"My teacher said mostof my essay was greatbut he alsosaid there were anumber of mistakes thathad to be corrected…he mustthink I’m reallyhopeless."Black andWhiteThinkingMaking amountainout of amolehill"I Feel it,Thereforeit Must beTrue"Disqualifyingthe PositiveCatastrophisingMentalFilterFortunetellerErrorExtreme Form ofOvergeneralizationOverGeneralizationRejectingthePositive"He's thinkingthat I don'tknow the firstthing aboutthis project."MagnificationMindReading"It's terrible that Imade a mistake.That mistake wasdisastrous. Ishould nevermakea mistake.""Should"StatementsJumping toConclusionsAll orNothingThinkingJudgingAssume aNegativeReactionto You"I did thatproject well, butthat doesn'tmean I'mcompetent; Ijust got lucky.""I am afailurebecause Ifeel like afailure.""It’s obviousshe doesn’t likeme, otherwiseshe would’vesaid hello."Personalization(blaming/denying)"My motheris unhappybecause ofme"PerfectionismMinimizationLabelingExaggerateor ShrinktheImportance"Getting a mediocreevaluation proveshow inadequate Iam. Getting highmarksdoesn't mean I'msmart.""I will never beable to speakin public because Ionce had a panicattack beforegiving a speech.""My crush istalking to myfriend morethan me. Hemust like hermore than me.""My teacher said mostof my essay was greatbut he alsosaid there were anumber of mistakes thathad to be corrected…he mustthink I’m reallyhopeless."Black andWhiteThinkingMaking amountainout of amolehill"I Feel it,Thereforeit Must beTrue"Disqualifyingthe PositiveCatastrophisingMentalFilterFortunetellerErrorExtreme Form ofOvergeneralizationOverGeneralizationRejectingthePositive"He's thinkingthat I don'tknow the firstthing aboutthis project."MagnificationMindReading"It's terrible that Imade a mistake.That mistake wasdisastrous. Ishould nevermakea mistake.""Should"StatementsJumping toConclusionsAll orNothingThinkingJudgingAssume aNegativeReactionto You"I did thatproject well, butthat doesn'tmean I'mcompetent; Ijust got lucky.""I am afailurebecause Ifeel like afailure.""It’s obviousshe doesn’t likeme, otherwiseshe would’vesaid hello."Personalization(blaming/denying)"My motheris unhappybecause ofme"PerfectionismMinimizationLabelingExaggerateor ShrinktheImportance"Getting a mediocreevaluation proveshow inadequate Iam. Getting highmarksdoesn't mean I'msmart.""I will never beable to speakin public because Ionce had a panicattack beforegiving a speech.""My crush istalking to myfriend morethan me. Hemust like hermore than me."

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. "My teacher said most of my essay was great but he also said there were a number of mistakes that had to be corrected…he must think I’m really hopeless."
  2. Black and White Thinking
  3. Making a mountain out of a molehill
  4. "I Feel it, Therefore it Must be True"
  5. Disqualifying the Positive
  6. Catastrophising
  7. Mental Filter
  8. Fortuneteller Error
  9. Extreme Form of Overgeneralization
  10. Over Generalization
  11. Rejecting the Positive
  12. "He's thinking that I don't know the first thing about this project."
  13. Magnification
  14. Mind Reading
  15. "It's terrible that I made a mistake. That mistake was disastrous. I should never make a mistake."
  16. "Should" Statements
  17. Jumping to Conclusions
  18. All or Nothing Thinking
  19. Judging
  20. Assume a Negative Reaction to You
  21. "I did that project well, but that doesn't mean I'm competent; I just got lucky."
  22. "I am a failure because I feel like a failure."
  23. "It’s obvious she doesn’t like me, otherwise she would’ve said hello."
  24. Personalization (blaming/denying)
  25. "My mother is unhappy because of me"
  26. Perfectionism
  27. Minimization
  28. Labeling
  29. Exaggerate or Shrink the Importance
  30. "Getting a mediocre evaluation proves how inadequate I am. Getting high marks doesn't mean I'm smart."
  31. "I will never be able to speak in public because I once had a panic attack before giving a speech."
  32. "My crush is talking to my friend more than me. He must like her more than me."