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

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2# # # # # # # # N # # # # # # # # # # #
3# E R U L I A F O O L I S H # # # # # #
4# R # # # # E # # # # # # # # # # # # #
5# # E # E R # # # # T R A P P E D # # #
6# # # G I Z M # R E T S A S I D # # # #
7# # # O N # I N A D E Q U A T E # # # #
8# # R # # A N L C A N N O T # S S # # #
9T S U G S I D H A S D L U O H S # # # #
10# # # # # # - U T R # # # # E A # # # #
11# D E N I U R M A # E # # L # R # # # #
12# # # # # # E I S # # N T E R R I B L E
13N E # # # # A L T # # N E S # A # # # #
14O E T # # L D I R # I # # G U B # # # #
15B # G U W # I A O O # # # # R M A # # #
16O # # A L T N T P O L A R I Z E D D # #
17D # Y # T O G E H O P E L E S S V # # #
18Y S # # # I S # I # S S E L H T R O W #
19# # # # # D V B C # # # # # # # # # # #
20# # U N L I K E A B L E V E R Y O N E #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  920nw
ALWAYS  713sw
BAD  1614se
CANNOT  98e
CATASTROPHIC  99s
DANGER  79nw
DISASTER  166w
DISGUST  79w
EMBARRASSED  1616n
EVERYONE  1220e
FAILURE  83w
FOOLISH  83e
HOPELESS  917e
HUMILIATE  89s
IDIOT  620n
INADEQUATE  77e
INFERIOR  101sw
MIND-READING  77s
MUST  1615nw
NEGATIVE  113se
NOBODY  113s
OVERGENERALIZE  1111nw
POINTLESS  916ne
POLARIZED  916e
RUINED  711w
SHOULDS  169w
TERRIBLE  1312e
TRAPPED  115e
UNLIKEABLE  320e
WORTHLESS  1818w