My husband had a heart attack at 47 and we're both scared in completely different ways — he's trying to prove he's fine by pushing himself too hard and I'm watching him like a hawk which is making him resentful. We're supposed to be recovering together but we're actually driving each other crazy.
More people experience this than they realize.
Fear manifests differently in each partner, creating opposing strategies that increase rather than decrease the shared anxiety about health and mortality.
“Where Are You with Men's health through life stages?”
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