Caring to death

Many people fear sharing a cancer diagnosis because of what usually comes next; not the illness, but how they’re suddenly treated…as if they’re already dying.
They are exposed to a kind of death-by-overreaction.
Excessive pity, constant “are you okay?”, over-pampering, hovering, which emotionally suffocates the person and strips them of normal life.
For World Cancer Day, the idea is to show how good intentions can still cause harm and that care without understanding can take more than it gives.