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

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1# # # # # # T E R R I B L E # # # T # #
2# # # # # R # # # # # D # # # # S # # #
3# # # # A L W A Y S # # I # # U S T N #
4# # # P # # # # # # # # # O G # S # E #
5# # P U N L I K E A B L E S T U E # G #
6# E # # # # # # # # # # I # M Z L E A #
7D # # # Y E T A U Q E D A N I S T N T D
8# # # # # D # # # # # # # L N D N O I I
9# # C I H P O R T S A T A C D L I Y V S
10# # A # O O D B # # # R # # - U O R E A
11# # N S P L E # O # E # D # R O P E # S
12# # N S E A N # # N # A # # E H # V # T
13# # O E L R I # E M B A R R A S S E D E
14# # T L E I U G # F B # # # D A N G E R
15# # # H S Z R # O S A H U M I L I A T E
16# # # T S E # O O # # I # # N # # # # #
17# # # R V D L L # # # # L # G # # # # #
18# # # O # I U # # # # # # U # # # # # #
19# # # W S T # # # # # R O I R E F N I #
20# # # H E # # # # # # # # # # E # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  1213sw
ALWAYS  53e
BAD  1113ne
CANNOT  39s
CATASTROPHIC  139w
DANGER  1514e
DISASTER  207s
DISGUST  127ne
EMBARRASSED  913e
EVERYONE  1813n
FAILURE  1014se
FOOLISH  1014sw
HOPELESS  59s
HUMILIATE  1215e
IDIOT  111se
INADEQUATE  157w
INFERIOR  1919w
MIND-READING  157s
MUST  156ne
NEGATIVE  193s
NOBODY  1012nw
OVERGENERALIZE  1111ne
POINTLESS  1711n
POLARIZED  69s
RUINED  715n
SHOULDS  1613n
TERRIBLE  71e
TRAPPED  71sw
UNLIKEABLE  45e
WORTHLESS  418n