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

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. "What if I get into a car accident?"
    catastrophizing
  3. "I'm lazy."
    labeling
  4. "My boss asked for a meeting. I'm probably going to get fired."
    jumping to conclusions
  5. "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
  6. "This is too hard. I'll never be able to do it."
    all-or-nothing thinking
  7. "They ghosted me. I'm never going to find someone."
    overgeneralizing
  8. "Our team lost because of me."
    personalization
  9. "I passed the test, but I was just lucky."
    disqualifying the positive
  10. "I feel like a bad person, so I am a bad person."
    emotional reasoning