Abstract

This study wishes to present the way Protestants in Romania relate themselves to various unpleasant situations such as: illness, failure, isolation, death. In this study, there were 966 protestants between the ages of 10 and 70 years old. The study followed the protestants attitudes towards suffering, awfulizing and intolerance thoughts in suffering situations and the effects of irrational thoughts on emotional living. The study revealed that Protestants have a balanced attitude towards suffering, but teenagers 10 to 15 are very vulnerable, with high intensity of irrational thoughts and dysfunctional emotions.