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

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1F A I L U R E # # # # # # # # # # # # H
2# # R S # # A B S O L U T E # # # # # U
3# # # E Y # # # D I S A S T E R # # # M
4# # # F G A # # E # # # # # # T O I D I
5# # # O # N W # S # # # # # # # E # # L
6# # # O # # A L S H O U L D S Z V # # I
7# # # L G N I D A E R - D N I M E # # A
8# # U I # E N I R # # # C L N U R # S T
9# # N S # G F S R # D # A # A S Y # S E
10# # L H # A E G A A # R T # D T O # E R
11# # I # # T R U B # E # A # E # N # L R
12# # K # # I I S M N # # S # Q # E # T I
13# # E # # V O T E # O # T # U # D # N B
14# # A # # E R G # # # B R # A # E # I L
15# # B # # # R U I N E D O # T # P # O E
16# # L # D E Z I R A L O P D E # P # P #
17# # E # V S S E L E P O H # Y # A # # #
18# # W O R T H L E S S # I # # # R # # #
19# # # # # # # T O N N A C # # # T # # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  72e
ALWAYS  97nw
BAD  911ne
CANNOT  1319w
CATASTROPHIC  139s
DANGER  87nw
DISASTER  93e
DISGUST  87s
EMBARRASSED  913n
EVERYONE  175s
FAILURE  11e
FOOLISH  44s
HOPELESS  1317w
HUMILIATE  201s
IDIOT  204w
INADEQUATE  157s
INFERIOR  77s
MIND-READING  157w
MUST  167s
NEGATIVE  67s
NOBODY  1012se
OVERGENERALIZE  1111ne
POINTLESS  1916n
POLARIZED  1316w
RUINED  715e
SHOULDS  96e
TERRIBLE  208s
TRAPPED  1719n
UNLIKEABLE  38s
WORTHLESS  418e