musturbation

English

Etymology

Blend of must +‎ masturbation, coined by Dr. Albert Ellis.

Noun

musturbation (uncountable)

1. (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
   • 1999, Arthur M. Horne, Mark S. Kiselica, Handbook of Counseling Boys and Adolescent Males: A Practitioner's Guide, →ISBN:

     Once the parents get a handle on their own musturbation, then they are in better shape to help deal with their children

   • 2003, Julia Russell, Matt Jarvis, Angles on Applied Psychology, →ISBN:

     Musturbation makes us too sensitive to failure and I-can't-stand-it-itis makes even minor problems seem disastrous.

   • 2007, Albert Ellis, Windy Dryden, The Practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, →ISBN:

     Thus, Irrational Beliefs that lead to such disturbed emotions as anxiety, anger/hostility, hurt, depression, shame and embarrassment, guilt, and jealousy largely stem, according to REBT theory, from a thinking process known as musturbation.

Alternative forms

• musterbation

Coordinate terms

• oughtism