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

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1# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # D # #
2# # # # # # # # H S I L O O F # E S # #
3# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # N Y T # Y
4# # E # # # # # # # # # # # I A S # D R
5# # N # # T E R R I B L E U W U E O E #
6# # O # # D I S A S T E R L M Z B G # #
7# # Y # # E T A U Q E D A N I O N # # #
8# # R # S S # T O N N A C L N A E # # #
9E # E # # S H O U L D S A # D # T D # #
10V # V # T A E # # # # R T # - # A E # #
11I # E S S R # L # # E # A # R # I P A #
12T # L S U R # D T N # # S # E # L P B #
13A # B E G A A # E N # # T E A # I A S #
14G # A L S B # G # # I # R R D # M R O #
15E # E H I M R # # # # O O U I # U T L #
16N # K T D E Z I R A L O P L N D H # U #
17# # I R V S S E L E P O H I G # I # T #
18# # L O # R O I R E F N I A # # # O E #
19# # N W # # # # # # # # C F # # # # T #
20# # U # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  1911s
ALWAYS  137ne
BAD  614ne
CANNOT  138w
CATASTROPHIC  139s
DANGER  159ne
DISASTER  66e
DISGUST  516n
EMBARRASSED  616n
EVERYONE  311n
FAILURE  1419n
FOOLISH  152w
HOPELESS  1317w
HUMILIATE  1716n
IDIOT  1515se
INADEQUATE  157w
INFERIOR  1318w
MIND-READING  157s
MUST  156ne
NEGATIVE  116n
NOBODY  158ne
OVERGENERALIZE  1111ne
POINTLESS  1316nw
POLARIZED  1316w
RUINED  136ne
SHOULDS  69e
TERRIBLE  65e
TRAPPED  1815n
UNLIKEABLE  320n
WORTHLESS  418n