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

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5# # Y S E V E R Y O N E S # # # # # F #
6# # # A U Z S D L U O H S # # # # # O #
7# # # # W M I N D - R E A D I N G # O #
8# # # # # L N L C # # # R I N E # S L #
9# # # # # # A # A # D # R S F G # S I #
10T E E # # # D # T R # A A G E A # E S #
11R L T # # # E # A # E # B U R T # L H #
12A B U # # # Q # S # # N M S I I # T # #
13P I L # # # U # T # # # E T O V # N # #
14P R O # # # A # R # # # # G R E # I # #
15E R S # # # T # O D E N I U R # # O # #
16D E B # # # E # P O L A R I Z E D P # #
17E T A I L I M U H O P E L E S S V # # #
18# # # # T O I D I # S S E L H T R O W #
19# # # T O N N A C # F A I L U R E # # #
20# # # # # E L B A E K I L N U # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  317n
ALWAYS  79nw
BAD  1311nw
CANNOT  919w
CATASTROPHIC  99s
DANGER  133w
DISASTER  133e
DISGUST  147s
EMBARRASSED  1313n
EVERYONE  55e
FAILURE  1119e
FOOLISH  195s
HOPELESS  917e
HUMILIATE  917w
IDIOT  918w
INADEQUATE  77s
INFERIOR  157s
MIND-READING  77e
MUST  67nw
NEGATIVE  167s
NOBODY  74e
OVERGENERALIZE  1111nw
POINTLESS  1816n
POLARIZED  916e
RUINED  1515w
SHOULDS  136w
TERRIBLE  217n
TRAPPED  110s
UNLIKEABLE  1520w
WORTHLESS  1818w