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

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1# T # # # # E T A I L I M U H R # E # #
2# S # # # # R U I N E D S # # O # V # #
3# U # # # A # # # # # # Y # # I # I # A
4# G # # P # # # # # # # A # # R # T # B
5# S # P E V E R Y O N E W # # E # A # S
6# I E # # Z # # # H S I L O O F # G # O
7# D # # # M I N D - R E A D I N G E # L
8# F # # U D N L # E L B A E K I L N U U
9# A # S I R A C A T A S T R O P H I C T
10# I T O # E D A S R # # # # O O O # # E
11# L T Y # T E N D # E # # I # L P S # #
12# U # D # S Q N L # # N N # # A E S # #
13# R # O # A U O U # # T E # # R L E # #
14# E # B # S A T O # L E # G # I E L # #
15# # # O # I T # H E # R # # R Z S H # #
16R E G N A D E S S A R R A B M E S T # #
17# # # # # # # S # # # I # # A D V R # #
18# # # # # # # # # # # B # # # D # O # #
19# # # # # # # # # # # L # # # # # W # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # E # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  203s
ALWAYS  137n
BAD  1416se
CANNOT  89s
CATASTROPHIC  99e
DANGER  616w
DISASTER  616n
DISGUST  27n
EMBARRASSED  1616w
EVERYONE  55e
FAILURE  28s
FOOLISH  166w
HOPELESS  179s
HUMILIATE  151w
IDIOT  77sw
INADEQUATE  77s
INFERIOR  168n
MIND-READING  77e
MUST  67sw
NEGATIVE  188n
NOBODY  416n
OVERGENERALIZE  1111nw
POINTLESS  169sw
POLARIZED  169s
RUINED  72e
SHOULDS  916n
TERRIBLE  1213s
TRAPPED  81sw
UNLIKEABLE  198w
WORTHLESS  1818n