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When supporting a loved one through medical crisis feels overwhelming

My mom wants me to go with her to her oncologist appointment but I don't know if I can handle hearing whatever they're going to say.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Bearing witness to another's vulnerability confronts us with our own powerlessness and mortality.

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“Where Are You with Preparing for medical encounters?”

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