Would it comfort you to know that the number has a spiritual significance to most religions. If you are an adherent of Christianity it symbolizes the union of mind/body/spirit. To nearly all practices its meaning is used to symbolise the continuous circle of life; that things come to an end and are followed by rebirth and so on. Is there anything we can do to help? Perhaps there is a coping skill out there to use. I am thinking decatastrophizing the feeling of dread.