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

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1# # # # # # # # # S R # # T S U G S I D
2# # # # # # # # Y E # # # # # # # # # E
3# # # # # # # A G # T T E R U L I A F P
4# # # # # # W N # # # O S # # # # # # P
5# # # # # L A # # # # # I U # # E F # A
6# # # # A D I S A S T E R D M Z V O # R
7# E # # B E T A U Q E D A N I # E O # T
8# V # # S S # T O N N A C L N # R L # E
9# I # # O S H O U L D S A # D H Y I # R
10# T # # L A E # # # # R T # - U O S E R
11# A # S U R # L # # E # A # R M N H L I
12# G # S T R # D T N # # S # E I E # B B
13# E # E E A A # E N # # T # A L # # A L
14# N # L # B # G # # I # R # D I # # E E
15# # # H # M R # # # # O O # I A # # K #
16# # # T D E Z I R A L O P # N T # # I #
17# # # R V S S E L E P O H # G E # # L #
18# # # O # R O I R E F N I Y D O B O N #
19# # # W # # # # # # # # C # D E N I U R
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  56s
ALWAYS  56ne
BAD  614ne
CANNOT  138w
CATASTROPHIC  139s
DANGER  66ne
DISASTER  66e
DISGUST  201w
EMBARRASSED  616n
EVERYONE  175s
FAILURE  193w
FOOLISH  185s
HOPELESS  1317w
HUMILIATE  169s
IDIOT  157nw
INADEQUATE  157w
INFERIOR  1318w
MIND-READING  157s
MUST  156nw
NEGATIVE  214n
NOBODY  1918w
OVERGENERALIZE  1111ne
POINTLESS  1316nw
POLARIZED  1316w
RUINED  2019w
SHOULDS  69e
TERRIBLE  207s
TRAPPED  207n
UNLIKEABLE  1919n
WORTHLESS  418n