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

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1# # H # # # # # S D L U O H S # # T # #
2# # S # S S E L T N I O P # # # S A # #
3# # I # S # # # # # E # # # # U # B # Y
4# # L # E # # # # # # G # # G # # S D #
5# # O # L # # # # # # # A S # # E O # #
6# # O # E V E R Y O N E I T M Z B L R #
7# # F # P E T A U Q E D A N I O # U E U
8# # # # O # # # # # # # # L N V # T T N
9# # C I H P O R T S A T A C D # E E S L
10# # # N # O D # # # # R # # - # # # A I
11# # D F # L E # # # E # E # R # # # S K
12# # E E # A N # # N # L # # E # # # I E
13T # P R # R I # E M B A R R A S S E D A
14O # P I # I U G U I A # # L D # # # # B
15N # A O # Z R S R # D # W # I D I O T L
16N # R R # E T R # # # A # # N # # # # E
17A # T # V D E # # # Y # # # G # # # # #
18C # W O R T H L E S S H U M I L I A T E
19# # # # # # # # D A N G E R # # # # # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # E R U L I A F
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  182s
ALWAYS  1513sw
BAD  1113s
CANNOT  118n
CATASTROPHIC  139w
DANGER  919e
DISASTER  1913n
DISGUST  127ne
EMBARRASSED  913e
EVERYONE  56e
FAILURE  2020w
FOOLISH  37n
HOPELESS  59n
HUMILIATE  1218e
IDIOT  1515e
INADEQUATE  157w
INFERIOR  49s
MIND-READING  157s
MUST  1013sw
NEGATIVE  102se
NOBODY  158ne
OVERGENERALIZE  1111ne
POINTLESS  132w
POLARIZED  69s
RUINED  715n
SHOULDS  151w
TERRIBLE  618ne
TRAPPED  317n
UNLIKEABLE  207s
WORTHLESS  418e