Automatic Thoughts

ABSOLUTE
ALWAYS
BAD
CANNOT
CATASTROPHIC
DANGER
DISASTER
DISGUST
EMBARRASSED
EVERYONE
FAILURE
FOOLISH
HOPELESS
HUMILIATE
IDIOT
INADEQUATE
INFERIOR
MIND-READING
MUST
NEGATIVE
NOBODY
OVERGENERALIZE
POINTLESS
POLARIZED
RUINED
SHOULDS
TERRIBLE
TRAPPED
UNLIKEABLE
WORTHLESS

Thoughts that often occur relate to our overestimating or exaggerating the actual threat and underestimating or minimising our ability to cope:  I'm in danger right now  The worst possible scenario is going to happen  I won't be able to cope with it...Can you recognize some of your automatic thoughts...

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O Q X J Y J X R A Y V E E B M X L D G Q
E E T B E C Z Q E A D S S E L T N I O P
S L N T T T U T J T Q O G L E R B D O O
D Y B O R U U F D B S K B R Y A W I R L
S L F A V X R L L E S A R O G P X O E A
T Y E U E E M F O E N I S K N P X T G R
D J A L D K R Q W S B I A I I E B L N I
M U W W O H I G Q L B V U W D D P M A Z
D E X P L S O L E M B A R R A S S E D E
G E V I T A G E N N A A I N E H Z Q I D
H U M I L I A T E U E N D Q R O F Z S N
Y L B M V L W J I X T R I P - U K T G F
J X C I H P O R T S A T A C D L X V U N
A G A N O O R Q K O A M D L N D J L S K
F Z N F P E T A U Q E D A N I S J Z T E
R P N E E T H Q M I T T S U M Z S H Y F
L G O R L Y L C G E N O Y R E V E Z F E
V D T I E B E F O O L I S H V X X J T P
M M X O S Z S Q E R U L I A F O M Y R P
Z K H R S B S D R W J M G R I I Z H O L
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Answer Key for Automatic Thoughts

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1# # # # # # # R # Y # # # # # # # # # #
2E # # # E # # # E # D S S E L T N I O P
3# L # # # T # # # T # O # # E R # D # O
4# # B O # # U # D # S # B R # A # I R L
5S # # A V # # L # E # A R O G P # O E A
6# Y # # E E # # O # N I S # N P # T G R
7# # A # # K R # # S B I # I I E # # N I
8# # # W # # I G # L B # U # D D # # A Z
9# # # # L # # L E M B A R R A S S E D E
10# E V I T A G E N N # A # # E H # # I D
11H U M I L I A T E U E # D # R O # # S #
12# # # # # # W # # # # R # # - U # # G #
13# # C I H P O R T S A T A C D L # # U #
14# # A N O # R # # # # # # L N D # # S #
15# # N F P E T A U Q E D A N I S # # T #
16# # N E E # H # # # # T S U M Z # # # #
17# # O R L # L # # E N O Y R E V E # # #
18# # T I E # E F O O L I S H # # # # # #
19# # # O S # S # E R U L I A F # # # # #
20# # # R S # S # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  129nw
ALWAYS  610nw
BAD  119se
CANNOT  313s
CATASTROPHIC  1313w
DANGER  199n
DISASTER  158nw
DISGUST  199s
EMBARRASSED  99e
EVERYONE  1717w
FAILURE  1519w
FOOLISH  818e
HOPELESS  513s
HUMILIATE  111e
IDIOT  182s
INADEQUATE  1515w
INFERIOR  413s
MIND-READING  1515n
MUST  1516w
NEGATIVE  910w
NOBODY  156nw
OVERGENERALIZE  1111se
POINTLESS  202w
POLARIZED  202s
RUINED  149nw
SHOULDS  169s
TERRIBLE  162sw
TRAPPED  162s
UNLIKEABLE  1011nw
WORTHLESS  713s