Pretend to look atsomething youdon’t care forwhile you wait forsomeone tomove.Overexplain.Avoid directcontact withanemployee.Talk to aninanimateobject.Dissociate.Park furtheraway for fearof drivingaroundagain.Stress abouta problem thatcan be solvedby askingsomeone.Smile atsomeone “sothey don’tthink you’remad/upset”.Invitesomeone to gowith you soyou don’t haveto go alone.Run intosomeoneyou knowfrom school.Apologizefornothing.Think of theworst casescenario toan upcomingevent.Rehearseyour orderin yourhead.Rushyourself toget out ofsomeoneelse’s way.Laugh atyourself torelieve anawkwardsituation.Miss hearsomeonemultipletimes.Getsomethingyou don’tactuallywant.Talk toyourself outloud aboutsomething.Pretend to dosomething onyour phone toavoid theawkward.Refuse to rollyour carwindows downwhen it’s hotwhile yourmusic is on.Lie to avoidembarrassment.Plan yourtrip down tothe secondwhen goingsomewhere.Giveyourself apre-storepep-talk.Replay ascene fromyour week inyour head.Pretend to look atsomething youdon’t care forwhile you wait forsomeone tomove.Overexplain.Avoid directcontact withanemployee.Talk to aninanimateobject.Dissociate.Park furtheraway for fearof drivingaroundagain.Stress abouta problem thatcan be solvedby askingsomeone.Smile atsomeone “sothey don’tthink you’remad/upset”.Invitesomeone to gowith you soyou don’t haveto go alone.Run intosomeoneyou knowfrom school.Apologizefornothing.Think of theworst casescenario toan upcomingevent.Rehearseyour orderin yourhead.Rushyourself toget out ofsomeoneelse’s way.Laugh atyourself torelieve anawkwardsituation.Miss hearsomeonemultipletimes.Getsomethingyou don’tactuallywant.Talk toyourself outloud aboutsomething.Pretend to dosomething onyour phone toavoid theawkward.Refuse to rollyour carwindows downwhen it’s hotwhile yourmusic is on.Lie to avoidembarrassment.Plan yourtrip down tothe secondwhen goingsomewhere.Giveyourself apre-storepep-talk.Replay ascene fromyour week inyour head.

Anxiety 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. Pretend to look at something you don’t care for while you wait for someone to move.
  2. Over explain.
  3. Avoid direct contact with an employee.
  4. Talk to an inanimate object.
  5. Dissociate.
  6. Park further away for fear of driving around again.
  7. Stress about a problem that can be solved by asking someone.
  8. Smile at someone “so they don’t think you’re mad/upset”.
  9. Invite someone to go with you so you don’t have to go alone.
  10. Run into someone you know from school.
  11. Apologize for nothing.
  12. Think of the worst case scenario to an upcoming event.
  13. Rehearse your order in your head.
  14. Rush yourself to get out of someone else’s way.
  15. Laugh at yourself to relieve an awkward situation.
  16. Miss hear someone multiple times.
  17. Get something you don’t actually want.
  18. Talk to yourself out loud about something.
  19. Pretend to do something on your phone to avoid the awkward.
  20. Refuse to roll your car windows down when it’s hot while your music is on.
  21. Lie to avoid embarrassment.
  22. Plan your trip down to the second when going somewhere.
  23. Give yourself a pre-store pep-talk.
  24. Replay a scene from your week in your head.