καταστροφοποίηση →
catastrophization, catastrophisation, catastrophizing, catastrophising
καταστροφοποίηση του πόνου → pain catastrophizing
αποκαταστροφοποίηση → decatastrophization, decatastrophisation, decatastrophizing, decatastrophising
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExaggerationIn cognitive therapy, decatastrophizing or decatastrophization is a cognitive restructuring technique to treat cognitive distortions, such as magnification and catastrophizing, commonly seen in psychological disorders like anxiety and psychosis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DecatastrophizingPain catastrophizing is the tendency to describe a pain experience in more exaggerated terms than the average person, to ruminate on it more (e.g., "I kept thinking 'this is terrible'"), and/or to feel more helpless about the experience ("I thought it was never going to get better"). People who report a large number of such thoughts during a pain experience are more likely to rate the pain as more intense than those who report fewer such thoughts.
It is generally assumed that the tendency to catastrophize plays a causal role in the pain experience – that is, it causes the person to experience the pain as more intense. One suggestion is that catastrophizing influences pain perception through altering attention and anticipation, and heightening emotional responses to pain. However, we cannot yet rule out the possibility that at least some aspects of catastrophization may actually be the product of an intense pain experience, rather than its cause. That is, the more intense the pain feels to the person, the more likely they are to have thoughts about it that fit the definition of catastrophization.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_catastrophizing