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[quote=Anonymous]I used to work for a breast cancer organization. There are a few reasons people disappear. It doesn’t make it right. - Blaming the victim. This has to do with fear of mortality. People are scared of death and so will create distance from it by blaming the victim. “She drank too much wine” or “she was overweight” or “she lived near a toxic area” etc. Anything they can do to explain why the person got ill helps them feel better and that they won’t. Believing that it is truly random is frightening and believing that the ill person caused their own illness keeps the person feeling safe. - Lack of community and social support. People just don’t help each other out, they are individualistic and want someone else to do it. Unless they have been in a similar position themselves, many people are myopic and self-centered. It’s not just ill people but also happens to new moms. [/quote]
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