Marsha Has Learned That Her Tolerance for Pain Is Increased

question 32

Multiple Choice

Marsha has learned that her tolerance for pain is increased dramatically when she focuses her awareness onto a particular word that she repeats over and over whenever she has to undergo a painful medical procedure. Marsha is using _____ to help control her experience of pain.

• A)meditation
• B)biofeedback
• C)distraction
• D)changing thoughts
• E)creating a bottleneck

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