all-or-nothingthinking"This is toohard. I'llnever beable to do it."jumping toconclusions"My bossasked for ameeting. I'mprobably goingto get fired."overgeneralizing"Theyghosted me.I'm nevergoing to findsomeone."labeling"I'mlazy."personalization"Our teamlostbecauseof me."emotionalreasoning"I feel like abad person,so I am abad person."catastrophizing"What if Iget into acaraccident?"should's"I shouldn'tbe soupsetabout this."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."all-or-nothingthinking"This is toohard. I'llnever beable to do it."jumping toconclusions"My bossasked for ameeting. I'mprobably goingto get fired."overgeneralizing"Theyghosted me.I'm nevergoing to findsomeone."labeling"I'mlazy."personalization"Our teamlostbecauseof me."emotionalreasoning"I feel like abad person,so I am abad person."catastrophizing"What if Iget into acaraccident?"should's"I shouldn'tbe soupsetabout this."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."

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