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