MENTALFILTERMUSTS/OUGHTSEXAGERATETHEIMPORTANCEOF THINGSTHEFORTUNETELLERERRORMAGNIFICATION/MINIMIZATION"SHOULD"STATEMENTSOVERGENERALIZATIONASSUMENEGATIVEEMOTIONSARE FACTEMOTIONALREASONINGINAPPROPRIATELYSHRINK THINGSUNTIL THEYAPPEAR TINYARBITRARILYCONCLUDESOMEBODY ISREACTINGNEGATIVELYTO YOUBLACK ANDWHITECATEGORIESMISLABELINGANTICIPATETHINGSWILL TURNOUT BADLYMINDREADINGLABELINGCATASTROPHIZINGPERSONALIZATIONDISQUALIFYINGTHE POSITIVEANTICIPATETHINGSWILL TURNOUT BADLYJUMPING TOCONCLUSIONSSINGLENEGATIVEEVENTVERSUSPATTERNALL ORNOTHINGTHINKINGNEGATIVEINTERPRETATIONWITHOUTDEFINITE FACTSMENTALFILTERMUSTS/OUGHTSEXAGERATETHEIMPORTANCEOF THINGSTHEFORTUNETELLERERRORMAGNIFICATION/MINIMIZATION"SHOULD"STATEMENTSOVERGENERALIZATIONASSUMENEGATIVEEMOTIONSARE FACTEMOTIONALREASONINGINAPPROPRIATELYSHRINK THINGSUNTIL THEYAPPEAR TINYARBITRARILYCONCLUDESOMEBODY ISREACTINGNEGATIVELYTO YOUBLACK ANDWHITECATEGORIESMISLABELINGANTICIPATETHINGSWILL TURNOUT BADLYMINDREADINGLABELINGCATASTROPHIZINGPERSONALIZATIONDISQUALIFYINGTHE POSITIVEANTICIPATETHINGSWILL TURNOUT BADLYJUMPING TOCONCLUSIONSSINGLENEGATIVEEVENTVERSUSPATTERNALL ORNOTHINGTHINKINGNEGATIVEINTERPRETATIONWITHOUTDEFINITE FACTS

COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS - 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. MUSTS/OUGHTS
  3. EXAGERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THINGS
  4. THE FORTUNETELLER ERROR
  5. MAGNIFICATION/MINIMIZATION
  6. "SHOULD" STATEMENTS
  7. OVERGENERALIZATION
  8. ASSUME NEGATIVE EMOTIONS ARE FACT
  9. EMOTIONAL REASONING
  10. INAPPROPRIATELY SHRINK THINGS UNTIL THEY APPEAR TINY
  11. ARBITRARILY CONCLUDE SOMEBODY IS REACTING NEGATIVELY TO YOU
  12. BLACK AND WHITE CATEGORIES
  13. MISLABELING
  14. ANTICIPATE THINGS WILL TURN OUT BADLY
  15. MIND READING
  16. LABELING
  17. CATASTROPHIZING
  18. PERSONALIZATION
  19. DISQUALIFYING THE POSITIVE
  20. ANTICIPATE THINGS WILL TURN OUT BADLY
  21. JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS
  22. SINGLE NEGATIVE EVENT VERSUS PATTERN
  23. ALL OR NOTHING THINKING
  24. NEGATIVE INTERPRETATION WITHOUT DEFINITE FACTS