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

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2# # # # # # # P O I N T L E S S # # E #
3T Y # # # # # # # E R U L I A F # # T #
4# S D # # # # # # # # E T U L O S B A #
5# # U O E V E R Y O N E # # # T # # I #
6# D # G B Z M # R E T S A S I D S # L #
7# E A # S O I N A D E Q U A T E # U I #
8# Z # N # I N L C # L # L # E S # # M #
9# I # # G # D # A # B W # # R S E # U #
10# R # # # E - # T R A A # # R A V # H #
11# A # # # # R # A Y E # D # I R I R F #
12# L # # # # E # S # K N # # B R T U O #
13# O D E P P A R T # I # E # L A A I O #
14# P # # # # D # R # L # # G E B G N L #
15# # T O I D I # O # N # # # R M E E I #
16# # # # # # N # P # U # # # # E N D S #
17# # # # # # G # H O P E L E S S V # H #
18# R O I R E F N I # S S E L H T R O W #
19# # # T O N N A C # # S H O U L D S # #
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Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  194w
ALWAYS  147sw
BAD  119se
CANNOT  919w
CATASTROPHIC  99s
DANGER  26se
DISASTER  166w
DISGUST  79nw
EMBARRASSED  1616n
EVERYONE  55e
FAILURE  163w
FOOLISH  1911s
HOPELESS  917e
HUMILIATE  1910n
IDIOT  715w
INADEQUATE  77e
INFERIOR  918w
MIND-READING  77s
MUST  198nw
NEGATIVE  1716n
NOBODY  78nw
OVERGENERALIZE  1111nw
POINTLESS  82e
POLARIZED  214n
RUINED  1811s
SHOULDS  1219e
TERRIBLE  157s
TRAPPED  913w
UNLIKEABLE  1116n
WORTHLESS  1818w