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

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1# # # # E # # # # # H S I L O O F # # #
2# # # R T # # E V I T A G E N # # # # #
3# # # O A B S O L U T E # # # # # # # #
4# # # I I # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
5# # # R L # # # # E N O Y R E V E # # #
6# # # E I # # # # # # T S U M Z # # # #
7# # # F M E T A U Q E D A N I S # # T #
8# # # N U # # # # # # # # L N D # # S #
9# # C I H P O R T S A T A C D L # # U #
10# E A D O O D # # # # R # # - U # # G #
11# R N I P L E # # # E # E # R O # # S #
12P U N O E A N # # N # L # # E H # # I #
13O L O T L R I R E M B A R R A S S E D #
14I I T Y E I U G E I A # # L D # # # I #
15N A # D S Z R # R G D # W # I # # # S #
16T F # O S E # R # # N A # # N # # # A #
17L # # B V D E # # # Y A # # G # # # S #
18E # W O R T H L E S S # D E P P A R T #
19S # U N L I K E A B L E # # # # # # E #
20S # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # R #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  53e
ALWAYS  1513sw
BAD  1113s
CANNOT  39s
CATASTROPHIC  139w
DANGER  1318nw
DISASTER  1913s
DISGUST  1913n
EMBARRASSED  913e
EVERYONE  175w
FAILURE  216n
FOOLISH  171w
HOPELESS  59s
HUMILIATE  59n
IDIOT  49s
INADEQUATE  157w
INFERIOR  49n
MIND-READING  157s
MUST  156w
NEGATIVE  152w
NOBODY  419n
OVERGENERALIZE  1111ne
POINTLESS  112s
POLARIZED  69s
RUINED  715n
SHOULDS  1613n
TERRIBLE  618ne
TRAPPED  1918w
UNLIKEABLE  319e
WORTHLESS  418e