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When a partner's medical crisis makes you hypervigilant about their health

My husband had a heart attack and now I'm hyperaware of every chest pain or moment of breathlessness he has and it's making both of us crazy.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Witnessing someone's mortality can transform love into anxious surveillance that serves neither person's wellbeing.

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