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...

Try to find all 30 words on this board.

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

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1# # # # # # # # S # # # # # D R # # # #
2# # # # # # # # Y E # # # E # E # # # #
3U # # W # # # # A L # # N # # G # # # #
4N O B O D Y # D W B # I # # # N # # # #
5L # # R V D # A L I U # # S # A # # # #
6I # # T S E M B A R R A S S E D # E # #
7K # # H S Z R U # R # E H # T I # T # #
8E # # L E I # G S E L # O T A S # U # #
9A # # E L R D # E T # # U O U A # L # #
10B # # S E A # I N N # # L N Q S E O # #
11L # # S P L # I O # E # D N E T N S # #
12E # # # O O O # # T # R S A D E O B # #
13# # C I H P O R T S A T A C A R Y A R #
14# E T A I L I M U H # # # L N # R # O #
15# # R # G N I D A E R - D N I M E # I #
16# # A # # # # # # # # # # # # Z V # R #
17# # P # # # # # E V I T A G E N E # E #
18# # P # # # # # # # # # H S I L O O F #
19# # E # # E R U L I A F # # # # # # N #
20# # D I S G U S T # # # # # # # # # I #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  1813n
ALWAYS  96n
BAD  86n
CANNOT  1413n
CATASTROPHIC  1313w
DANGER  166n
DISASTER  166s
DISGUST  320e
EMBARRASSED  66e
EVERYONE  1717n
FAILURE  1219w
FOOLISH  1918w
HOPELESS  513n
HUMILIATE  1014w
IDIOT  68se
INADEQUATE  1515n
INFERIOR  1920n
MIND-READING  1515w
MUST  76se
NEGATIVE  1617w
NOBODY  14e
OVERGENERALIZE  1111se
POINTLESS  613ne
POLARIZED  613n
RUINED  106ne
SHOULDS  136s
TERRIBLE  109n
TRAPPED  314s
UNLIKEABLE  13s
WORTHLESS  44s