Crashout

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When searching Reddit for content regarding daily practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I came across a subjectively humorous anecdote. In the post featuring a 2011 Walt Disney Animation Studios rendition of Winnie the Pooh, the following dialogue unfolds:

Piglet: [Pooh, Rabbit, Owl, Eeyore, Kanga and Roo are trapped in a hole and Piglet gets a rope - only to cut it up into six pieces] And six! There! Now we can ALL get out!

Pooh: How very thoughtful you are, Piglet.

Rabbit: [loses patience] Good grief! Tie them together, Piglet! Can you tie a knot?

Piglet: I cannot.

Rabbit: Ah, so you CAN knot.

Piglet: No. I cannot knot.

Rabbit: [in disbelief] Not knot?

Pooh: Who’s there?

Rabbit: Pooh!

Pooh: Pooh who?

Rabbit: No! Pooh… eh… Piglet, you’ll need more than two knots.

Piglet: Not possible.

Owl: Ah, so it IS possible to knot those pieces.

Piglet: Not these pieces!

Pooh: Yes. Knot those pieces.

Piglet: Why not?

Eeyore: ‘Cause it’s all for naught.

Responding to clever wordplay from the clip which was featured in the Reddit post, one Redditor stated, “Rabbit is about to crash the fuck out.” For the uninitiated, one source clarifies:

About

Crashout, also written Crash Out and in other tenses like Crashed Out and Crashing Out, is an AAVE [African American Vernacular English] slang term common on TikTok that defines a reckless individual who seeks altercations. Crashouts repeatedly jeopardize their body, life and future because they don’t care about the consequences, implying that they’re already broken.

“Crash out” is also used as a verb to describe the outbursts. Crashouts are portrayed in videos and memes as unstable, often ruining events and activities with aggressive behavior. The slang term gained predominant usage in early 2024. It’s said to originate from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, popularized by rappers from the area like NBA YoungBoy. Online, the word has been used synonymously to “meltdown”.

Origin

Per definitions on Urban Dictionary, “crash out” was first used in Baton Rouge, LA, and it derives from the term “crash dummy.” Following this, the first rapper to use “crash out” in a viral song was Baton Rouge rapper NBA YoungBoy in his 2017 song “Stepped On” via the lyric “Crash out if I’m nervous.”

Non-viral usage of the slang term dates back to 2013 on Twitter / X. Many of the early adopters were from the American south in places like Montgomery, AL, Memphis, TN and Houston, TX.

The cited source refers to a “meltdown” which in REBT refers to a self-disturbed outcome. To illustrate how Rabbit self-upset regarding the Reddit anecdote, context is needed concerning the ABC model.

Specifically, REBT uses the ABC model to illustrate that when an undesirable Action occurs and you Believe an unhelpful narrative about the event, it’s your unfavorable assumption, not the occurrence itself, that causes an unpleasant Consequence. This is known as self-disturbance.

Bear in mind that from a psychological standpoint, people disturb themselves using a Belief-Consequence (B-C) connection. Of course, this isn’t to suggest that in the context of the naturalistic or physical world there is no Action-Consequence (A-C) connection.

For instance, when Pooh, Rabbit, Owl, Eeyore, Kanga and Roo fell into a hole (Action), they were trapped by walls of earth (Consequence). Yet, this A-C experience didn’t cause Rabbit’s crashout. Rather, a B-C connection better explains how this occurred.

As an example, when Piglet is unable to tie a knot while also mixing up terms (Action), Rabbit unhelpfully Believes, “This matter shouldn’t be so challenging, as it’s terrible when others are so worthlessly inept, and I can’t stand this situation,” as he then crashes out (Consequence).

Addressing how people upset themselves with unhelpful attitudes, the ABC model incorporates Disputation of unproductive philosophies of life in order to explore Effective new beliefs. Whereas rigid beliefs cause self-disturbance, flexible beliefs result in an un-disturbed condition.

From time to time, I enjoy altering terms of the ABC model. Regarding the current post, I invite you to consider that when an undesirable Action occurs and you Believe something unfavorable, it’s your unproductive philosophy of life, not the event itself, that causes an unpleasant Crashout.

Because Rabbit caused his own crashout with an unaccommodating attitude, the Hundred Acre Wood character is also able to un-disturb himself by challenging the nonsense he’s believed. The same psychoeducational lesson applies to you. That is, unless you prefer crashouts to sanity.

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