His words involuntarily returned to his most familiar mode: "You must learn to differentiate! 'Feeling bad' is real! But attributing 'feeling bad' to 'Dragon King's punishment,' that explanation is wrong! It's irrational! It's an 'irrational belief' that you need to correct!"
In the heat of the moment, the phrase "irrational belief" from the classic terminology of cognitive-behavioral therapy slipped out.
This cold and professional term was like pouring a ladle of cold water into a boiling pot of oil, instantly sparking a more intense reaction.
Professional terminology, there isn't much that laypeople can understand, they can only grasp the "part" that their cognitive foundation allows them to understand.
So their reaction to this term was to give a response based on that "part" —
"He said we're unreasonable!"
"What do you mean by irrational? I think you're talking nonsense here!"
"Get down! Stop spouting nonsense here!"
"Get out!"
