It's often my first sign to myself that I'm headed to a bad spot. My favorite is driving down the road and suddenly thinking, "What if the steering column just snapped..." I usually don't really want to die, I just want to escape from the stress of the moment and the hospital is a place where someone else takes responsibility for me.

That's when I treat myself to a movie or a new book or a bubblebath. BEFORE I get to the point of really wishing I was dead.