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

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2# # E # # # # # # # T R A P P E D H # #
3# # L W E V I T A G E N C # # # F U # #
4D A B O # R O I R E F N I # # H A M # #
5# # A R V S S E L E P O H # Y S I I # #
6# # E T D E Z I R A L O P D E I L L C #
7# # K H E # R U I N E D O # T L U I A #
8# # I L # R # G # # # B R # A O R A N #
9# # L E # # R # E # O # T # U O E T N #
10# # N S # S # I M N # # S # Q F E E O #
11# # U S # S T # B # E # A # E # N # T #
12# # # # Y E O # A L # R T # D T O # # #
13# # # A # L I # R # E # A # A S Y # # #
14# # W # # T D # R # # # C L N U R # # #
15# L # # G N I D A E R - D N I M E D # #
16A # # # # I # # S H O U L D S Z V A # #
17# # # # # O # # S # # # # # # # E N # #
18# # # # # P # # E T U L O S B A # G # #
19# # T S U G S I D I S A S T E R # E # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # R # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  1618w
ALWAYS  116ne
BAD  34w
CANNOT  196s
CATASTROPHIC  1313n
DANGER  1815s
DISASTER  919e
DISGUST  919w
EMBARRASSED  99s
EVERYONE  1717n
FAILURE  173s
FOOLISH  1610n
HOPELESS  135w
HUMILIATE  182s
IDIOT  715n
INADEQUATE  1515n
INFERIOR  134w
MIND-READING  1515w
MUST  1615n
NEGATIVE  123w
NOBODY  1010ne
OVERGENERALIZE  1111se
POINTLESS  618n
POLARIZED  136w
RUINED  77e
SHOULDS  916e
TERRIBLE  46se
TRAPPED  112e
UNLIKEABLE  311n
WORTHLESS  44s