Manage Pain Before It Manages You
Self-Study Examination
Instructions: After studying the text answer the following true/false or multiple choice questions. Remember, there's only one answer to each question.
a) Others are to blame for the pain and they should be responsible for taking it away. b) Your pain is your problem and you have only yourself to blame for it. c) You’re a worthwhile person and you’re taking upon yourself the responsibility for living with your pain.
a) denial b) conscious action
a) fibromyalgia b) back or neck pain c) pain during delivery d) osteoarthritis
a) A-delta fibers b) C fibers
a) True b) False
a) chest breathing b) diaphragmatic breathing
a) Technique 1: Using a Focus Word or Phrase b) Technique 2: Coupling Breathing With Imagination c) Technique 3: Progressive Muscle Relaxation d) Technique 4: Using Repetitive Motion e) Technique 5: Creating a Safe Place
a) Technique 6: Self-hypnosis b) Technique 7: Visualization
a) pacing b) adaptation c) distraction d) delegation
a) learning to live with certain level of pain b) not being able to tolerate pain beyond the minimum c) decreased muscle strength and endurance that occurs as a result of not having a regular exercise routine
a) David Burns b) Albert Ellis c) Mulla Nasrudin d) Edward T. Hall
a) negative self-talk is the root cause of most of our anguish b) we’re prisoners of our own cultural and familial upbringing c) much of our suffering comes from the irrational ways we perceive the world d) all-or-nothing thinking
a) disqualifying the positive b) emotional reasoning c) personalization d) mental filtering
a) overgeneralization b) labeling c) emotional reasoning d) magnification
a) anger/hostility b) unable to forgive c) learned helplessness d) lack of empathy
a) “This always happens to me.” b) “Just because it happened once doesn’t mean it will happen again.” c) “I never do anything right.” d) “It’s all my fault.”
a) stress hardiness b) optimism c) empathy d) altruism
a) information, analysis, advice b) understanding, reassurance
a) “Do whatever you want to do [sigh].” b) “I don’t care what you say.” c) “I feel sad when you don’t ask what I would like to do, because it makes me think you don’t care about me. I want you to ask me what I’d like to do.”
a) emotions getting in the way of reality b) not being able to judge a situation objectively c) self-defeating talk