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

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1A # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
2B D A N G E R # # # # # # # # # # # # #
3S # # T O N N A C # # # # # # # # # # #
4O R O I R E F N I # S S E L H T R O W #
5L U # # # # Y # H O P E L E S S V # # P
6U N # # # # E D P O L A R I Z E D # # O
7T L # # F # T # O D E N I U R # # # # I
8E I D I O T A # R B # # # G # # # # # N
9# K # # O # U # T # O # E L B I R R E T
10# E # # L # Q # S # # N M V # # # # R L
11# A # # I # E # A # E # B # E # # A # E
12# B # # S # D # T R # A A # # R P # # S
13# L # # H I A # A # D # R # # P Y # # S
14# E # # S L N L C # # # R # E # # O # #
15# # # G W M I N D - R E A D I N G # N #
16# # U A U Z # # # # # # S H O U L D S E
17# S Y S E # # # # # # # S F A I L U R E
18T S T # # # E V I T A G E N # # # # # #
19# # # E T A I L I M U H D I S A S T E R
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  11s
ALWAYS  713sw
BAD  1311sw
CANNOT  93w
CATASTROPHIC  913n
DANGER  22e
DISASTER  1319e
DISGUST  712sw
EMBARRASSED  139s
EVERYONE  139se
FAILURE  1417e
FOOLISH  57s
HOPELESS  95e
HUMILIATE  1219w
IDIOT  28e
INADEQUATE  715n
INFERIOR  94w
MIND-READING  715e
MUST  615sw
NEGATIVE  1418w
NOBODY  1210nw
OVERGENERALIZE  1111sw
POINTLESS  205s
POLARIZED  96e
RUINED  157w
SHOULDS  1316e
TERRIBLE  209w
TRAPPED  209sw
UNLIKEABLE  25s
WORTHLESS  184w