Have you, or someone you know, had a heart attack or other serious illness, and then thought a lot about dying months after?

Have you, or someone you know, had a heart attack or other serious illness, and then thought a lot about dying months after?
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I had cancer 20 years ago, it was years before I stopped having the concept of my own mortality often front and center. I believe it’s very normal. We don’t really tend to think of such things unless we have reason to believe that it could happen in an untimely fashion.
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