“I feelawkward, soeveryonemust think I’mawkward.”“They shouldknow what Ineed withoutme sayingit.”“Ishouldn'tmakemistakes.”“If thispersondoesn't likeme, nobodywill like me.”“Theyprobablythink I’mannoying.”“Yeah theysaid somethingnice, but theydidn’t mean it.”“This isgoing togo badly.”“This isliterally theworst thingthat’s everhappened.”“If I don’t dothis perfectly,somethingbad willhappen.”“I failedone test—I’m just badat school.”“Everyone gotquiet when Iwalked in—theywere probablytalking aboutme.”“If I say itout loud,I’ll jinx it.”“I alreadyknow howthis is goingto go.”“Theythink I’mweird.”“Yeah I didwell, but itwasn’t thathard.”“My partnerwas in a badmood—it’sprobablybecause ofme.”“No oneeverlistens tome.”“I can tellthey’re upset,even thoughthey haven’tsaid anything.”“Theystarted it,so I can’t beblamed.”“If I messthis up, mywhole lifeis ruined.”*Writeyourown*“It’s not my fault—I wouldn’thave done thatif they didn’tmake me mad.”“Everyonehere isjudgingme.”“If they hadjust left mealone, none ofthis would’vehappened.”“If it’s notperfect,it’s afailure.”“I feel guilty,so I musthave donesomethingwrong.”“There’s nopoint intrying—it’snot going towork.”“I’mdefinitelygoing tomess thisup.”“We’llprobablybreak upanyways.”“I feel like Idon’t matter,so I probablydon’t.”“I shouldbe betterthan this.”“If I thinkaboutsomethingbad, it’s goingto happen.”“I’m nevergoing torecoverfrom this.”“They onlycomplimentedme becausethey felt badfor me.”“Anyonecould’vedone that, itdoesn’tcount.”“That doesn’tcount—theywere justbeing nice.”“They didn’ttext back—they must bemad at me.”“Nothingeverworks outfor me.”“It was justluck—Ididn’t reallyearn it.”“I feelhopeless, sonothing willever getbetter.”“I feelawkward, soeveryonemust think I’mawkward.”“They shouldknow what Ineed withoutme sayingit.”“Ishouldn'tmakemistakes.”“If thispersondoesn't likeme, nobodywill like me.”“Theyprobablythink I’mannoying.”“Yeah theysaid somethingnice, but theydidn’t mean it.”“This isgoing togo badly.”“This isliterally theworst thingthat’s everhappened.”“If I don’t dothis perfectly,somethingbad willhappen.”“I failedone test—I’m just badat school.”“Everyone gotquiet when Iwalked in—theywere probablytalking aboutme.”“If I say itout loud,I’ll jinx it.”“I alreadyknow howthis is goingto go.”“Theythink I’mweird.”“Yeah I didwell, but itwasn’t thathard.”“My partnerwas in a badmood—it’sprobablybecause ofme.”“No oneeverlistens tome.”“I can tellthey’re upset,even thoughthey haven’tsaid anything.”“Theystarted it,so I can’t beblamed.”“If I messthis up, mywhole lifeis ruined.”*Writeyourown*“It’s not my fault—I wouldn’thave done thatif they didn’tmake me mad.”“Everyonehere isjudgingme.”“If they hadjust left mealone, none ofthis would’vehappened.”“If it’s notperfect,it’s afailure.”“I feel guilty,so I musthave donesomethingwrong.”“There’s nopoint intrying—it’snot going towork.”“I’mdefinitelygoing tomess thisup.”“We’llprobablybreak upanyways.”“I feel like Idon’t matter,so I probablydon’t.”“I shouldbe betterthan this.”“If I thinkaboutsomethingbad, it’s goingto happen.”“I’m nevergoing torecoverfrom this.”“They onlycomplimentedme becausethey felt badfor me.”“Anyonecould’vedone that, itdoesn’tcount.”“That doesn’tcount—theywere justbeing nice.”“They didn’ttext back—they must bemad at me.”“Nothingeverworks outfor me.”“It was justluck—Ididn’t reallyearn it.”“I feelhopeless, sonothing willever getbetter.”

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. “I feel awkward, so everyone must think I’m awkward.”
  2. “They should know what I need without me saying it.”
  3. “I shouldn't make mistakes.”
  4. “If this person doesn't like me, nobody will like me.”
  5. “They probably think I’m annoying.”
  6. “Yeah they said something nice, but they didn’t mean it.”
  7. “This is going to go badly.”
  8. “This is literally the worst thing that’s ever happened.”
  9. “If I don’t do this perfectly, something bad will happen.”
  10. “I failed one test—I’m just bad at school.”
  11. “Everyone got quiet when I walked in—they were probably talking about me.”
  12. “If I say it out loud, I’ll jinx it.”
  13. “I already know how this is going to go.”
  14. “They think I’m weird.”
  15. “Yeah I did well, but it wasn’t that hard.”
  16. “My partner was in a bad mood—it’s probably because of me.”
  17. “No one ever listens to me.”
  18. “I can tell they’re upset, even though they haven’t said anything.”
  19. “They started it, so I can’t be blamed.”
  20. “If I mess this up, my whole life is ruined.”
  21. *Write your own*
  22. “It’s not my fault—I wouldn’t have done that if they didn’t make me mad.”
  23. “Everyone here is judging me.”
  24. “If they had just left me alone, none of this would’ve happened.”
  25. “If it’s not perfect, it’s a failure.”
  26. “I feel guilty, so I must have done something wrong.”
  27. “There’s no point in trying—it’s not going to work.”
  28. “I’m definitely going to mess this up.”
  29. “We’ll probably break up anyways.”
  30. “I feel like I don’t matter, so I probably don’t.”
  31. “I should be better than this.”
  32. “If I think about something bad, it’s going to happen.”
  33. “I’m never going to recover from this.”
  34. “They only complimented me because they felt bad for me.”
  35. “Anyone could’ve done that, it doesn’t count.”
  36. “That doesn’t count—they were just being nice.”
  37. “They didn’t text back—they must be mad at me.”
  38. “Nothing ever works out for me.”
  39. “It was just luck—I didn’t really earn it.”
  40. “I feel hopeless, so nothing will ever get better.”