mindreading"They said I dida great job ingroup, butthey're probablyjust being nice."MagnificationMinimizationFortuneTellingJumping toConclusionsCatastrophizingLabelling"Sure I helpedmy friend feelbetter today,but that's nota big deal."overgeneralizationMentalfilteringEmotionalReasoning“I know myclassmatesthink I’m notsmart enoughfor thisprogram.”Personalization“My roommateseemed upsettoday—it mustbe because Isaid somethingwrong.”Disqualifyingthe positives"I feel like afailure today,so I mustactually be afailure"Free"Should"Statements“I messed uponce duringchores, so I’llprobably messup everything Ido.”Blaming"If I don't getthis job, mywhole career isover and I'llnever besuccessful."All-or-nothingthinkingmindreading"They said I dida great job ingroup, butthey're probablyjust being nice."MagnificationMinimizationFortuneTellingJumping toConclusionsCatastrophizingLabelling"Sure I helpedmy friend feelbetter today,but that's nota big deal."overgeneralizationMentalfilteringEmotionalReasoning“I know myclassmatesthink I’m notsmart enoughfor thisprogram.”Personalization“My roommateseemed upsettoday—it mustbe because Isaid somethingwrong.”Disqualifyingthe positives"I feel like afailure today,so I mustactually be afailure"Free"Should"Statements“I messed uponce duringchores, so I’llprobably messup everything Ido.”Blaming"If I don't getthis job, mywhole career isover and I'llnever besuccessful."All-or-nothingthinking

SAGE Cognitive Distortion Bingo - 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. "They said I did a great job in group, but they're probably just being nice."
    mind reading
  2. Magnification
  3. Minimization
  4. Fortune Telling
  5. Jumping to Conclusions
  6. Catastrophizing
  7. "Sure I helped my friend feel better today, but that's not a big deal."
    Labelling
  8. overgeneralization
  9. Mental filtering
  10. “I know my classmates think I’m not smart enough for this program.”
    Emotional Reasoning
  11. “My roommate seemed upset today—it must be because I said something wrong.”
    Personalization
  12. "I feel like a failure today, so I must actually be a failure"
    Disqualifying the positives
  13. Free
  14. “I messed up once during chores, so I’ll probably mess up everything I do.”
    "Should" Statements
  15. "If I don't get this job, my whole career is over and I'll never be successful."
    Blaming
  16. All-or- nothing thinking