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

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1# # T # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
2# # Y S # E T U L O S B A R # # # R # #
3# # # D U # L # # # # # D E U # # O # N
4# # # # O G # B # # # # E G # I # I # E
5# # # # E B S # I # # # P N # # N R # G
6# # # H V Z O I # R # # P A # # # E # A
7# # # U E M I N D - R E A D I N G F D T
8# # # M R # N L # # # E R # # # # N # I
9# # # I Y R A C A T A S T R O P H I C V
10# # # L O E D A S R # T # # O O O # # E
11# # # I N T E N D # E # O I # L P S # #
12# # # A E S Q N L # # N N I # A E S # #
13# H # T # A U O U # # T E # D R L E # #
14# # S E # S A T O # L D S G # I E L # #
15# # A I # I T # H E # # A U R Z S H # #
16# # L # L D E S S A R R A B M E S T # #
17# # W # # O # S # # # # # # # D V R # #
18# # A # # # O E L B A E K I L N U O # #
19# # Y # # # # F A I L U R E # # # W # #
20# # S # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  132w
ALWAYS  315s
BAD  1416nw
CANNOT  89s
CATASTROPHIC  99e
DANGER  147n
DISASTER  616n
DISGUST  97nw
EMBARRASSED  1616w
EVERYONE  55s
FAILURE  819e
FOOLISH  819nw
HOPELESS  179s
HUMILIATE  46s
IDIOT  1614nw
INADEQUATE  77s
INFERIOR  189n
MIND-READING  77e
MUST  1516nw
NEGATIVE  203s
NOBODY  87nw
OVERGENERALIZE  1111nw
POINTLESS  169sw
POLARIZED  169s
RUINED  142se
SHOULDS  916n
TERRIBLE  139nw
TRAPPED  139n
UNLIKEABLE  1718w
WORTHLESS  1818n