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| a death resulting from panic and overload of the major nerve going to the heart |
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| the body's method for fighting disease or injury |
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| cells that fight off invading foreign bodies that might prove injuious; part of the immune system |
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| wound in the intestine or stomach resulting from severe irritation |
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| muscle spasms and tissue swelling in the air tudes of the lungs |
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| muscle contraction headache |
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| headaches from holding oneself in a fixed position, causing the muscles to spasm and putting pressure on the nerves |
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| a headache resulting from an insufficient supply of the brain chemical serotonin |
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| an organized mental task designed to deceive the brain about incoming information |
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| the cognitive strategy that consists of thinking of something else during pain |
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| the cognitive strategy that consists of talking ourselves into believing that incoming stimulation is different from what it is |
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| a method of mental control in which a machine attached to the body records events going on so that the individual can change them |
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| psychological distortions used to remain psychologically stable, or in balance |
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| pushing a painful event or thought out of counsciousness |
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| refusing to admit that there is a problem |
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| venting our feelings on something or someone other that the true or original target |
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| expressing the opposite of what we fell |
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| removing our feelings about an event and discussing it in a coolly rational and unemotional way |
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| identification with the aggressor |
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| taking on characteristics of someone who has mistreated us in order to psychologically acoid the abuse |
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| going backward in behavior and thought to a period when we were taken care of as a child; childish behavior |
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| attributing our thoughts to someone else |
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| channeling emotional energy into constructive or creative activities |
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| explaining away a problem so that we don't have to accept the blame |
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| the image we have of ourselves |
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| the degree to which we think we are worthwhile |
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