Below you’ll find seven ways to stop taking things personally. 1. Understand What You Might Feel Entitled to. Psychologist Albert Ellis–the father of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT),–argued that a person is not affected emotionally by what happens around them, instead they are affected by their interpretation of what happened. Our interpretations are formed by two things, our emotions and our beliefs. Many emotions and beliefs are triggered by entitlement. Because we