A: Adversity - something bad happens
B: Beliefs - we believe something is the cause or grounds for the adversity
C: Consequences - those beliefs have consequences for our emotions and our responses

With the idea that if you change your beliefs about why something is happening you change the consequences to your emotions and therefore change how you respond, there are then 2 more steps

D: Dispute - challenge the beliefs with alternative (more positive) theories about why the bad things happened
E: Energization - the changed beliefs energize you to take a new, more optimistic approach

ABCDE

The whole book "Learned Optimism" is great! Really worthwhile.

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