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

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4# # # # T O I D I N F E R I O R # O # #
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6# F # # # # E # P O L A R I Z E D T # #
7# O # # # # T Y O D # E # # R # E H # #
8# O # # # # A D R E # # T G # R # L # #
9# L # # # # U O T N # # E U R # # E # #
10# I # # # # Q B S I # N M I L # # S # #
11# S D # P # E O A U E # B A D O Y S E #
12F H I # O T D N T R # L A # # A S # L #
13A # S # I S A # A # E # R # W # # B B #
14I # G # N U N L C # # # R L # # # # A #
15L # U # T M I N D - R E A D I N G # E #
16U # S # L Z S D L U O H S # # # # # K #
17R # T # E V E R Y O N E S # # # # # I #
18E # # # S # # # # # # # E # # # # # L #
19# # # # S R E T S A S I D A N G E R N #
20N E G A T I V E # D E P P A R T # # U #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  1914nw
ALWAYS  1315ne
BAD  1311e
CANNOT  93e
CATASTROPHIC  913n
DANGER  1319e
DISASTER  1319w
DISGUST  311s
EMBARRASSED  139s
EVERYONE  517e
FAILURE  112s
FOOLISH  26s
HOPELESS  95e
HUMILIATE  95w
IDIOT  94w
INADEQUATE  715n
INFERIOR  94e
MIND-READING  715e
MUST  615n
NEGATIVE  120e
NOBODY  812n
OVERGENERALIZE  1111sw
POINTLESS  511s
POLARIZED  96e
RUINED  1012n
SHOULDS  1316w
TERRIBLE  186sw
TRAPPED  1620w
UNLIKEABLE  1920n
WORTHLESS  184s