Pain is influenced by many factors, including a psychological "pain cycle."
This cycle involves conditioning oneself to experience pain more frequently due to expectation and guarding against it.
Increased sensitivity to pain arises from this anticipation, similar to concentrating to hear a faint sound.
We can train ourselves to reduce pain expectation, effectively lowering the perceived "volume" of pain.
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