Imagine That You Are Trying to Help an Elderly Aunt

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you are trying to help an elderly aunt manage the chronic pain of arthritis. Your success is more likely if you suggest to her that the pain

A) has completely subsided.
B) is too intense to ignore.
C) is very manageable, and that she is capable of coping with it.
D) will only increase if she does not practice hypnosis.