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

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1# # # # # # # # E L B A E K I L N U # #
2H # # # # # E # # # # # # # # D # # # #
3S # # # # R # # C # # # # # # # I W # #
4I S # # U H # # I N F E R I O R # O # #
5L # Y L # U G # H O P E L E S S V R T #
6O # I A # M N # P O L A R I Z E D T # #
7O A # # W I I # O O # # # # R M I H # #
8F # # # # L D # R # I # # G # B S L # #
9# # # # # I A # T # # N E # A A G E # #
10# D # # E A E # S # # N T D # R U S # #
11# E # # N T R # A # E # # L # R S S # #
12# N # # O E - # T R # # # # E A T T E #
13# I # # Y # D # A S D L U O H S # E V #
14T U # # R # N L C A N N O T # S S R I #
15# R # # E # I N A D E Q U A T E # R T #
16# # A # V Z M O R E T S A S I D # I A #
17# # # P E # U B # # # # # # # # # B G #
18# # # # P # S O # # # # # # # # # L E #
19# # # # # E T D # A B S O L U T E E N #
20# R E G N A D Y # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  1019e
ALWAYS  79nw
BAD  168sw
CANNOT  914e
CATASTROPHIC  913n
DANGER  720w
DISASTER  1616w
DISGUST  176s
EMBARRASSED  166s
EVERYONE  517n
FAILURE  18ne
FOOLISH  18n
HOPELESS  95e
HUMILIATE  64s
IDIOT  151se
INADEQUATE  715e
INFERIOR  94e
MIND-READING  715n
MUST  716s
NEGATIVE  1919n
NOBODY  815s
OVERGENERALIZE  1111sw
POINTLESS  96se
POLARIZED  96e
RUINED  215n
SHOULDS  1613w
TERRIBLE  1812s
TRAPPED  114se
UNLIKEABLE  181w
WORTHLESS  184s