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Currently typing this with swollen cheeks and an ice pack wrapped around my head as I have had the pleasure of having my wisdom teeth removed this morning. Hopefully that mental image can leave you with some smiles otherwise it may just not be worth it.
Now I know that wisdom teeth is a very minor thing to have done to oneself, most people will at some point in their life have at least one wisdom tooth removed yet for me it was a terrifying concept.
Why? simply because I have anxiety. The environment demanded of me for the removal of my wisdom teeth is just not something I am capable of entering into calm and collected. Well as calm and collected as someone who does not suffer from anxiety, as some anxious feelings are to be expected. Walking into the surgery already medicated to ensure no anxiety attacks was a step in which I hope to one day be able to do by myself yet know I am not there yet.. BUT today I realized that is OKAY.
I’ve been struggling with admitting to myself that I have anxiety for years and this realization was so monumental to me I felt the need to share it because I am not alone. People out there have anxiety and they need to know that they aren’t alone & it is normal for them to to react how they do they are not overreacting. These two major ideas for years I could not understand.
You are not alone, you are normal, you are the best you! Anxiety does not make up who you are its only a fraction of the amazing person. 
Persistent Positivity 
I hope you are feeling better! I had all four of my wisdom teeth pulled out, and they had to put me under to do it, so I relate. YOU DID IT! …and now, it is good and behind you, and those teeth will no longer pester you. ^.^ Now, you can continue being amazing!
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Courageous post! I find activities like yoga or natural products like essential oils help calm me & my mind when I experience attacks. And yes, never forget that you are not alone and there is nothing wrong with you 😊
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Thank you it for sure took a bit of starring at a blank screen before I started typing it! Yeah I’ve found running and most physical activity to be fairly therapeutic for myself! Thanks! I’ll be trying the yoga though!
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Good luck 💟
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Yes, the image made me chuckle 🙂 I’ve got anxiety issues too so I completely understand you. I can’t know how you feel because we all feel it in different ways but I do get it. I get so nervous about making a bloody phone call, I just want to slap myself and say: “Pull yourself together God damn it!”, but it doesn’t work like that. Still,it doesn’t make us weak! On the contrary. We need so much energy to deal with every day situations that other people seem to be cruising through with such ease. It’s exhausting! I like you. I’ll be following you.
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Exactly! No one person has the same experiences! Thank you that means a lot!! 🙂
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