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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, let’s blame cancer victims for their illness. [/quote]

I had breast cancer and this is why I had to leave some support groups. It was NUTS. 
“We got cancer because we ate too much sugar!”
“You got cancer because you ate processed foods.”
“I got cancer because my life is stressful!”
“Those plastic water bottles gave you cancer.”
The list is endless. And you absolutely cannot have rational conversation with people like this. 
And don’t get me started on the natural treatments/supplements these people were into. I’m sorry - they didn’t save you. Modern medicine did. [/quote].

People want to believe that they can do something to control or prevent bad life things. It's not just cancer - we blame poor people, divorced people, sexual assault and harassment victims, etc. All so we can engage in the belief that those things can't happen to us because we won't make the "mistakes" that those people did.

Bad shit happens. You can be living a normal life and get shot at the mall, hit by a bus, common down with a chronic disease or live in a society which suddenly collapses into authoritarianism or war.

The only thing you can do is live your life righteously in joy and make sure that you give and receive love.

Plan for your unavoidable eventual demise with legal documents - wills, power of attorney and health care powers, etc.

People who are under tremendous stress and trauma often don't have the emotional, administrative or financial bandwidth to keep up with regular healthcare appointments or follow up promptly on signs of disease. So, try to always put uour own oxygen mask on first when experiencing stress and trauma. - which is unavoidable in life. [/quote]

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