MinimizingAutomaticNegativeThoughts(ANTS)MindreadingAll ornothingthinkingJumping toconclusionsWhat goesaroundcomesaroundNot amentalillnessIgnoringthepositiveStereotypingNot amentalillnessOccurs inall peopleto varyingdegreeCome frompast/livedexperiencesBlamingExaggerateCognitivebiasFeelingsare factsAlwaysbeingrightA naturalpart of thehumanexperienceHeaven’sRewardFallacyMagicalthinkingLabeling/judgingOvergeneralizationNevermakemistakesShouldStatementsPredictingUnrealisticexpectationsMagnifyingRoot causes:pastexperiences(upbringing,environment,negativity)DoublestandardsAwfulizingNot asign ofweaknessMinimizingAutomaticNegativeThoughts(ANTS)MindreadingAll ornothingthinkingJumping toconclusionsWhat goesaroundcomesaroundNot amentalillnessIgnoringthepositiveStereotypingNot amentalillnessOccurs inall peopleto varyingdegreeCome frompast/livedexperiencesBlamingExaggerateCognitivebiasFeelingsare factsAlwaysbeingrightA naturalpart of thehumanexperienceHeaven’sRewardFallacyMagicalthinkingLabeling/judgingOvergeneralizationNevermakemistakesShouldStatementsPredictingUnrealisticexpectationsMagnifyingRoot causes:pastexperiences(upbringing,environment,negativity)DoublestandardsAwfulizingNot asign ofweakness

Cognitive Distortions - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. 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. T-Minimizing
  2. T-Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTS)
  3. T-Mindreading
  4. T-All or nothing thinking
  5. C-Jumping to conclusions
  6. T-What goes around comes around
  7. C-Not a mental illness
  8. B-Ignoring the positive
  9. C-Stereotyping
  10. B-Not a mental illness
  11. T-Occurs in all people to varying degree
  12. C-Come from past/lived experiences
  13. C-Blaming
  14. B-Exaggerate
  15. B-Cognitive bias
  16. C-Feelings are facts
  17. B-Always being right
  18. C-A natural part of the human experience
  19. C-Heaven’s Reward Fallacy
  20. B-Magical thinking
  21. B-Labeling/judging
  22. B-Overgeneralization
  23. T-Never make mistakes
  24. C-Should Statements
  25. B-Predicting
  26. T-Unrealistic expectations
  27. C-Magnifying
  28. C-Root causes: past experiences (upbringing, environment, negativity)
  29. B-Double standards
  30. T-Awfulizing
  31. T-Not a sign of weakness