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When shame about health choices delays necessary medical monitoring

I've been putting off getting my blood work done for my diabetes because I know the numbers will be bad and I can't handle another lecture about my lifestyle choices.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Self-judgment about our imperfections creates avoidance that compounds the very problems we're ashamed of having.

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