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Im a teenager and suffers from health anxiety and always fear about cancer, especially brain tumours and leukemia, and how do i overcome this fear?

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Find life coach: Life often sends us challenges we don't have the skills to overcome. You wouldn't try to fix a bad appendix without help & shouldn't with this either. Find a life coach/therapist to explore your stressors & learn the skills needed to master them. Your doc should know someone locally that can help.

Dr Pasniciuc and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 12/10/2020

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