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Oh no! Those fearful feelings

Overcoming a phobia takes courage, a willingness to look what you fear most straight in the face. But when does a phobia go from an aversion to a disorder? It’s when it begins to interfere with living a normal life, says Prof. Samudra T. Kathriarachchi, Professor in Psychiatry at Sri Jayewardenepura University’s Faculty of Medical Sciences.

The lump and I

It may be that scores of women around Sri Lanka are fingering their breasts nervously at this moment to ascertain whether they can feel any unwelcome lumps. I know three such, all of them about 30 years younger than I, who did discover lumps and were unutterably relieved to find they were benign or harmless.
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