I have bluescreen-phobia

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I'm scared of the Blue Screen of Death. Seriously.

Whenever I hibernate or shutdown my computer, I have to turn the screen off in case it bluescreens during that process. Whenever I see a bluescreen, it makes my heart skip a beat and I jump a little - especially if it's on my own computer.

I decided that this is getting ridiculous after I experienced a BSOD this evening. My computer booted back up and I decided to switch off the screen and leave the room. I came back about a minute later and it still hadn't got to the login screen. To find out what happened, I actually covered the screen with two A4 pages and gradually peeled them back after I saw that the screen wasn't blue.

This is going way too far, but I can't help it. I am legitimately afraid of BSODs.

Does anyone have any advice on how I can help myself?

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