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

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1# # # E R U L I A F O O L I S H # # # #
2# # R # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
3# # E # # S E T U L O S B A # # # W # #
4# # T # # D U N L I K E A B L E # O # #
5# # S # # L G # # # # # # # # D V R # H
6S # A # # U N E G A T I V E # E S T # U
7S # S # # O I N F E R I O R R Z S H # M
8E # I # # H D A N G E R # G U I E L # I
9L Y D E S S A R R A B M E # I R L E # L
10T # D # # L E # # A # N # # N A E S # I
11N # # O W # R # D # E # # # E L P S # A
12I # # A B # - # # R # # # # D O O # # T
13O D Y # # O D C A T A S T R O P H I C E
14P S I # # I N L # # # # # # # # # A # R
15# # # O S # I N A D E Q U A T E N # # R
16# # # G T Z M U S T # # # # # N # # # I
17# # U # E V E R Y O N E # # O # # # # B
18# S # # # # # # # # # # # T # # # # # L
19T # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # E
20# D E P P A R T # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  143w
ALWAYS  79sw
BAD  119sw
CANNOT  1913sw
CATASTROPHIC  913e
DANGER  78e
DISASTER  39n
DISGUST  713sw
EMBARRASSED  139w
EVERYONE  517e
FAILURE  101w
FOOLISH  101e
HOPELESS  1713n
HUMILIATE  205s
IDIOT  112se
INADEQUATE  715e
INFERIOR  77e
MIND-READING  715n
MUST  716e
NEGATIVE  76e
NOBODY  714nw
OVERGENERALIZE  1111sw
POINTLESS  114n
POLARIZED  1613n
RUINED  157s
SHOULDS  69n
TERRIBLE  2012s
TRAPPED  820w
UNLIKEABLE  74e
WORTHLESS  184s