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

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1N E G A T I V E # # D # # # # # # # # E
2# # # # # # # # # # E E # D E P P A R T
3# # # # E # # # # # N L # # # # # W # U
4# # # # L # # # # # I B # D # # # O # L
5# # # # B # # S # # U I # A # D V R # O
6# # # # A D E S S A R R A B M E S T # S
7# # # # E I T # H E # R # # R Z S H # B
8# # # # K S A T O # L E # G # I E L # A
9# # # # I A U O U # # T E # # R L E # #
10# # # # L S Q N L # # N N # # A E S # E
11# # T # N T E N D # E # # I # L P S # R
12# # # O U E D A S R # # # # O O O # # U
13# # # # I R A C A T A S T R O P H I C L
14# # # # # D N L H U M I L I A T E N # I
15# # # # # M I N D - R E A D I N G F # A
16# # # # U Z # # # # # # L A # O # E # F
17# # # S E V E R Y O N E W N # B # R # #
18# # T # T S U G S I D # A G # O # I # #
19# # # # # # # # # # # # Y E # D # O # #
20# # # # # F O O L I S H S R # Y # R # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  208n
ALWAYS  1315s
BAD  146n
CANNOT  813n
CATASTROPHIC  913e
DANGER  1415s
DISASTER  66s
DISGUST  1118w
EMBARRASSED  166w
EVERYONE  517e
FAILURE  2016n
FOOLISH  620e
HOPELESS  1713n
HUMILIATE  914e
IDIOT  715nw
INADEQUATE  715n
INFERIOR  1813s
MIND-READING  715e
MUST  615sw
NEGATIVE  11e
NOBODY  1615s
OVERGENERALIZE  1111sw
POINTLESS  1613nw
POLARIZED  1613n
RUINED  116n
SHOULDS  96s
TERRIBLE  129n
TRAPPED  202w
UNLIKEABLE  512n
WORTHLESS  184s