Jimmyboy
03-07-12, 09:58
I can't be the only one that thinks 'why me?' surely??
I have a real bad phobia of anything medical, especially dentists. Basically the dentist is everything I hate - entrapment, pain, invasion etc. And last time I went for a check up I almost passed out in the waiting room and had to get some fresh air.
This scared me even more and I can't face going back there at all now. So because of this, I try to take real good care of my teeth, brushing regularly, avoiding lots of sugar, and I don't smoke or drink alcohol or tea anyway. The idea being that I shouldn't need dental work done if I'm keeping them in good condition (not for a while anyway, where hopefully I could overcome this daft anxiety/fear thing!).......................yet yesterday I found a hole in my gum at the back!!!!! I mean wtf is that?? Looks like where the wisdom tooth should be coming through, but I'm not sure if its tooth or jawbone that I can see through it! I know its been there a while, as I could feel it with my tongue but I don't often look so closely in the mirror as I did yesterday. It doesn't hurt and its clean so its not like infected or anything.
But now I'm constantly worrying about it, and maybe its just a wisdom tooth...but maybe its not, and I physically cannot face going to the dentist to ask about it.........I mean what if they say its not fine and needs some sort of treatment with needles and stuff. :scared15:
I'm just fed up with shit happening to me all the time, and I don't even care if that sounds selfish (its about time I was selfish about something!). I just don't know why bad stuff has to keep happening to the guy with anxiety. :(
And just for the record....I would honestly rather die than go to the dentist.
Jimmy
I have a real bad phobia of anything medical, especially dentists. Basically the dentist is everything I hate - entrapment, pain, invasion etc. And last time I went for a check up I almost passed out in the waiting room and had to get some fresh air.
This scared me even more and I can't face going back there at all now. So because of this, I try to take real good care of my teeth, brushing regularly, avoiding lots of sugar, and I don't smoke or drink alcohol or tea anyway. The idea being that I shouldn't need dental work done if I'm keeping them in good condition (not for a while anyway, where hopefully I could overcome this daft anxiety/fear thing!).......................yet yesterday I found a hole in my gum at the back!!!!! I mean wtf is that?? Looks like where the wisdom tooth should be coming through, but I'm not sure if its tooth or jawbone that I can see through it! I know its been there a while, as I could feel it with my tongue but I don't often look so closely in the mirror as I did yesterday. It doesn't hurt and its clean so its not like infected or anything.
But now I'm constantly worrying about it, and maybe its just a wisdom tooth...but maybe its not, and I physically cannot face going to the dentist to ask about it.........I mean what if they say its not fine and needs some sort of treatment with needles and stuff. :scared15:
I'm just fed up with shit happening to me all the time, and I don't even care if that sounds selfish (its about time I was selfish about something!). I just don't know why bad stuff has to keep happening to the guy with anxiety. :(
And just for the record....I would honestly rather die than go to the dentist.
Jimmy