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

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3# # # # # P O I N T L E S S T # # # # #
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5E Y D O B O N E G A T I V E U # E # # #
6T E R R I B L E # # # # # # M Z V # # #
7A I # # # E T A U Q E D A N I # E # T #
8I N # U N L I K E A B L E L N # R # S #
9L F C I H P O R T S A T A C D # Y # U #
10I E A # O O D # # # # R # # - # O # G #
11M R N S P L E # # # E # D # R # N # S #
12U I N S E A N # # N # A # # E # E # I #
13H O O E L R I # E M B A R R A S S E D F
14# R T L E I U G # T L # # B D H # # I A
15# # # H S Z R # O W # # S A I O # # S I
16# # # T S E # I A # # O N # N U # # A L
17# # # R V D D Y # # L G # # G L # # S U
18# # # O # I S # # U E # # # # D # # T R
19# # # W # # # # T R A P P E D S # # E E
20# # # # # # # E # # # F O O L I S H R #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  1513sw
ALWAYS  1213sw
BAD  1113ne
CANNOT  39s
CATASTROPHIC  139w
DANGER  1514sw
DISASTER  1913s
DISGUST  1913n
EMBARRASSED  913e
EVERYONE  175s
FAILURE  2013s
FOOLISH  1220e
HOPELESS  59s
HUMILIATE  113n
IDIOT  618ne
INADEQUATE  157w
INFERIOR  27s
MIND-READING  157s
MUST  156n
NEGATIVE  75e
NOBODY  75w
OVERGENERALIZE  1111ne
POINTLESS  63e
POLARIZED  69s
RUINED  715n
SHOULDS  1613s
TERRIBLE  16e
TRAPPED  919e
UNLIKEABLE  48e
WORTHLESS  418n