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

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1# # # # # T S U G S I D E Z I R A L O P
2# # # W O R T H L E S S # # # # # # # #
3# # # # # # # # E # # U C # # # # # # #
4S # T O # # # # L # N # I N F E R I O R
5D Y # S V # # # B L # # H # G # # # # #
6# E A D U E # # I # # # P # N O B O D Y
7# # N W A M R K R # # O O # I D I O T #
8E # # I L B E G R # I # R # D A N G E R
9# T # # U A # # E N # # T R A P P E D E
10# # U # B R # # T N # # S # E # E # # T
11# # # L # R # L # # E # A # R # N # # A
12# # E # O A E # # # # R T # - # O # # I
13# # # # # S H O U L D S A # D # Y # # L
14# # # # S S B T O N N A C L N # R # # I
15# # # # # E T A U Q E D A N I # E # # M
16# # # # # D I S A S T E R # M Z V # # U
17# # # N E G A T I V E # S S E L E P O H
18# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
19# E R U L I A F O O L I S H # # # # # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  815nw
ALWAYS  69nw
BAD  68nw
CANNOT  1314w
CATASTROPHIC  1313n
DANGER  158e
DISASTER  616e
DISGUST  121w
EMBARRASSED  66s
EVERYONE  1717n
FAILURE  819w
FOOLISH  819e
HOPELESS  2017w
HUMILIATE  2017n
IDIOT  157e
INADEQUATE  1515w
INFERIOR  134e
MIND-READING  1515n
MUST  67nw
NEGATIVE  417e
NOBODY  156e
OVERGENERALIZE  1111se
POINTLESS  136sw
POLARIZED  201w
RUINED  610nw
SHOULDS  613e
TERRIBLE  910n
TRAPPED  139e
UNLIKEABLE  123sw
WORTHLESS  52e