Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTS) Root causes: past experiences (upbringing, environment, negativity) Always being right Overgeneralization Come from past/lived experiences All or nothing thinking Feelings are facts Should Statements Unrealistic expectations Labeling/judging Never make mistakes Minimizing Not a sign of weakness Cognitive bias Awfulizing Double standards Exaggerate Stereotyping Magnifying Mindreading Magical thinking Jumping to conclusions Predicting Heaven’s Reward Fallacy Blaming What goes around comes around Predetermined thinking A natural part of the human experience Not a mental illness Ignoring the positive Occurs in all people to varying degree Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTS) Root causes: past experiences (upbringing, environment, negativity) Always being right Overgeneralization Come from past/lived experiences All or nothing thinking Feelings are facts Should Statements Unrealistic expectations Labeling/judging Never make mistakes Minimizing Not a sign of weakness Cognitive bias Awfulizing Double standards Exaggerate Stereotyping Magnifying Mindreading Magical thinking Jumping to conclusions Predicting Heaven’s Reward Fallacy Blaming What goes around comes around Predetermined thinking A natural part of the human experience Not a mental illness Ignoring the positive Occurs in all people to varying degree
(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.
T-Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTS)
C-Root causes: past experiences (upbringing, environment, negativity)
B-Always being right
B-Overgeneralization
C-Come from past/lived experiences
T-All or nothing thinking
C-Feelings are facts
C-Should Statements
T-Unrealistic expectations
B-Labeling/judging
T-Never make mistakes
T-Minimizing
T-Not a sign of weakness
B-Cognitive bias
T-Awfulizing
B-Double standards
B-Exaggerate
C-Stereotyping
C-Magnifying
T-Mindreading
B-Magical thinking
C-Jumping to conclusions
B-Predicting
C-Heaven’s Reward Fallacy
C-Blaming
T-What goes around comes around
B-Predetermined thinking
C-A natural part of the human experience
C-Not a mental illness
B-Ignoring the positive
T-Occurs in all people to varying degree