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

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1# # # # # # H U M I L I A T E # # # # #
2# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
3H # # # # # # # # # # # C A N N O T # #
4# S W O R T H L E S S # I N F E R I O R
5E # I # V # # # # # # # H O P E L E S S
6L # # L D E Z I R A L O P # E # # # # #
7B # # S O # R U I N E D O # T # P # # R
8I E # # Y O # G # # # # R # A # O # E #
9R # T F # A F # E # # # T # U # I G # #
10R # N U A # W # M N # # S # Q # N # # #
11E # E # L I # L B # E # A # E A T # # #
12T # G # # O L # A A # R T # D # L # # #
13R # A # # # S U R # D # A # A # E # # #
14A # T # # # # B R # # # C L N # S # # #
15P # I # G N I D A E R - D N I M S # # #
16P # V # O D # # S H O U L D S Z U # # #
17E # E B I # # # S E N O Y R E V E S # #
18D # O O # # # # E # # # # # # # # # T #
19# D T S U G S I D I S A S T E R # # # #
20Y # # # # U N L I K E A B L E # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  915nw
ALWAYS  912nw
BAD  911se
CANNOT  133e
CATASTROPHIC  1313n
DANGER  1512ne
DISASTER  919e
DISGUST  919w
EMBARRASSED  99s
EVERYONE  1717w
FAILURE  49se
FOOLISH  79nw
HOPELESS  135e
HUMILIATE  71e
IDIOT  715sw
INADEQUATE  1515n
INFERIOR  134e
MIND-READING  1515w
MUST  1615se
NEGATIVE  310s
NOBODY  615sw
OVERGENERALIZE  1111se
POINTLESS  177s
POLARIZED  136w
RUINED  77e
SHOULDS  916e
TERRIBLE  112n
TRAPPED  112s
UNLIKEABLE  620e
WORTHLESS  44e