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theonlyone
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I have never talked about this out loud (or on screen?) to anyone before. It is like the huge pink elephant in my life, something that I know everyone around me is aware of, but no one says anything. I ignore it too. I have extremely bad teeth and have always had pretty bad dental hygiene. It started with a horrible dentist experience and then just continued as a I got older because of self esteem and neglect issues. I would say at least half of my teeth are either missing pieces or completely gone. I haven't been to the dentist since I was a sophomore in high school, I am now 26. At this point I am tired of the negligence and I want to start moving forward on getting this problem taken care of. I just don't know where to go from here I guess. I do have a job that has dental insurance, but I know that it won't cover a fraction of the attention that I need. I also get sick to my stomach at the thought of having someone examine my mouth. I am so ashamed and embarrassed at letting it get this far. The appearance of my teeth is 100% effecting pretty much every aspect of my life. I know what I have to and what I need to do, but I just feel like I'm frozen and I'm destined to live an unhappy life because I have gotten myself into such a horrible mess.
I am sorry if this is long and rambling and sounds like a pity party, I have just never really expressed any of these feelings out loud before.
I am sorry if this is long and rambling and sounds like a pity party, I have just never really expressed any of these feelings out loud before.