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

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2# # R # # # # # # E # # # # # # # # # #
3# N E G A T I V E T R A P P E D # # # #
4# # T # # # # # # U S S E L H T R O W T
5# # S # # # G # # L # # # # E D V # O #
6# F A I # # N O B O D Y # R # E # I # #
7# A S N # # I # # S D # R # R Z D # # #
8# I I F # # D # # B A I # G U I # H # #
9# L D E S S A R R A B M E # I R # U # #
10# U I R E H E # # L # N # # N A # M # #
11# R S I N O R # E # E # # # E L # I # #
12# E G O O U - # # R # # # # D O # L # #
13# # U R Y L D C A T A S T R O P H I C #
14# # S # R D N L # # # # # # # # O A A #
15# # T # E S I N A D E Q U A T E P T N #
16# # # # V Z M L A # # # # # # # E E N #
17# # # # E U W N # # # # # # # # L # O #
18# # # # S A G S S E L T N I O P E # T #
19# # # T Y E # # H S I L O O F # S # # #
20# # # S R # # # # # # # # # # # S # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  109n
ALWAYS  915sw
BAD  119n
CANNOT  1913s
CATASTROPHIC  913e
DANGER  1015sw
DISASTER  39n
DISGUST  39s
EMBARRASSED  139w
EVERYONE  517n
FAILURE  26s
FOOLISH  1519w
HOPELESS  1713s
HUMILIATE  188s
IDIOT  168ne
INADEQUATE  715e
INFERIOR  46s
MIND-READING  715n
MUST  716sw
NEGATIVE  23e
NOBODY  76e
OVERGENERALIZE  1111sw
POINTLESS  1618w
POLARIZED  1613n
RUINED  157s
SHOULDS  69s
TERRIBLE  164sw
TRAPPED  103e
UNLIKEABLE  151w
WORTHLESS  184w