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

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3S S E L T N I O P # # # D I S A S T E R
4# # T # # # # # # # # # E # # # # # # #
5# # # S E V E R Y O N E S # # # # # # #
6# # U # U Z # # # # # # S H O U L D S #
7# # N # E M I N D - R E A D I N G # D #
8# # L T V # N L C # # # R B A # # # E #
9# # I S I # A # A # # # R # S N # # P #
10# E K U T # D # T R # # A # # O G # P #
11# L E G A # E # A # E # B L # # L E A #
12# B A S G # Q # S # # N M A W # # U R #
13# I B I E T U # T # # # E # D A # # T #
14# R L D N O A # R # # # # G # # Y # # E
15# R E # # I T # O D E N I U R # # S # #
16# E # # # D E # P O L A R I Z E D # # #
17E T A I L I M U H O P E L E S S V # # #
18# R O I R E F N I # S S E L H T R O W #
19# H S I L O O F C A N N O T # # # # # #
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Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  137se
ALWAYS  1310se
BAD  1311se
CANNOT  919e
CATASTROPHIC  99s
DANGER  147se
DISASTER  133e
DISGUST  414n
EMBARRASSED  1313n
EVERYONE  55e
FAILURE  120e
FOOLISH  819w
HOPELESS  917e
HUMILIATE  917w
IDIOT  617n
INADEQUATE  77s
INFERIOR  918w
MIND-READING  77e
MUST  67nw
NEGATIVE  514n
NOBODY  141e
OVERGENERALIZE  1111nw
POINTLESS  93w
POLARIZED  916e
RUINED  1515w
SHOULDS  136e
TERRIBLE  217n
TRAPPED  1913n
UNLIKEABLE  36s
WORTHLESS  1818w