Giving Less Importance to Pain and Focusing on Achieving Objectives

Abstract

Giving less importance to pain and focusing on achieving objectives in accordance with values can help people to live their lives in spite of the pain. We present a rationale for this orientation and several techniques that can help people achieve this. Specifically, we present the importance of starting the intervention by educating people about pain and setting objectives in line with each person’s personal values. After that, we present some techniques that can help people deal with triggers and barriers that can make it difficult to stay on track when it comes to giving less importance to pain and more to achieving objectives.

Keywords::

• coping with pain and related triggers
• giving less importance to pain
• psychosocial perspective
• setting objectives

Financial & competing interests disclosure

Rubén Nieto’s projects (that have generated the knowledge presented in this paper) have been supported in recent years by the ‘Fundació la Caixa’ (Recercaixa, 2012-2013), the ‘Ministerio de Economía y Competitivad’ (Spanish Government, reference: PSI2013-42413-R; 2014-2016, and the eHealth Center at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.

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Funding

Rubén Nieto’s projects (that have generated the knowledge presented in this paper) have been supported in recent years by the ‘Fundació la Caixa’ (Recercaixa, 2012-2013), the ‘Ministerio de Economía y Competitivad’ (Spanish Government, reference: PSI2013-42413-R; 2014-2016, and the eHealth Center at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed. No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.