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

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1# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
2# # # R S H U M I L I A T E # # # # # #
3# # # O S # # # # # # # # E # # # # # #
4F # # I E V E R Y O N E # # R # # # # #
5O # # R L # # # F A I L U R E R E # # #
6O # # E E L B A E K I L N U M Z I # # #
7L # # F P E T A U Q E D A N I S # B # #
8I # # N O B O D Y # # # # L N D # # L #
9S # C I H P O R T S A T A C D L I # # E
10H # A # # O D # # # # R T # - U # O # #
11# # N S # L E # # # E S # # R O # # T #
12# S N S # A N # # N U # # # E H # # # #
13# S O E # R I # E M B A R R A S S E D #
14# E T L # I U G # A L # # B D # # # I #
15# L # H # Z R # D W # D S I I # # # S #
16# T # T # E # # A # A O S # N # # # A #
17# N # R V D # Y # N L G # # G # # # S #
18# I # O # # S # G U U # D E P P A R T #
19# O # W # # # E T S # N E G A T I V E #
20# P # # # # R E T # # # # # # # # # R #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  1513sw
ALWAYS  1213sw
BAD  1113sw
CANNOT  39s
CATASTROPHIC  139w
DANGER  1215sw
DISASTER  1913s
DISGUST  1514sw
EMBARRASSED  913e
EVERYONE  54e
FAILURE  95e
FOOLISH  14s
HOPELESS  59n
HUMILIATE  62e
IDIOT  157se
INADEQUATE  157w
INFERIOR  49n
MIND-READING  157s
MUST  1013ne
NEGATIVE  1219e
NOBODY  48e
OVERGENERALIZE  1111ne
POINTLESS  220n
POLARIZED  69s
RUINED  715n
SHOULDS  1613n
TERRIBLE  132se
TRAPPED  1918w
UNLIKEABLE  146w
WORTHLESS  418n