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

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1F O O L I S H # # # # # # # # # # # # #
2A # A B S O L U T E # # # # # # # # # #
3I # # # # # # # # # # # C # # I # # # #
4L # W O R T H L E S S # I U # N # # # #
5U # # # V S S E L E P O H N G F # # # #
6R # # # D E Z I R A L O P L N E # # # #
7E # T S U M R # D # # O O I I R # # # #
8# # # D A B # G # I I # R K D I # # # R
9S Y A W L A # # E N O # T E A O # # E #
10# E L B I R R E T N # T S A E R E G # #
11# # # # # R # L # # E # A B R # N # E #
12# # # # U A E # # # # R T L - A O # V #
13T # # I # S H O U L D S A E D # Y # I #
14# S N # S S # T O N N A C L N # R # T #
15# E U # # E T A U Q E D A N I # E # A #
16D # # G # D I S A S T E R # M Z V # G #
17# # # # S # # # # # # # # # # # E # E #
18# # # # # I # # # # # # # Y D O B O N #
19# # # # # # D # E T A I L I M U H # # #
20# # # # D E P P A R T # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  32e
ALWAYS  69w
BAD  68w
CANNOT  1314w
CATASTROPHIC  1313n
DANGER  1513ne
DISASTER  616e
DISGUST  719nw
EMBARRASSED  66s
EVERYONE  1717n
FAILURE  11s
FOOLISH  11e
HOPELESS  135w
HUMILIATE  1719w
IDIOT  86se
INADEQUATE  1515w
INFERIOR  163s
MIND-READING  1515n
MUST  67w
NEGATIVE  1918n
NOBODY  1918w
OVERGENERALIZE  1111se
POINTLESS  136sw
POLARIZED  136w
RUINED  611sw
SHOULDS  613e
TERRIBLE  910w
TRAPPED  1120w
UNLIKEABLE  144s
WORTHLESS  44e