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

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2# # # # E V I T A G E N O B O D Y # # R
3# # # W # T E T A I L I M U H # # # T U
4# # # O # # U # # S D E P P A R T O S L
5# # # R V D # L # # Y # # # G # I # U I
6# # # T S E # # O # # A # # N D # # G A
7# # # H S Z R # # S # # W # I # # # S F
8# # T L E I U G # # B # # L D # # # I #
9# # O E L R I # E M B A R R A S S E D #
10# S N S E A N # # N # A # # E H # # I #
11# S N S P L E # # # E # D # R O # H S #
12# E A # O O D # # # # R # # - U # S A #
13# L C I H P O R T S A T A C D L # I S #
14# T E R R I B L E # # # # L N D # L T #
15# N # # # E T A U Q E D A N I S # O E #
16# I N F E R I O R # # T S U M Z # O R #
17# O # # # # # # # E N O Y R E V E F # #
18# P E L B A E K I L N U # D A N G E R #
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Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  129nw
ALWAYS  159nw
BAD  119se
CANNOT  313n
CATASTROPHIC  1313w
DANGER  1418e
DISASTER  199s
DISGUST  199n
EMBARRASSED  99e
EVERYONE  1717w
FAILURE  207n
FOOLISH  1817n
HOPELESS  513n
HUMILIATE  153w
IDIOT  157ne
INADEQUATE  1515w
INFERIOR  216e
MIND-READING  1515n
MUST  1516w
NEGATIVE  122w
NOBODY  122e
OVERGENERALIZE  1111se
POINTLESS  218n
POLARIZED  613n
RUINED  77s
SHOULDS  169s
TERRIBLE  214e
TRAPPED  174w
UNLIKEABLE  1218w
WORTHLESS  44s