" Zettle notes, we misuse many nouns in psychology instead of verbs and thereby create semifictional entities that Kevin Everett FitzMaurice (1997) calls “thought things.” Thus we say, “My feelings upset me when panic overwhelms me when I am in closed spaces” instead of, “I upset myself by panicking when I am in closed spaces. "

― Albert Ellis , Overcoming Destructive Beliefs, Feelings, and Behaviors: New Directions for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy