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

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2# # # # # # # # # # # # # # E # V # # #
3# # # F O O L I S H # # # # P # I # # #
4# # # A # # # # # # # # # # P # T # # #
5# # # I E P O I N T L E S S A # A # # #
6# # R L V Z M U S T # # # # R # G # # #
7# # E U E S I N A D E Q U A T E E # # #
8# E T R R D N L E L B A E K I L N U # #
9# T S E Y L D C A T A S T R O P H I C #
10# A A # O U - # # R # # # # D O O N A #
11# I S # N O R # E # E # # # E L P F N #
12# L I # E H E # # L # N # # N A E E N #
13# I D E S S A R R A B M E # I R L R O #
14# M # # # L D # # B A I # G U I E I T #
15# U # # W I I # # S D # R # R Z S O # #
16# H # A S D N O B O D Y # R # E S R # #
17# # Y G I # G # # L # # # # E D V # # #
18# S U O # # # # # U S S E L H T R O W #
19# S T # # # # # # T # # # # # # # # # #
20T # # # # # # # # E # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  1013s
ALWAYS  713sw
BAD  1113s
CANNOT  199s
CATASTROPHIC  99e
DANGER  151w
DISASTER  313n
DISGUST  714sw
EMBARRASSED  1313w
EVERYONE  55s
FAILURE  43s
FOOLISH  43e
HOPELESS  179s
HUMILIATE  216n
IDIOT  715sw
INADEQUATE  77e
INFERIOR  189s
MIND-READING  77s
MUST  76e
NEGATIVE  178n
NOBODY  716e
OVERGENERALIZE  1111nw
POINTLESS  65e
POLARIZED  169s
RUINED  1515n
SHOULDS  613n
TERRIBLE  1618nw
TRAPPED  157n
UNLIKEABLE  188w
WORTHLESS  1818w