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

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1# T # N E G A T I V E # # # # # # # # #
2Y # S S # # S S E L T N I O P # # # E #
3# D # U Y # # # D I S A S T E R # # L #
4# # O # G A # # E # # # # # # # # # B #
5# # R B # S W # S E N O Y R E V E # I #
6# # E E O # I L S H O U L D S Z # # R #
7# # G L G N I D A E R - D N I M # # R #
8# # N B # # D # R # # # C L N E # # E #
9H # A A # # I # R # D # A # A R # # T #
10S # D E # # O # A A # R T # D U # # A #
11I # E K # # T B B # E # A # E L # # I #
12L # P I # # S # M N # # S # Q I # # L #
13O # P L # O # U E # # # T # U A # # I #
14O # A N L # S G # # # # R # A F # # M #
15F # R U # T R U I N E D O # T # # # U #
16# # T # D E Z I R A L O P # E # # # H #
17# E # # V # # # # # # # H O P E L E S S
18# # W O R T H L E S S # I N F E R I O R
19# # # # # # # # # # # # C A N N O T # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  910sw
ALWAYS  97nw
BAD  911ne
CANNOT  1319e
CATASTROPHIC  139s
DANGER  310n
DISASTER  93e
DISGUST  87nw
EMBARRASSED  913n
EVERYONE  175w
FAILURE  1614n
FOOLISH  115n
HOPELESS  1317e
HUMILIATE  1916n
IDIOT  77s
INADEQUATE  157s
INFERIOR  1318e
MIND-READING  157w
MUST  912sw
NEGATIVE  41e
NOBODY  67nw
OVERGENERALIZE  1111ne
POINTLESS  152w
POLARIZED  1316w
RUINED  715e
SHOULDS  96e
TERRIBLE  199n
TRAPPED  316n
UNLIKEABLE  415n
WORTHLESS  418e