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

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