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Draftsman
Junior member
- Joined
- Feb 2, 2019
- Messages
- 3
- Location
- Houston
Hello all. I'm 36 and living in Houston (gulf coast area) U.S.A.
I'm a CAD piping and structural Draftsman for a large oil company... I have 6 children.
Live a "normal" life i guess you could say.
The reason I'm here is because well.... I have neglected my oral health for most of my life.
Now I'm experiencing the results in doing so.
I have not been able to fully smile since I was about 18... I have MAJOR fears of dentists and mostly worried that I will be judged and scolded for being such a horrible person. I consider myself a clean person... Right? See this all stems back to when I lost my baby teeth around 9 to 11yrs old. My mom would tell us boys to go brush our teeth. I tried and seen blood come out and it really freaked me out. My older brother (by 7yrs) would constantly tell me that I was gonna have holes in my head and that all my teeth were going to fall out forever... Which caused me to shut down from brushing all together. My mom would say go brush... So I'd run the water and "pretend" brush.... She never checked. Never supervised. I remember going to the dentist maybe once as a kid... So since then I Ignored my teeth. Which have progressively gotten worse. I live in constant pain. My breath is terrible, depression often takes over...everything has come to a boiling point where my pain is absolutely unbearable.
I have to do something about it, but I fear it may be too late. The thought of showing my ugly teeth to ANYONE puts me in a state of shame and anxiety that I can't even begin to explain... Like I'm gonna walk in and the dentist is going to say "well you're an idiot and a terrible dirty filthy poor excuse for a human.... Leave my office."
I'm going to make a dental appointment for next weekend (when i have a good check) I'm just worried..... I feel ashamed that I let myself get to this point...
I have an abscess tooth right now as I type and it IS SCARING ME TO DEATH. I don't want to die of a stroke or sepsis....
I just want to be healthy.
I want to be able to smile a regular smile.
I want the pain and shame and embarrassment to go away....
Do any of you know of ANY dentist in the Houston and surrounding areas that would take me? And understand exactly HOW MUCH this problem has taken over my life, my job, my mental health.... I can't take being pointed at like a freak. Especially from dental professionals or strangers...
Thanks for hearing me out...
I wasn't sure what else to do.
Thanks again.
-Ac
I'm a CAD piping and structural Draftsman for a large oil company... I have 6 children.
Live a "normal" life i guess you could say.
The reason I'm here is because well.... I have neglected my oral health for most of my life.
Now I'm experiencing the results in doing so.
I have not been able to fully smile since I was about 18... I have MAJOR fears of dentists and mostly worried that I will be judged and scolded for being such a horrible person. I consider myself a clean person... Right? See this all stems back to when I lost my baby teeth around 9 to 11yrs old. My mom would tell us boys to go brush our teeth. I tried and seen blood come out and it really freaked me out. My older brother (by 7yrs) would constantly tell me that I was gonna have holes in my head and that all my teeth were going to fall out forever... Which caused me to shut down from brushing all together. My mom would say go brush... So I'd run the water and "pretend" brush.... She never checked. Never supervised. I remember going to the dentist maybe once as a kid... So since then I Ignored my teeth. Which have progressively gotten worse. I live in constant pain. My breath is terrible, depression often takes over...everything has come to a boiling point where my pain is absolutely unbearable.
I have to do something about it, but I fear it may be too late. The thought of showing my ugly teeth to ANYONE puts me in a state of shame and anxiety that I can't even begin to explain... Like I'm gonna walk in and the dentist is going to say "well you're an idiot and a terrible dirty filthy poor excuse for a human.... Leave my office."
I'm going to make a dental appointment for next weekend (when i have a good check) I'm just worried..... I feel ashamed that I let myself get to this point...
I have an abscess tooth right now as I type and it IS SCARING ME TO DEATH. I don't want to die of a stroke or sepsis....
I just want to be healthy.
I want to be able to smile a regular smile.
I want the pain and shame and embarrassment to go away....
Do any of you know of ANY dentist in the Houston and surrounding areas that would take me? And understand exactly HOW MUCH this problem has taken over my life, my job, my mental health.... I can't take being pointed at like a freak. Especially from dental professionals or strangers...
Thanks for hearing me out...
I wasn't sure what else to do.
Thanks again.
-Ac