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How to face medical tests when you're afraid of bad news

I'm supposed to get a colonoscopy but I keep postponing it because I'm terrified they'll find something and my whole life will change overnight.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The fear of knowledge threatens the illusion of control we maintain over our mortality and future.

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