should's"I shouldn'tbe soupsetabout this."all-or-nothingthinking"This is toohard. I'llnever beable to do it."catastrophizing"What if Iget into acaraccident?"personalization"Our teamlostbecauseof me."labeling"I'mlazy."emotionalreasoning"I feel like abad person,so I am abad person."mentalfilter"It was great tosee old friends atthe party, butSara didn't say"hi" to me. I wishI'd stayed home."disqualifyingthe positive"I passedthe test,but I wasjust lucky."jumping toconclusions"My bossasked for ameeting. I'mprobably goingto get fired."overgeneralizing"Theyghosted me.I'm nevergoing to findsomeone."should's"I shouldn'tbe soupsetabout this."all-or-nothingthinking"This is toohard. I'llnever beable to do it."catastrophizing"What if Iget into acaraccident?"personalization"Our teamlostbecauseof me."labeling"I'mlazy."emotionalreasoning"I feel like abad person,so I am abad person."mentalfilter"It was great tosee old friends atthe party, butSara didn't say"hi" to me. I wishI'd stayed home."disqualifyingthe positive"I passedthe test,but I wasjust lucky."jumping toconclusions"My bossasked for ameeting. I'mprobably goingto get fired."overgeneralizing"Theyghosted me.I'm nevergoing to findsomeone."

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. "I shouldn't be so upset about this."
    should's
  2. "This is too hard. I'll never be able to do it."
    all-or-nothing thinking
  3. "What if I get into a car accident?"
    catastrophizing
  4. "Our team lost because of me."
    personalization
  5. "I'm lazy."
    labeling
  6. "I feel like a bad person, so I am a bad person."
    emotional reasoning
  7. "It was great to see old friends at the party, but Sara didn't say "hi" to me. I wish I'd stayed home."
    mental filter
  8. "I passed the test, but I was just lucky."
    disqualifying the positive
  9. "My boss asked for a meeting. I'm probably going to get fired."
    jumping to conclusions
  10. "They ghosted me. I'm never going to find someone."
    overgeneralizing