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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N A R O W P K X J E C Y R D V G O A K E
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Answer Key for Automatic Thoughts

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1# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # T #
2# # E L B A E K I L N U # # # E # S Y #
3# # # # # # # # # # # # # # L # U D # #
4# # # E V I T A G E N # # B # G O # # #
5D E N I U R O I R E F N I # S B E # # #
6# # # # A L W A Y S # R # I O Z V E # #
7# # # P G N I D A E R - D N I M E T # #
8# # P # # # # # # E # # # L N # R A # #
9# E C I H P O R T S A T A C A R Y I # #
10D # # # O O O # # T # R S A D E O L # #
11# # # S P L # I O # E # D N E T N I # #
12# # # S E A # I N N # # L N Q S E M # #
13# # # E L R D # E T # # U O U A # U # #
14# # # L E I # G S D L # O T A S # H # #
15# # # H S Z R U A # # E H # T I # # # #
16# # # T S E M B A R R A S S E D # # # #
17# # # R V D A N G E R # # S # # # # # #
18# # # O # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
19# # # W E R U L I A F O O L I S H # # #
20# # # # A B S O L U T E # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  520e
ALWAYS  56e
BAD  816ne
CANNOT  149s
CATASTROPHIC  139w
DANGER  617e
DISASTER  1616n
DISGUST  137ne
EMBARRASSED  616e
EVERYONE  175s
FAILURE  1119w
FOOLISH  1119e
HOPELESS  59s
HUMILIATE  1814n
IDIOT  614ne
INADEQUATE  157s
INFERIOR  135w
MIND-READING  157w
MUST  716ne
NEGATIVE  114w
NOBODY  147ne
OVERGENERALIZE  1111ne
POINTLESS  69se
POLARIZED  69s
RUINED  65w
SHOULDS  1316n
TERRIBLE  99ne
TRAPPED  74sw
UNLIKEABLE  122w
WORTHLESS  418n