Edwin H. Friedman Quotes

The degree of pain we are experiencing at any time almost always includes two variables: the stimulus “causing” the discomfort, and the threshold for tolerance—that is, the capacity to overcome or perhaps reduce the sensation itself.

Edwin H. Friedman

• Pain
• Tolerance
• Sensation
• Discomfort

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• The degree of pain we are experiencing at any time almost always includes two variables: the stimulus “causing” the discomfort, and the threshold for tolerance—that is, the capacity to overcome or perhaps reduce the sensation itself.

  

  Edwin H. Friedman
  • Pain
  • Tolerance
  • Sensation