Student’s Name : Alexandra Saltaoura Professor’s Name: Kim Hutt Course: Research Lab Date: 01/05/2018 Chronic Pain and its Therapy Through Visualization Pain tends to be an extraordinarily individualized and subjective phenomenon, with there being no test that can gauge and find the exact source of pain with total accuracy (Lehman, 2017, p.5). The International Association for the Study of Pain considers pain to be subjective and characterized by the individual who encounters it, but a widely accepted definition is "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage" (Claus & MacDonald, 2017, p.5; Kumar & Elavarasi, 2016, p.87). Along these lines, health experts depend on the individual's perception and portrayal of the sort, timing, and area of pain (Claus & MacDonald, 2017, p.5). Given its complexity, pain in its various types and forms has been the focus of a lot of research in different fields, such as medicine, pharmacology, gymnastics, as well psychology. This paper aims to explore the concept of chronic pain and its management, focusing on the psychological aspects of those and more specifically the concept of guided imagery, also known as visualization, which has been found to be a very effective mode of managing chronic pain. Characterizing pain as either dull or sharp, consistent or on- and- off, or thought consuming or throbbing may provide the indications that can determine where the pain comes from and why it may persist or reoccur. These depictions constitute an area of what is known as pain history, taken during the assessment of a patient who complains of pain. Chronic pain is regularly characterized as any pain that a person has been enduring over a period of around 12 weeks. While acute pain is an ordinary sensation often experience and which cautions us about the likely damage, pain of a chronic nature is altogether different. Chronic pain continues to exist, often up to months or even beyond that (Lehman, 2017, p.6). Chronic pain may emerge from underlying trauma, for example, an acute back injury or intense physical labour, or there might be a progressing cause, for instance, certain types of arthritis (Claus & MacDonald, 2017). Be that as it may, there may likewise be no certain reason. Other medical issues, for example, weakness, disturbed sleep, diminished appetite, and changes in mood, regularly go with chronic pain. Chronic pain may restrain a person’s ability to move