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...

Try to find all 30 words on this board.

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

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1# A B S O L U T E # # # # # # # # # T #
2# # # H S I L O O F A I L U R E # S Y #
3# # # # N E G A T I V E # # L # U D # #
4# # # # # # # # # # # # # B # G O # T S
5D E N I U R O I R E F N I # S B E S Y #
6E L B A E K I L N U # R # I O Z U A # #
7V # # # G N I D A E R - D N I M W # # #
8E # # # # # # # # E # # # L N L # # # #
9R T C I H P O R T S A T A C A R # # # #
10Y R # # O O O # # T # R S A D E E # # #
11O A # S P L # I O # E # D N E T T # # #
12N P # S E A # I N N # # L N Q S A # # #
13E P # E L R D # E T # # U O U A I # # #
14# E # L E I # G # # L # O T A S L # # #
15# D # H S Z R # # # # E H # T I I # # #
16# # # T S E M B A R R A S S E D M # # #
17# # # R V D A N G E R # # S # # U # # #
18# # # O # D # # # # # # # # # # H # # #
19# # # W # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  21e
ALWAYS  159ne
BAD  816sw
CANNOT  149s
CATASTROPHIC  139w
DANGER  617e
DISASTER  1616n
DISGUST  137ne
EMBARRASSED  616e
EVERYONE  16s
FAILURE  102e
FOOLISH  102w
HOPELESS  59s
HUMILIATE  1718n
IDIOT  614ne
INADEQUATE  157s
INFERIOR  135w
MIND-READING  157w
MUST  167ne
NEGATIVE  53e
NOBODY  147ne
OVERGENERALIZE  1111ne
POINTLESS  69se
POLARIZED  69s
RUINED  65w
SHOULDS  1316n
TERRIBLE  99ne
TRAPPED  29s
UNLIKEABLE  106w
WORTHLESS  418n