As a teenager i was quite sick and we were told that i probably wouldn't live past 25 years of age. I got an accurate diagnosis couple years later and treatment that meant my condition stabilised, and so the prediction was no longer there. However, coming up to my 25th birthday, i was sure that because i had cheated death once something else would happen to cause me to die. I really struggled with it and then came to just accept that it was going to happen. i felt that i was ready if it happened. I also thought that if i didn't bring attention to or acknowledge my birthday then maybe i would be ok, or the end wouldn't be nasty.

Even though i had my rational mind saying one thing it was incredibly hard not to listen to this inner voice that was telling me what was going to happen. Knowing where it was coming from (my experience as a teen) did help me to work through it, but it wasn't until my birthday had past and probably up to my 26th birthday that i really believed that the premonition was wrong and i was able to throw it off forever.

It was a pretty horrible thing to go through, but also liberating once it was over.