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

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2# U N L I K E A B L E # # # # # E # # #
3# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # G # # #
4# # W O R T H L E S S S Y A W L A # # #
5# F # # V D I S G U S T # S # # T # # #
6# A # R S E M B A R R A S S E D I # # #
7# I # O S Z R U A # # E H # T I V # # #
8# L # I E I # G S D L # O T A S E # # #
9# U # R L R # # E T # # U O U A # # # #
10# R # E E A # # N N # # L N Q S E # # #
11# E # F P L # I # # E # D N E T N # # #
12# # # N O O O # # # # R S A D E O # # #
13# # C I H P O R T S A T A C A R Y E E #
14# # # # # # # # # # # # # L N # R T L #
15# # D # G N I D A E R - D N I M E U B #
16# # E # # # A H S I L O O F D Z V L I #
17# # N # # N # # # # # # # # I # E O R #
18# # I # G # # # # # # # # # O # # S R #
19# # U E # # # # # # # # # # T # # B E #
20# # R # D E P P A R T H U M I L I A T E
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  1820n
ALWAYS  174w
BAD  86se
CANNOT  1413n
CATASTROPHIC  1313w
DANGER  815sw
DISASTER  166s
DISGUST  65e
EMBARRASSED  66e
EVERYONE  1717n
FAILURE  25s
FOOLISH  1416w
HOPELESS  513n
HUMILIATE  1220e
IDIOT  1515s
INADEQUATE  1515n
INFERIOR  413n
MIND-READING  1515w
MUST  76se
NEGATIVE  171s
NOBODY  171w
OVERGENERALIZE  1111se
POINTLESS  613ne
POLARIZED  613n
RUINED  320n
SHOULDS  136s
TERRIBLE  1920n
TRAPPED  1120w
UNLIKEABLE  22e
WORTHLESS  44e