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

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1S # # # # D # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
2Y # # # # # E # # # # # # # # # # # # #
3A # # W # # U N L I K E A B L E # # # #
4W # # O # # # # I # # # # # # # # # # #
5L # # R V D I S G U S T # S # # # # # #
6A # # T S E M B A R R A S S E D # # # #
7B # # H S Z R U A # # E H # T I # # # #
8S # # L E I # G S D L # O T A S # # # #
9O # # E L R D # E T # # U O U A # # E #
10L # # S E A # I N N # # L N Q S E # V #
11U # # S P L # I O # E # D N E T N # I #
12T # # # O O O # # T # R S A D E O # T #
13E # C I H P O R T S A T A C A R Y E A #
14R # # N # # # # # # # # # L N # R L G #
15U # # F G N I D A E R - D N I M E B E #
16L # # E # O F O O L I S H # # Z V I N #
17I # # R # B H U M I L I A T E # E R # #
18A # # I # O # # # # # # # # # # # R # #
19F # # O # D # # # # # # # # # # # E # #
20# # # R # Y R E G N A D E P P A R T # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  16s
ALWAYS  16n
BAD  86se
CANNOT  1413n
CATASTROPHIC  1313w
DANGER  1220w
DISASTER  166s
DISGUST  65e
EMBARRASSED  66e
EVERYONE  1717n
FAILURE  119n
FOOLISH  716e
HOPELESS  513n
HUMILIATE  717e
IDIOT  68se
INADEQUATE  1515n
INFERIOR  413s
MIND-READING  1515w
MUST  76se
NEGATIVE  1916n
NOBODY  615s
OVERGENERALIZE  1111se
POINTLESS  613ne
POLARIZED  613n
RUINED  116nw
SHOULDS  136s
TERRIBLE  1820n
TRAPPED  1820w
UNLIKEABLE  73e
WORTHLESS  44s