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Low frustration tolerance

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Proponents of Albert Ellis' Rational Emotive Therapy cite a condition they call low frustration tolerance, or "short-term hedonism" in order to explain why people procrastinate, why some are quick to anger, and other apparently paradoxical or self-defeating behaviors. It is defined as seeking immediate pleasure or avoidance of pain at the cost of long-term stress.

The opposite condition is said to be "high frustration tolerance."

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