idea that emotional misery comes from external pressures and that you have little ability to control or change your feelings.
Irrational idea 7: The idea that you can more easily avoid facing many life difficulties and self-responsibilities than undertake more rewarding forms of self-discipline.
Irrational idea 8: The idea that your past remains all-important and that because something once strongly influenced your life, it has to keep determining your feelings and behavior today.
Irrational idea 9: The idea that people and things should turn out better than they do and that you must view it as awful and horrible if you do not find good solutions to life's grim realities.
Irrational idea 10: The idea that you can acheive maximum human happiness by inertia and inaction or by passively and uncommittedly "enjoying yourself."
Some of these are very similar to the CBT list. What is the difference between CBT and Rational Emotive Therapy? Are they related in some way?