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When anxiety about surgery prevents the surgery itself

I'm supposed to have surgery but my anxiety is so bad that my blood pressure is too high and they keep postponing it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The body's fear response can become the very obstacle to resolving the condition that created the fear.

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