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

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1# # # # A B S O L U T E F O O L I S H #
2H # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
3U E V I T A G E N # # # C # # # # # # #
4M # W O R T H L E S S # I N F E R I O R
5I # # # V S S E L E P O H # G # # # # #
6L # # # D E Z I R A L O P # N # # # # #
7I # T S U M R # # # # # O # I D I O T #
8A # # # N B U G # # # # R # D # # # # T
9T # # P L A I # E # # # T # A L W A Y S
10E # # O I R N # # N # # S E E # # # # U
11# # # I K R E # # # E # A # R # # # # G
12# # # N E A D E P P A R T # - R # D # S
13# # # T A S H O U L D S A # D # I A # I
14# # # L B S # T O N N A C L N A # B # D
15# # # E L E T A U Q E D A N I O N # L #
16# # # S E D I S A S T E R # M Z B G # E
17# # # S # # # # # E N O Y R E V E O E #
18# # # # # # # # # # E R U L I A F # D R
19# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Y
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  51e
ALWAYS  159e
BAD  1814n
CANNOT  1314w
CATASTROPHIC  1313n
DANGER  1513se
DISASTER  616e
DISGUST  2014n
EMBARRASSED  66s
EVERYONE  1717w
FAILURE  1718w
FOOLISH  131e
HOPELESS  135w
HUMILIATE  12s
IDIOT  157e
INADEQUATE  1515w
INFERIOR  134e
MIND-READING  1515n
MUST  67w
NEGATIVE  93w
NOBODY  1514se
OVERGENERALIZE  1111se
POINTLESS  49s
POLARIZED  136w
RUINED  77s
SHOULDS  613e
TERRIBLE  139se
TRAPPED  1312w
UNLIKEABLE  57s
WORTHLESS  44e