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...

Try to find all 30 words on this board.

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

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2# # # # Y # # # # E # # # E # E # # # #
3# # # W # A # # # L # # N # # G # # # #
4# # # O # D W # # B # I # # # N # E # #
5# # # R V D A L # I U # # S # A # L # #
6# # # T S E M B A R R A S S E D # B # #
7# # # H S Z R U # R # E H # T I # A # #
8# # # L E I # G S E L # O T A S # E # #
9# # # E L R D # E T # # U O U A # K E #
10# # # S E A # I N N # # L N Q S E I T #
11# # # S P L # I O # E # D N E T N L U #
12# # # # O O O # # T # R S A D E O N L #
13# # C I H P O R T S A T A C A R Y U O #
14E H # N O B O D Y # # # # L N # R # S #
15R S # F G N I D A E R - D N I M E # B #
16U I # E # E V I T A G E N # # Z V # A #
17L L # R # # # # # # # # # # # # E # # #
18I O # I # # # E T A I L I M U H # # # #
19A O # O # # T S U G S I D E P P A R T #
20F F # R # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  1916n
ALWAYS  96nw
BAD  86nw
CANNOT  1413n
CATASTROPHIC  1313w
DANGER  166n
DISASTER  166s
DISGUST  1319w
EMBARRASSED  66e
EVERYONE  1717n
FAILURE  120n
FOOLISH  220n
HOPELESS  513n
HUMILIATE  1618w
IDIOT  68se
INADEQUATE  1515n
INFERIOR  413s
MIND-READING  1515w
MUST  76se
NEGATIVE  1316w
NOBODY  414e
OVERGENERALIZE  1111se
POINTLESS  613ne
POLARIZED  613n
RUINED  106ne
SHOULDS  136s
TERRIBLE  109n
TRAPPED  1919w
UNLIKEABLE  1813n
WORTHLESS  44s