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

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1# # # Y # # # # # # # # # # # # # E D #
2# # # D # # E T U L O S B A # # # V A #
3# # # O # E T A I L I M U H # # # I N #
4# # # B # # # # # # # # # # # # # T G #
5# # # O # # # # # E N O Y R E V E A E #
6# # U N L I K E A B L E # # # Z D G R #
7# # # # G N I D A E R - D N I M E E U #
8# # # # # # # # # # # # # L N # P N I #
9# # C I H P O R T S A T A C A R P # N #
10# # # N O O O # # T # R S A D E A # E #
11# S # F P L # I O # E # D N E T R # D #
12# Y # E E A # I N N # # L N Q S T # # #
13# A # R L R D # E T # # U O U A E # # #
14# W # I E I # G S D L # O T A S R F # #
15# L # O S Z R U A # # E H # T I R A # #
16# A # R S E M B A R R A S S E D I I # #
17# # # # V D I S G U S T # S # # B L # #
18# # W O R T H L E S S # # # # # L U # #
19# # # # # # # # # H S I L O O F E R # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # E # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  142w
ALWAYS  216n
BAD  816ne
CANNOT  149s
CATASTROPHIC  139w
DANGER  191s
DISASTER  1616n
DISGUST  617e
EMBARRASSED  616e
EVERYONE  175w
FAILURE  1814s
FOOLISH  1619w
HOPELESS  59s
HUMILIATE  143w
IDIOT  614ne
INADEQUATE  157s
INFERIOR  49s
MIND-READING  157w
MUST  716ne
NEGATIVE  188n
NOBODY  46n
OVERGENERALIZE  1111ne
POINTLESS  69se
POLARIZED  69s
RUINED  196s
SHOULDS  1316n
TERRIBLE  1712s
TRAPPED  1712n
UNLIKEABLE  36e
WORTHLESS  418e