Distant Elephant Excuses Me Me Me Don't say the truth Acting Helpless Thinking Errors "Always" "Never" Denial Unproductive Behaviors Blaming Lying Diminished Capacity Assuming Avoidance Victim Stance I didn't Have Time Minimizing Leaving out information "Not a big deal" Thinking Errors Universal Faking "Just" "Only" Magical Thinking Distant Elephant Excuses Me Me Me Don't say the truth Acting Helpless Thinking Errors "Always" "Never" Denial Unproductive Behaviors Blaming Lying Diminished Capacity Assuming Avoidance Victim Stance I didn't Have Time Minimizing Leaving out information "Not a big deal" Thinking Errors Universal Faking "Just" "Only" Magical Thinking
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. 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.
O-Distant Elephant
I-Excuses
G-Me Me Me
B-Don't say the truth
N-Acting Helpless
O-Thinking
Errors
G-"Always"
"Never"
I-Denial
N-Unproductive
Behaviors
B-Blaming
O-Lying
N-Diminished
Capacity
B-Assuming
G-Avoidance
I-Victim Stance
B-I didn't Have Time
G-Minimizing
N-Leaving out information
O-"Not a big deal"
I-Thinking
Errors
O-Universal
G-Faking
I-"Just" "Only"
B-Magical Thinking