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