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

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2# E # # # # # # V # # # # # # # # # # #
3# G # # # # # E # # # A B S O L U T E #
4# A # # # # R # # # S S E L H T R O W #
5# T # # # Y # S # T S U G S I D V # # #
6H I # # O D E S S A R R A B M E S # # #
7S V # N H I T # H E # # A # R Z S # # #
8I E E # U S A T O # L D # G # I E # # #
9L # # # M A U O U # # T E # # R L # # #
10O # # # I S Q N L # # N N # # A E # # #
11O # # # L T E N D # E # # I # L P # # #
12F # # # I E D A S R # # # # O O O # # #
13A # # # A R A C A T A S T R O P H I C #
14I # # # T # N L # # # E R # # # # N # #
15L # # # E M I N D - R E A D I N G F # #
16U # # # U Z O A # R # L P # D # # E # #
17R # # S E B N # I # W # P # I # # R # #
18E # T # O G # B # A # # E # O # # I # #
19# # # D E # L # Y # # # D # T # # O # #
20# # Y R # E # S # # # # D E N I U R # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  123e
ALWAYS  1315sw
BAD  146sw
CANNOT  813n
CATASTROPHIC  913e
DANGER  915sw
DISASTER  66s
DISGUST  165w
EMBARRASSED  166w
EVERYONE  101sw
FAILURE  112s
FOOLISH  112n
HOPELESS  1713n
HUMILIATE  57s
IDIOT  1515s
INADEQUATE  715n
INFERIOR  1813s
MIND-READING  715e
MUST  615sw
NEGATIVE  21s
NOBODY  815sw
OVERGENERALIZE  1111sw
POINTLESS  1613nw
POLARIZED  1613n
RUINED  1820w
SHOULDS  96s
TERRIBLE  1313sw
TRAPPED  1313s
UNLIKEABLE  11e
WORTHLESS  184w