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

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2# # # # # # # # # U N L I K E A B L E #
3# # # # # # # # # # # # # N # # # # # #
4# # # # # # # # H S I L O O F # # # # #
5# # # # E T E R R I B L E # # E # T # #
6# # R # V Z M # E V I T A G E N R O # #
7# # E # E # I N A D E Q U A T E Y I # #
8# # T # R # N L # # # # # # # D # D O #
9# # S # Y # D C A T A S T R O P H I C R
10# # A # O # - # # R # # # B D O O # A #
11# P S # N # R # D # E # O # E L P S N #
12# O I # E # E # # A # N # # N A E S N #
13E I D E S S A R R A B M E # I R L E O #
14R N I # # H D B # # L # U G U I E L T #
15U T S # # O I A S # # W # S R Z S H # #
16L L G # # U N # N O # # A # T E S T # #
17I E U # # L G # # G L # # Y # D V R # #
18A S S # # D # # # # E U # # S # # O # #
19F S T # # S D E P P A R T # # # # W # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # E # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  713se
ALWAYS  1013se
BAD  1113nw
CANNOT  199s
CATASTROPHIC  99e
DANGER  714se
DISASTER  313n
DISGUST  313s
EMBARRASSED  1313w
EVERYONE  55s
FAILURE  119n
FOOLISH  154w
HOPELESS  179s
HUMILIATE  81e
IDIOT  189n
INADEQUATE  77e
INFERIOR  132se
MIND-READING  77s
MUST  1213se
NEGATIVE  166w
NOBODY  1212ne
OVERGENERALIZE  1111nw
POINTLESS  211s
POLARIZED  169s
RUINED  1515n
SHOULDS  613s
TERRIBLE  65e
TRAPPED  1319w
UNLIKEABLE  102e
WORTHLESS  1818n