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

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1# # # # E # # # # # # # # # # # # T # #
2# # # # T R A P P E D R # # # # S # # #
3# # # # A L W A Y S # E # # # U # # E #
4# # # # I # # # # # # G # # G # # # R #
5# # # T L # # # # # # N E S # # E # U #
6# # P O I N T L E S S A I V M Z # # L #
7# # # I M E T A U Q E D A N I U # # I #
8# # # D U # # # # # # # # L N T S # A #
9# # C I H P O R T S A T A C D # A T F #
10# # A N O O D # # # # R # # - # # G # #
11# # N F P L E # # # E # E # R # # # E U
12# # N E E A N # # N # L # # E # # # # N
13# # O R L R I # E M B A R R A S S E D L
14# # T I E I U G # I A B # # D H # V I I
15# # # O S Z R # R # D S # # I O # E S K
16# # # R S E # R # Y D O B O N U # R A E
17# # # # V D E # # # # L # # G L # Y S A
18# # W O R T H L E S S U # # # D # O T B
19# # H S I L O O F # # T # # # S # N E L
20# # # # # # # # # # # E # # # # # E R E
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  1213s
ALWAYS  53e
BAD  1113s
CANNOT  39s
CATASTROPHIC  139w
DANGER  127n
DISASTER  1913s
DISGUST  127ne
EMBARRASSED  913e
EVERYONE  1813s
FAILURE  199n
FOOLISH  919w
HOPELESS  59s
HUMILIATE  59n
IDIOT  49n
INADEQUATE  157w
INFERIOR  49s
MIND-READING  157s
MUST  156se
NEGATIVE  2012nw
NOBODY  1516w
OVERGENERALIZE  1111ne
POINTLESS  36e
POLARIZED  69s
RUINED  715n
SHOULDS  1613s
TERRIBLE  618ne
TRAPPED  52e
UNLIKEABLE  2011s
WORTHLESS  418e