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

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2# # # # # Y # E # # # # T R A P P E D #
3# # # # # # A # N # # U # # # # # W I #
4# # # # # # # W # I L # # D # # # O S #
5# # # N # # # S L O U # # A # D V R G #
6# # # E # D E S S A R R A B M E S T U #
7# # E G # I T B H E # # # U R Z S H S #
8# # L A # S A T O # L # S G # I E L T #
9# # B T # A U O U # # T E # # R L E # #
10# # A I E S Q N L # # N N # # A E S # #
11# # E V N T E N D # E # # I # L P S # #
12# # K E O E D A S R # # # # O O O # # #
13# # I # Y R A C A T A S T R O P H I C #
14# # L # R # N L # # # E # # # # # D # #
15# # N # E M I N D - R E A D I N G I # #
16# # U # V Z O A # R # # # # # # # O # #
17# # # # E B N # I N F E R I O R # T # #
18# # # # O G # B # # # H U M I L I A T E
19# # # D E # L # # # # # # # # # # # # #
20# # Y R # E H S I L O O F A I L U R E #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  78ne
ALWAYS  106nw
BAD  146n
CANNOT  813n
CATASTROPHIC  913e
DANGER  915sw
DISASTER  66s
DISGUST  192s
EMBARRASSED  166w
EVERYONE  517n
FAILURE  1320e
FOOLISH  1320w
HOPELESS  1713n
HUMILIATE  1218e
IDIOT  1813s
INADEQUATE  715n
INFERIOR  917e
MIND-READING  715e
MUST  156sw
NEGATIVE  45s
NOBODY  815sw
OVERGENERALIZE  1111sw
POINTLESS  1613nw
POLARIZED  1613n
RUINED  126nw
SHOULDS  96s
TERRIBLE  1313sw
TRAPPED  132e
UNLIKEABLE  316n
WORTHLESS  184s