Don't Be a Diva

Albert Ellis, the founder of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), proposed that mentally amplifying the awfulness of circumstances is what leads to neurosis. In other words, being a diva causes neurosis.

Symptoms of neurosis include anxiety, depression, rage, and any other excessive negative emotion.

REBT conditions the mind to deflate or minimize the magnitude of adversities. Doing so deflates or minimizes the magnitude of negative emotions, reducing neurosis, leading to better mental functioning, thereby leading to better physical functioning.

So don't be a diva!