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

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1# # P N E G A T I V E # # # # # # # # #
2# # O # # # # S # D A N G E R # # # # #
3# # I # # # # U D U N L I K E A B L E #
4# # N # # # # G E # # # D E P P A R T #
5# # T # # # # S S # # # # # # # E F E #
6# # L # # # # I S H O U L D S Z V O R #
7# # E # G N I D A E R - D N I M E O R #
8# # S # # D I B R # # # C L N U R L I #
9# # S # I S S # R # # # A # A S Y I B #
10# # # O A O # # A # # R T # D T O S L #
11# # T S L # # L B # E # A # E # N H E #
12# # T U # # W A M N # # S # Q # E # # #
13# E T # # A D # E # O # T # U # # # # #
14R E # # Y # # G # # # B R # A # # # # #
15# # # S # # R U I N E D O # T # # # # #
16# # # # D E Z I R A L O P D E # # # # #
17# # # # V S S E L E P O H # Y # # # # #
18# # W O R T H L E S S # I N F E R I O R
19# E R U L I A F # # # # C A N N O T # #
20# # # # # # # H U M I L I A T E # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  97sw
ALWAYS  910sw
BAD  911sw
CANNOT  1319e
CATASTROPHIC  139s
DANGER  102e
DISASTER  87sw
DISGUST  87n
EMBARRASSED  913n
EVERYONE  175s
FAILURE  819w
FOOLISH  185s
HOPELESS  1317w
HUMILIATE  820e
IDIOT  77sw
INADEQUATE  157s
INFERIOR  1318e
MIND-READING  157w
MUST  167s
NEGATIVE  41e
NOBODY  1012se
OVERGENERALIZE  1111ne
POINTLESS  31s
POLARIZED  1316w
RUINED  715e
SHOULDS  96e
TERRIBLE  194s
TRAPPED  194w
UNLIKEABLE  103e
WORTHLESS  418e