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

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1# # # # # # # # # # # # # H S I L O O F
2# # # # # # # # # # # # D E N I U R # A
3# # # # # # # # C # # # # # # # # # # I
4# R O I R E F N I # S S E L H T R O W L
5# # # # # # G # H O P E L E S S V # # U
6# N # # # # N # P O L A R I Z E D D # R
7# E T O I D I # O O # # # # R M A # # E
8# G # # # # D # R # I # # G # B N # # #
9# A D E P P A R T # # N E # # A G # # #
10# T # # # L E E S # # N T # # R E # E #
11# I # # W # R # A # E # # L # R R H L #
12# V # A # R - # T R # # # # E A # U B #
13# E Y # I # D # A S D L U O H S # M A #
14# S # B # I N L C A N N O T # S S I E #
15# # L # S O I N A D E Q U A T E # L K #
16# E # G B Z M # R E T S A S I D # I I #
17# # U O E # # U # # E T U L O S B A L #
18# S D # # # # # S # # # # # # # # T N #
19T Y # # # # # # # T E N O Y R E V E U #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  1817w
ALWAYS  79sw
BAD  168ne
CANNOT  914e
CATASTROPHIC  913n
DANGER  176s
DISASTER  1616w
DISGUST  713sw
EMBARRASSED  166s
EVERYONE  1819w
FAILURE  201s
FOOLISH  201w
HOPELESS  95e
HUMILIATE  1811s
IDIOT  77w
INADEQUATE  715e
INFERIOR  94w
MIND-READING  715n
MUST  716se
NEGATIVE  26s
NOBODY  714sw
OVERGENERALIZE  1111sw
POINTLESS  96se
POLARIZED  96e
RUINED  182w
SHOULDS  1613w
TERRIBLE  99sw
TRAPPED  99w
UNLIKEABLE  1919n
WORTHLESS  184w