The beliefs that we hold about ourselves and the world form the core of our emotional reactions.

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Aaron Beck
American psychiatrist who developed cognitive therapy in the 1960s. Founded the Beck Institute and died in 2021 at age 100.
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If our thinking is faulty, our emotions and actions will be faulty as well.
The way we perceive things is the way we react emotionally.