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ARandomDude
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Hi,
I am 26 years old and I can't stop worrying about my teeth. I just went back to the dentist after feeling pain in my tooth recently. In total, I needed a root canal and a total of 9 fillings. I still have 5 fillings left. Aside from monetary stress, I keep worrying about the future. I have been neglecting myself in not only oral hygiene, but also my mental health and physical health. I have high blood pressure and by BMI standards, I was obese.
I have been trying change my lifestyle recently. I have lost ~25 pounds so far in the last few months, and my current weight by BMI standards, I am now overweight, not obese. I have changed my diet to allow for more fruits/vegetables + water, cutting out all junk food/coffee. I was very bad with coffee before. At one point, I drank 5+ coffees a day and in combination of having bad oral hygiene led to my current predicament. I have slowly started adding exercise but it's been troubling. Mental health wise, I have ups and downs. I don't know how to keep it stable. Also changed my oral hygiene, so that I am brushing two times day, waterjet and flossing once a day.
I keep thinking about how I messed up and how my teeth will end up in the future. They are transparent at the bottom while being whitish-yellow. My gums were inflamed before but they seem to be normal after I started flossing and using the waterpik for three weeks. But some of my molars are a little crooked now. I read about how the fillings I got will fall out in 7-10 years and due to all the drilling and restoration, eventually my teeth will give away and I will have to either get it extracted and get dentures/implants for all my teeth. I hate myself so much. These feelings become greater after I brush my teeth, floss and waterpik at night. Because I feel so much hatred for myself and how neglectful I am and how little I know about the future. Then I start the spiral downwards thinking about how I have to die and why should I even get the rest of the fillings I have. I usually try to distract myself by watching TV until I fall asleep from exhaustion. I feel my anxiety rising as night approaches because this is the time when all these thoughts start happening. I feel worthless in the world. It's the unknown future that I fear.
I am 26 years old and I can't stop worrying about my teeth. I just went back to the dentist after feeling pain in my tooth recently. In total, I needed a root canal and a total of 9 fillings. I still have 5 fillings left. Aside from monetary stress, I keep worrying about the future. I have been neglecting myself in not only oral hygiene, but also my mental health and physical health. I have high blood pressure and by BMI standards, I was obese.
I have been trying change my lifestyle recently. I have lost ~25 pounds so far in the last few months, and my current weight by BMI standards, I am now overweight, not obese. I have changed my diet to allow for more fruits/vegetables + water, cutting out all junk food/coffee. I was very bad with coffee before. At one point, I drank 5+ coffees a day and in combination of having bad oral hygiene led to my current predicament. I have slowly started adding exercise but it's been troubling. Mental health wise, I have ups and downs. I don't know how to keep it stable. Also changed my oral hygiene, so that I am brushing two times day, waterjet and flossing once a day.
I keep thinking about how I messed up and how my teeth will end up in the future. They are transparent at the bottom while being whitish-yellow. My gums were inflamed before but they seem to be normal after I started flossing and using the waterpik for three weeks. But some of my molars are a little crooked now. I read about how the fillings I got will fall out in 7-10 years and due to all the drilling and restoration, eventually my teeth will give away and I will have to either get it extracted and get dentures/implants for all my teeth. I hate myself so much. These feelings become greater after I brush my teeth, floss and waterpik at night. Because I feel so much hatred for myself and how neglectful I am and how little I know about the future. Then I start the spiral downwards thinking about how I have to die and why should I even get the rest of the fillings I have. I usually try to distract myself by watching TV until I fall asleep from exhaustion. I feel my anxiety rising as night approaches because this is the time when all these thoughts start happening. I feel worthless in the world. It's the unknown future that I fear.