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

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1# # # D I S G U S T # # # # # # # # # #
2# # # # E # # E H S I L O O F # # # # #
3# # E W # P # # T # P O I N T L E S S R
4H # L O # # P # # U # # E # # # # # E S
5U # B R V D # A # # L G # # G # # G Y #
6M # A T # E # # R # A O # # N # N A # #
7I # E H # Z R # # T # # S # I A W # # #
8L # K L # I # G I D I O T B D L # # # #
9I # I E # R # V E M B A R R A S S E D #
10A # L S # A E # # N # A # # E H E # I #
11T # N S # L # # # # E # D # R O N # S #
12E # U # # O D E N I U R # # - U O # A #
13R # C I H P O R T S A T A C D L Y # S #
14R # A N O # # # # # # # # L N D R # T #
15I # N F P E T A U Q E D A N I S E # E #
16B # N E E # # # # # # # # O M Z V # R #
17L # O R L # # # # # # # # B U # E # # #
18E # T I E # # # # # # # # O S # # # # #
19# # # O S # # # # # # # # D T # # # # #
20# # # R S F A I L U R E # Y # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  159nw
ALWAYS  159ne
BAD  119se
CANNOT  313s
CATASTROPHIC  1313w
DANGER  158ne
DISASTER  199s
DISGUST  41e
EMBARRASSED  99e
EVERYONE  1717n
FAILURE  620e
FOOLISH  152w
HOPELESS  513s
HUMILIATE  14s
IDIOT  98e
INADEQUATE  1515w
INFERIOR  413s
MIND-READING  1515n
MUST  1516s
NEGATIVE  143sw
NOBODY  1415s
OVERGENERALIZE  1111se
POINTLESS  113e
POLARIZED  613n
RUINED  1212w
SHOULDS  169s
TERRIBLE  111s
TRAPPED  107nw
UNLIKEABLE  312n
WORTHLESS  44s