MentalFilterNegativeinterpretationwithout thefactsAnticipatethings willturn outbadlyThefortuneteller.Anticipatethings willturn outbadlyAssumeemotionsare factsMindreadingJumping toconclusionsLabelingConcludethat someoneis reactingnegatively toyou.Musts/OughtsPersonalizationCatastrophizingMinimizethinksuntil theyare tinyAll ornothingthinkingSinglenegativeevent versuspatternMislabelingMagnification/minimizationEmotionalReasoningBlack andWhitethinking"Should"statementsOvergeneralizeExaggeratetheimportanceof things.Disqualifyingthe positiveMentalFilterNegativeinterpretationwithout thefactsAnticipatethings willturn outbadlyThefortuneteller.Anticipatethings willturn outbadlyAssumeemotionsare factsMindreadingJumping toconclusionsLabelingConcludethat someoneis reactingnegatively toyou.Musts/OughtsPersonalizationCatastrophizingMinimizethinksuntil theyare tinyAll ornothingthinkingSinglenegativeevent versuspatternMislabelingMagnification/minimizationEmotionalReasoningBlack andWhitethinking"Should"statementsOvergeneralizeExaggeratetheimportanceof things.Disqualifyingthe positive

Cognitive Distortion Bingo! - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Mental Filter
  2. Negative interpretation without the facts
  3. Anticipate things will turn out badly
  4. The fortuneteller.
  5. Anticipate things will turn out badly
  6. Assume emotions are facts
  7. Mind reading
  8. Jumping to conclusions
  9. Labeling
  10. Conclude that someone is reacting negatively to you.
  11. Musts/Oughts
  12. Personalization
  13. Catastrophizing
  14. Minimize thinks until they are tiny
  15. All or nothing thinking
  16. Single negative event versus pattern
  17. Mislabeling
  18. Magnification /minimization
  19. Emotional Reasoning
  20. Black and White thinking
  21. "Should" statements
  22. Overgeneralize
  23. Exaggerate the importance of things.
  24. Disqualifying the positive