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

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1# # # # # F O O L I S H # # # # # # # #
2T # # S S E L E P O H U M I L I A T E #
3S # # # # # # # # # # # # U # # B R # #
4U # W O R T H L E S S # # # S # S A # #
5G S T # V # # # # # # # # # # T O P # #
6S # Y O # E M B A R R A S S E D L P # #
7I # # A I # R U I N E D # H T I U E # #
8D # # # W D # G # # # # # O A S T D # #
9E # # U N L I K E A B L E U U A E # # #
10Z # E V I T A G E N # A # L Q S E # # #
11I N F E R I O R # # E # D D E T N # # #
12R # # # # # # # # # # R # S D E O # # #
13A # C I H P O R T S A T A C A R Y # # #
14L # # # # # # # # E # # # L N # R # # #
15O # # # G N I D A E R - D N I M E # # #
16P O I N T L E S S # # R # A O Z V # # #
17# E R U L I A F # # # # I # N B E # # #
18# # # # # # # # # # # # # B # G O # # #
19# # # # # # # # # # # # # # L # E D # #
20# # # # # # # # T O N N A C # E # R Y #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTE  172s
ALWAYS  710nw
BAD  119se
CANNOT  1420w
CATASTROPHIC  1313w
DANGER  1315se
DISASTER  166s
DISGUST  18n
EMBARRASSED  66e
EVERYONE  1717n
FAILURE  817w
FOOLISH  61e
HOPELESS  112w
HUMILIATE  112e
IDIOT  79nw
INADEQUATE  1515n
INFERIOR  111e
MIND-READING  1515w
MUST  132se
NEGATIVE  1010w
NOBODY  1415se
OVERGENERALIZE  1111se
POINTLESS  116e
POLARIZED  116n
RUINED  77e
SHOULDS  146s
TERRIBLE  913se
TRAPPED  182s
UNLIKEABLE  49e
WORTHLESS  44e