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

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1# # # # S S E L T N I O P # # # # # # #
2# # # # # # # E E # # # # F A I L U R E
3# # T # # # R G D I S G U S T # # # # #
4# # # O # R A # E # # # # D E P P A R T
5# # # # I T # # S E N O Y R E V E # # R
6# # # B I D # # S H O U L D S Z # # E O
7# # L V G N I D A E R - D N I M # G # I
8# E E # O # I B R # # # C L N # N E # R
9# # # B # S S # R # # # A E A A # T # E
10# # O # A O # # A # # R T L D # # A # F
11# D # S L # # L B # E # A B E F # I # N
12Y # T U # # W A M N # # S A Q O # L # I
13# E T # # A D U E # # # T E U O # I # #
14R E # # Y # S G # # # # R K A L # M # #
15# # # S # T R U I N E D O I T I # U # #
16# # # # D E Z I R A L O P L E S # H # #
17# # # # V S S E L E P O H N # H # # # #
18# # W O R T H L E S S # I U # # # # # #
19# # # # # # # T O N N A C # # # # # # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  97sw
ALWAYS  910sw
BAD  911sw
CANNOT  1319w
CATASTROPHIC  139s
DANGER  1510ne
DISASTER  87sw
DISGUST  93e
EMBARRASSED  913n
EVERYONE  175w
FAILURE  142e
FOOLISH  1611s
HOPELESS  1317w
HUMILIATE  1816n
IDIOT  77nw
INADEQUATE  157s
INFERIOR  2012n
MIND-READING  157w
MUST  912sw
NEGATIVE  101sw
NOBODY  67sw
OVERGENERALIZE  1111ne
POINTLESS  131w
POLARIZED  1316w
RUINED  715e
SHOULDS  96e
TERRIBLE  91sw
TRAPPED  204w
UNLIKEABLE  1418n
WORTHLESS  418e