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[Healandlove]

@Spirit_Healer , thinking of you. I'm glad your psychiatrist is looking after you.

We are here with you. ❤️🫂

[avant-garde]

@rav3n @Ru-bee @MJG017 @tyme 

I have a dentist appointment today...

Dentists terrify me

I have 2 distinct memories of them refusing to listen to me

I don't handle the mouth blocks well (to keep my mouth open) 

The other one is when the numbing stuff wasn't working and it took 3x the normal amount to work, l but they didn't listen so I started kicking

I thought my teeth would make good pliers

I chipped a front tooth

I have a dentist survival kit

It has fidgets and headphones and a small soft toy. 

I still hate dentists

But at least it's a front tooth and no nerve damage so hopefully no pain relief required...

45 minutes, just survive 45 minutes...

Apparently this one has a gift with anxious patients...

We'll see about that

[Ru-bee]

Sending you some extra strength to get through it @avant-garde 

I've had horrible dentist experiences too - I remember being told to shut up by a dentist as a kid when I was crying while getting a filling. Last year I probably had the most horrible experience at the dentist where I had to just focus every ounce of my concentration on my breathing to get me through it.

All that just to say: I get it, dentist anxiety is absolutely valid, and I hope today goes okay! 

Also to balance out my own experiences a little and to add some hope in here I wanted to add that I have actually found a really gentle dentist who is caring and listens to me and lets me put in my headphones for an entire appointment if I need to, and now my biggest fear at the dentist is the bill at the end 😢

[MJG017]

@avant-garde 

I don't envy your position, i'm not a huge fan of dentists myself.  Hopefully this one lives up to the reputation with anxious patients.  I hope it goes okay for you... 'okay' for a trip to the dentist anyway.  Just focus on the 45minutes is all you need to get through and you'll be out of there.

[MJG017]

I'm wishing you the best of luck @Spirit_Healer, hopefully you can get this sorted soon and you can feel better. I'm sending all the good vibes i can to you.

[Gremlin24]

@Healandlove I'm really not doing ok at the moment. But I'm here. 

[PeppyPatti]

As you can see I'm at the cafe. I'm sitting in a couch I'm going to care for me differently because I'm not going to fulltime Tafe anymore this year.

I love dentists. May I give you a tip

@avant-garde and yes I'm totally there for you in hating dentists. 

Could you think 

" You @avant-garde are an individual."

[Spirit_Healer]

Hello @PeppyPatti !

How are you?

How is married life?

[avant-garde]

Deep breath right? 

I have my music

I have my little bear 

I'll get my fidget cube out

I have my sunglasses

Breathe

Appointment in 20 minutes

75 minutes and it'll be over

45+20

[Shaz51]

Hello @Daisy52 , @Jlol @avant-garde , @Spirit_Healer , @Oaktree , @PeppyPatti , @Gremlin24 , @Glisten , @rav3n , @Healandlove , @Ru-bee , @Jynx , @tyme 

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