CatastrophizingEMOTIONALREASONING"I amsolazy""everythingis terrible"Imperativesjumping tothe worstpossibleconclusionLABELING"I failed thistest, I willbe a totalfailure"CatastrophizingOnly payingattention tothenegatives vspositivesMENTALFILTERFORTUNETellingblamingthesituationon yourselfOvergeneralizing"I feel sodepressed,so my life ispointless""I shouldhave donebetter onthe exam"ALL ORNOTHINGTHINKINGPERSONALIZATIONJUMPING TOCONCLUSIONSyou are sureyou knowwhat othersare thinkingOvergeneralizationthinkingthere areno shadesof grayCatastrophizingEMOTIONALREASONING"I amsolazy""everythingis terrible"Imperativesjumping tothe worstpossibleconclusionLABELING"I failed thistest, I willbe a totalfailure"CatastrophizingOnly payingattention tothenegatives vspositivesMENTALFILTERFORTUNETellingblamingthesituationon yourselfOvergeneralizing"I feel sodepressed,so my life ispointless""I shouldhave donebetter onthe exam"ALL ORNOTHINGTHINKINGPERSONALIZATIONJUMPING TOCONCLUSIONSyou are sureyou knowwhat othersare thinkingOvergeneralizationthinkingthere areno shadesof gray

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. Catastrophizing
  2. EMOTIONAL REASONING
  3. "I am so lazy"
  4. "everything is terrible"
  5. Imperatives
  6. jumping to the worst possible conclusion
  7. LABELING
  8. "I failed this test, I will be a total failure"
  9. Catastrophizing
  10. Only paying attention to the negatives vs positives
  11. MENTAL FILTER
  12. FORTUNE Telling
  13. blaming the situation on yourself
  14. Overgeneralizing
  15. "I feel so depressed, so my life is pointless"
  16. "I should have done better on the exam"
  17. ALL OR NOTHING THINKING
  18. PERSONALIZATION
  19. JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS
  20. you are sure you know what others are thinking
  21. Overgeneralization
  22. thinking there are no shades of gray