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.

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

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1F # E V E R Y O N E D # # # # # # # # #
2A # T R A P P E D E E # # # # # # # # #
3I # A W # # # # # L N # # # # # # # # #
4L # I O # # # D # B I N E G A T I V E #
5U # L R V D # A # I U # # S # # N # # #
6R # I T S E M B A R R A S S E D F # # #
7E # M H S Z R # # R # E H # T I E # # #
8# # U L E I # G # E L # O T A S R # T #
9# # H E L R D # E T # # U O U A I # S #
10# # # S E A # I N N # # L N Q S O # U #
11# H # S P L # I O # E # D N E T R # G #
12# S # # O O O # # T # R S A D E # # S #
13# I C I H P O R T S A T A C A R # # I #
14# L # # # # # # # # # # # L N L # # D #
15# O # # G N I D A E R - D N I M W # # #
16# O # D A N G E R # # # # O # Z U A # #
17# F # U N L I K E A B L E B # # E S Y #
18# # # # # # # # # E T U L O S B A # T S
19# # # # # # # # # # # # # D # # # # # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # Y # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  1718w
ALWAYS  1513se
BAD  86n
CANNOT  1413n
CATASTROPHIC  1313w
DANGER  416e
DISASTER  166s
DISGUST  1914n
EMBARRASSED  66e
EVERYONE  31e
FAILURE  11s
FOOLISH  217n
HOPELESS  513n
HUMILIATE  39n
IDIOT  68se
INADEQUATE  1515n
INFERIOR  174s
MIND-READING  1515w
MUST  1615se
NEGATIVE  124e
NOBODY  1415s
OVERGENERALIZE  1111se
POINTLESS  613ne
POLARIZED  613n
RUINED  116n
SHOULDS  136s
TERRIBLE  109n
TRAPPED  32e
UNLIKEABLE  417e
WORTHLESS  44s