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

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2# # # # # # # # # # # E # # # # # # R #
3# # # # # # # # # # # T R A P P E D E #
4# # W O R T H L E S S U D # # # # A T #
5F # # # V # E # # U # L E # G # # N S #
6O # # # S E # R N # # O N # N # # G A S
7O # # # S # R L R # D S I # I # # E S S
8L # # # E S I G # I A B U # D # # R I E
9I # # # L K Y D E M B A R R A S S E D L
10S # # # E # # A I N # L # # E H E # P T
11H # # A P # # # W O E # E # R O N # O N
12# # B # O # # # # L T R # # - U O # L I
13# L C I H P O R T S A T A C D L Y # A O
14E # A N O B O D Y # # # # L N D R # R P
15# # N F # E T A U Q E D A N I S E # I #
16# # N E V I T A G E N # # # M Z V # Z #
17# # O R # # # # # # # # # # # U E # E #
18# # T I # # # # # # # # T S U G S I D #
19# # # O # E R U L I A F # # # # # T # #
20# # # R # # E T A I L I M U H # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  129n
ALWAYS  1113nw
BAD  119n
CANNOT  313s
CATASTROPHIC  1313w
DANGER  183s
DISASTER  199n
DISGUST  1918w
EMBARRASSED  99e
EVERYONE  1717n
FAILURE  1219w
FOOLISH  15s
HOPELESS  513n
HUMILIATE  1520w
IDIOT  78se
INADEQUATE  1515w
INFERIOR  413s
MIND-READING  1515n
MUST  1516se
NEGATIVE  1116w
NOBODY  414e
OVERGENERALIZE  1111se
POINTLESS  2014n
POLARIZED  1910s
RUINED  139n
SHOULDS  169s
TERRIBLE  64se
TRAPPED  123e
UNLIKEABLE  105sw
WORTHLESS  44e