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The Worried Well

Daily Chase #151

Dec 01, 2025
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a person scanning blood glucose with a flash glucose monitor
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Our friend EC Synkowski has a term for a particular type of person: the worried well.

These are people who are perfectly healthy by every conventional metric. Their blood work is fine. Their body composition is solid. They move well, sleep reasonably, and eat real food.

But they’re consumed by health anxiety.

They’re the ones…

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