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

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1# T # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
2Y # S S # # # # # # D # # # # E # # # #
3# D T U Y # # # D # E F A I L U R E # #
4# # O O G A # # E # N # # B # # # # T #
5# # # B I S W # P # I # I # # # E S # H
6# # # # O D I L P # U R # # # Z U # # U
7# # # # G N I D A E R - D N I M # # # M
8# # # # # # # # R E # D # L N # # # # I
9# # C I H P O R T S A T A C A R U # # L
10# E H N O O O # # N # R # A D E N # # I
11# V S F P L # I G E E # # N E T L # # A
12# I I E E A # E N N N # # N Q S I # # T
13# T L R L R R # E T # O # O U A K # # E
14# A O I E I # G # D L # Y T A S E # # #
15# G O O S Z R # A # # E # R T I A # # #
16# E F R S E M B A R R A S S E D B # # #
17# N # # V D # S D L U O H S # V L # # #
18# # W O R T H L E S S # # # # # E # # #
19# # # # # # # # # # # # A B S O L U T E
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  1319e
ALWAYS  97nw
BAD  816ne
CANNOT  149s
CATASTROPHIC  139w
DANGER  128sw
DISASTER  1616n
DISGUST  87nw
EMBARRASSED  616e
EVERYONE  1718nw
FAILURE  123e
FOOLISH  316n
HOPELESS  59s
HUMILIATE  205s
IDIOT  77nw
INADEQUATE  157s
INFERIOR  49s
MIND-READING  157w
MUST  167ne
NEGATIVE  217n
NOBODY  67nw
OVERGENERALIZE  1111ne
POINTLESS  69se
POLARIZED  69s
RUINED  117n
SHOULDS  1417w
TERRIBLE  99ne
TRAPPED  99n
UNLIKEABLE  179s
WORTHLESS  418e