In some religious traditions, people whip themselves or force themselves into uncomfortable physical positions as forms of repenting for their own or others' sins. These self-injurious behaviors MOST closely fit which of Edwin Shneidman's categories?
A) death darer
B) subintentional death
C) death initiator
D) death ignorer
Ans: B) subintentional death
Psychology
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A) Sublimation B) Denial C) Numbness D) Fatalism
Psychology