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

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2# # # # # F # E E # # # # # # # # E # #
3# # # W # # A # T T R A P P E D # R # #
4# # # O # # S I # U S # # # # # # R R #
5# # # R V D # Y L # L A # # G # # I E #
6# # # T # E # # A U # O S # N # # B G #
7# # # H # Z R # D W R # S I I # # L N #
8# # T L # I # G # A L E # B D # # E A #
9# # O E # R # # E M B A R R A S S E D #
10# U N S # A # # # N # # # # E H # # I #
11# N N S # L # # # D E N I U R O # # S #
12# L A F O O L I S H # R # # - U # # G #
13# I C I H P O R T S A T A C D L # # U #
14# K # N O B O D Y # # # # L N D # # S #
15# E # F P E T A U Q E D A N I S # # T #
16# A # E E # # O # # # T S U M Z # # # #
17# B # R L # # # I E N O Y R E V E # # #
18# L # I E # # # # D P O I N T L E S S #
19# E # O S N E G A T I V E # # # # # # #
20# # # R S # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  159nw
ALWAYS  129nw
BAD  119nw
CANNOT  313n
CATASTROPHIC  1313w
DANGER  199n
DISASTER  158nw
DISGUST  199s
EMBARRASSED  99e
EVERYONE  1717w
FAILURE  62se
FOOLISH  412e
HOPELESS  513s
HUMILIATE  111e
IDIOT  1119nw
INADEQUATE  1515w
INFERIOR  413s
MIND-READING  1515n
MUST  1516w
NEGATIVE  619e
NOBODY  414e
OVERGENERALIZE  1111se
POINTLESS  1118e
POLARIZED  613n
RUINED  1511w
SHOULDS  169s
TERRIBLE  181s
TRAPPED  103e
UNLIKEABLE  210s
WORTHLESS  44s