Table 2 Final items and extracted factors, with problematic items deleted

35

makes my thoughts blurry

0.89

0.03

0.06

13

makes it more difficult to focus on my environment and what happens around me

0.84

0.06

-0.01

19

makes me feel powerless (lack energy)

0.82

0.20

-0.13

33

makes it hard to focus

0.80

-0.02

0.01

39

makes me anxious

0.77

0.08

-0.05

28

impairs my memory

0.75

-0.05

0.17

3

hinders me from being the best version of myself

0.70

-0.13

0.14

27

makes me socially withdrawn

0.70

0.01

-0.08

16

makes me dizzy

0.70

0.20

-0.07

45

lowers my mood

0.68

-0.11

-0.02

21

causes me negative physical symptoms

0.67

-0.15

0.18

23

makes me nauseous

0.60

-0.11

0.05

26

worsens my sleep quality

0.52

-0.24

0.23

43

makes me less anxious

-0.03

0.89

-0.16

40

improves my mood

-0.02

0.88

-0.04

38

makes me more relaxed

0.14

0.85

-0.02

42

helps me feel more emotionally stable

-0.11

0.81

-0.09

24

makes it easier to breathe

0.18

0.61

0.08

22

enables me to sleep better

0.13

0.55

0.17

14

enables me to feel the pain without reacting to it

0.12

0.52

0.00

9

lessens the intensity of the pain

0.10

-0.23

1.03

8

makes the pain more tolerable

0.08

-0.19

0.96

11

enables me to focus on other things beside the pain

0.02

-0.05

0.87

4

has improved my life quality

-0.14

-0.03

0.79

5

has enabled me to regain a sense of control over my life

-0.02

0.21

0.65

2

has enabled me to gain a sense of normality in my life

0.08

0.27

0.64

10

eliminates the pain

0.11

0.10

0.55

12

enables me to pay more attention to sensations (like wind on my cheek, clock ticking, objects’s textures and patterns)

0.19

0.26

0.54

15

helps me to take care of myself

-0.13

0.26

0.54

17

enables me to do the things I like

-0.13

0.30

0.53