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How medical imaging can trigger existential dread

I had to look at my own chest X-ray with the radiologist and seeing my ribs and organs made me feel like I was already dead.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Seeing the inner architecture of mortality can shatter the illusion of bodily permanence we need to function daily.

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“Where Are You with Medical imaging and what it shows?”

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