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

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1# # # # # # P O I N T L E S S # # # # #
2# # # E # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
3# # # L # # # # C A N N O T # # # W # #
4# # # B T O I D I N F E R I O R # O # #
5E # # A # # # T H O P E L E S S V R # #
6V # # E # # E R P O L A R I Z E D T # #
7I # # K # # T A O D E N I U R # E H # #
8T F # I # # A P R # # # # G # R # L # #
9A A # L # # U P T # # # E # R # # E # #
10G I # N # # Q E S # # N M I # Y # S # #
11E L # U # # E D A # E # B A D D # S E #
12N U # F # # D # T R # L A B S O L U T E
13# R # O # # A # A # E # R # # B # # A #
14# E # O # # N L C # # # R # # O # # I #
15# # # L # M I N D - R E A D I N G # L #
16# # # I U Z S D L U O H S L A # # # I #
17# # # S E V E R Y O N E S # W N # # M #
18# # T H # D I S G U S T E # # A G # U #
19# # # # # R E T S A S I D # # # Y E H #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # S R #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  1312e
ALWAYS  1315se
BAD  1311e
CANNOT  93e
CATASTROPHIC  913n
DANGER  1415se
DISASTER  1319w
DISGUST  618e
EMBARRASSED  139s
EVERYONE  517e
FAILURE  28s
FOOLISH  412s
HOPELESS  95e
HUMILIATE  1919n
IDIOT  94w
INADEQUATE  715n
INFERIOR  94e
MIND-READING  715e
MUST  615sw
NEGATIVE  112n
NOBODY  1615n
OVERGENERALIZE  1111sw
POINTLESS  71e
POLARIZED  96e
RUINED  157w
SHOULDS  1316w
TERRIBLE  186sw
TRAPPED  85s
UNLIKEABLE  411n
WORTHLESS  184s