How do YOU deal with root canal anxiety?
Yeah I know all about trying this and that and relaxation techniques, educating yourself about the procedure, and communicating with your dentist, etc., I know exactly what's going to happen, so there's no surprises, spare me, and I'm trying my best to be very courageous and sometimes I feel calm about it, yet other times the anxiety comes on naturally, knowing the pain I'm going to have to go through, but I can't help the anxiety. How do you personally prepare yourself?
I'm already knowledgeable about it all, trust me. I'm wanting to know how you handle it. Cuz those obvious suggestions just don't cut it sometimes. Hahaha I'm very fearful of the dentist and I'll tell you why.
A dentist almost killed me one time and I had to save myself. He was a real sarcastic smart aleck and after I saved myself from choking on a clamp that lodged all the way down my throat because of his negligence, all he had to say was, "Well that's what you get for putting your hands up there!!" I could have slapped him! He says I wasn't hurting your lip THAT BAD!! Well I should know how bad he was hurting me. He obviously didn't care!
OH I WANTED TO PUNCH HIM SO BAD BECAUSE THAT THING WAS LODGED ALL THE WAY DOWN MY THROAT AND I'M JUST LUCKY BY THE GRACE OF GOD I SAVED MYSELF.
I had put up with his pushing so hard down on my lip to fix a tooth, that I couldn't take it anymore, so I simply reached up to try to pull my lip away from under his thumb and he just up and threw his hands up in the air, like a real smart aleck and when he did, the whole clamp lodged deep in my throat and I thought I was a goner. So you can see where my anxiety comes from. I wanted to punch him so bad, but I couldn't, because he still had to work on my teeth and I didn't want him mad at me while working on my teeth or I thought he would hurt me more. If he hadn't been hurting my lip "that bad" I certainly wouldn't have attempted to relieve the pain!!! What a jerk!! 😠
I'm already knowledgeable about it all, trust me. I'm wanting to know how you handle it. Cuz those obvious suggestions just don't cut it sometimes. Hahaha I'm very fearful of the dentist and I'll tell you why.
A dentist almost killed me one time and I had to save myself. He was a real sarcastic smart aleck and after I saved myself from choking on a clamp that lodged all the way down my throat because of his negligence, all he had to say was, "Well that's what you get for putting your hands up there!!" I could have slapped him! He says I wasn't hurting your lip THAT BAD!! Well I should know how bad he was hurting me. He obviously didn't care!
OH I WANTED TO PUNCH HIM SO BAD BECAUSE THAT THING WAS LODGED ALL THE WAY DOWN MY THROAT AND I'M JUST LUCKY BY THE GRACE OF GOD I SAVED MYSELF.
I had put up with his pushing so hard down on my lip to fix a tooth, that I couldn't take it anymore, so I simply reached up to try to pull my lip away from under his thumb and he just up and threw his hands up in the air, like a real smart aleck and when he did, the whole clamp lodged deep in my throat and I thought I was a goner. So you can see where my anxiety comes from. I wanted to punch him so bad, but I couldn't, because he still had to work on my teeth and I didn't want him mad at me while working on my teeth or I thought he would hurt me more. If he hadn't been hurting my lip "that bad" I certainly wouldn't have attempted to relieve the pain!!! What a jerk!! 😠
