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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Mind, I'm Christie Nicholson. Got a minute?
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2 .An upcoming dental appointment can be terrifying.
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3 .So terrifying, in fact, that the fear of future pain can be a worse experience than the actual pain during the procedure.
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4 .So finds a study in the journal PLOS Computational Biology.
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5 .Volunteers had to choose a date on which they would have hypothetical, painful dental work,
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6 .and choose another date to get a real electric shock.
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7 .Most subjects strongly preferred to schedule the pain (real or theoretical) as soon as possible,
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8 .they felt that the dread of waiting was just too much to endure.
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9 .They did not even want to wait even though they were told that the shocks would be less intense if they put them off.
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10 .The minority of participants who did choose to delay their pain thought that doing so would reduce their immediate anxiety.
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11 .Which is the same motivation for those who wanted to get the pain over with sooner.
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12 .However, the delaying group suffered increasing levels of anxiety as time wore on.
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13 .So, when you have the freedom to choose, the best strategy appears to be to rip off the band-aid, fast.
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14 .Never dread til tomorrow what you can suffer through today.
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15 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Mind. I'm Christie Nicholson.
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