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I had dentist appointment yesterday and I had so much panic attack I tried to control my anxiety but it got worse my mind kept telling to run outside and cancel my appointment but I sit there I told my mind nope I need my teeth done so if something happens then let it happen I accept the anxiety and it went away but I felt terrible after when I got home I see I got a little cut inside my lips and tongue then I got worry what if I get hiv from that I had to google if dentist clean their tools or use new one I m still afraid that will get a serious issue also I have tmj flare up I didn’t want to do my teeth because of the fear of what if that cause me more tmj or other issue no reassurance just telling you how was my day yesterday

Health Concern OCD

Username: JRay1JRay1

Date posted: 33w ago

I understand. I have my dental cleaning tomorrow and I’ve been ruminating about it for weeks. Trying to not let the fearful thoughts overcome me but I worry I’ll need to have more dental work done. That’s the worst case senario in my head and it plays over and over. Also, I get autoimmune flares, so I totally understand the worry of it all making the tmj worse. Sending hugs!

Username: MoniiMonii

Date posted: 33w ago

@JRay1 Yes I always been scared of the dentist that’s was my fear and I do need more dental work done :/ but I think I m more prepare now Than before I just sit with the anxiety if I “die “ because of too much anxiety that’s what my brain say while having dental work done then it will happen lol yes my tmj been bad the last 2 year constantly under stress because I have a toddler with severe eczema without getting better so ocd also been worse I can’t find my way out thank you for stopping by wish you the best with your appointment it all about letting this anxiety be I know is hard because I thought I was gonna pass out yesterday but the symptoms passed and I was back to normal

Username: blp99blp99

Date posted: 33w ago

I was going to reassure you but the best thing to do is to try and keep your mind off this situation until it eventually looses importance to you, it’s the only thing to do in order to help yourself be better :)

Username: MoniiMonii

Date posted: 33w ago

@blp99 Yes that’s so true reassurance only make me feel better for a little bit then I feel worse I m just trying to accept whatever happen it happens of course that bring a lot anxiety like I should be in control of what will happen but I can’t control that this so tricky and hard

Username: Brooke cookieBrooke cookie

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 33w ago

You did the right thing by just doing it anyway and pushing through the ocd. Sometimes that’s all you can really do is just do what you have to do are supposed to do anyway.

Username: MoniiMonii

Date posted: 33w ago

@Brooke cookie Thank you yes I feel proud that I stayed there while my heart was probably at 150 and sweating dizzy scared and wanting to leave I stayed and symptoms went away and felt back to normal it just so annoying because I don’t want to feel anxious but I do

Username: Brooke cookieBrooke cookie

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 33w ago

@Monii I feel that I’ve had times where I’ve cried in the car to go do things I had to do but I still did them

Username: danocd

Date posted: 5y ago

I have a problem that I'm scared to catch a serious illness like hiv or aids from kissing people or becoming to close to them. It makes me get away from people and I have problems in relationships because I cant trust them if they are clean and I'm too freak... this Sunday I kissed a girl I met on tinder and she made me an scar on my mouth... and now I feel terrible cause if her blood got into my scar I may have caught hiv. I have been 3 days on terrible distress and this sucks... I dont know how to not think about it and I really dont talk to this girl anymore, I checked her mouth 2 or 3 times for injuries or blood (she didn't had any and I dont know if she has hiv or not) but I'm in terrible distress just for the fact that I had an open cut while kissing her and thst kiss could have made me sick with hiv. I really hate this and I hate myself and my decisions of kissing her. And this combines qith my religious compulsions... I'm really hating myself, OCD and illness right now... I'm in big distress and just want to vent a little bit. I just hope I didn't caught hiv from kissing this girl that made me an open cut as I said before but I cant be sure and this makes me crazy.... I just hate it... and hate this thoughts

Username: amber lynn

Date posted: 1y ago

needing a big wave of support

So, health concern OCD is a big subtype that I struggle with. I’m barely ever in really bad shape in my health but it doesn’t stop me from worrying about having everything under the sun. I have a pretty gnarly gum abscess near my wisdom tooth and am FINALLY pulling the trigger on getting all 4 wisdom teeth ripped out next month. I have never been under anesthesia before. And I can’t tell you how terrified I am. I have been crying and having panic attacks every single day since the decision made by me and my dentist. I’m nervous about the unknown and not being able to have control over my body when I go under, during the surgery, and when I wake up. Also terrified of something going wrong in recovery. So I come to ask! What was your wisdom tooth surgery like? Were you as worried as me? Did it all turn out okay. I need some big help.

Username: supafreak

Date posted: 45w ago

Wisdom teeth removal

I’ve never been under anesthesia, i’m 19 and I should be getting my wisdom teeth removed, I am supposed to call the oral surgeon, but I still haven’t called after two months of getting my referral, for a few reasons. 1. I think i will die or suffer from serious complications/ be able to feel everything but not be able to move, almost like sleep paralysis, because that type of thing has happened before, only in redheads… I am not a redhead. Just the impeding doom it feels like a possibility. 2. Who will take me/drive me home while i’m coming out of the anesthesia and possibly saying silly things. I don’t want anyone to see me in a state i’ve never been in before. I feel like i’m going to say horrible things that are either directed at the person who is caring for me, or just in general. Even sexually explicit/ morally wrong/ flat out disturbing. If my boyfriends take me what if I tell him I don’t love him ( I do). What if I say something sexual that could be offensive, like sexual acts with other people? (I’ve never done/Will never do). I can’t have my mom take me cause she would hold those things against me for however long it felt right to her. Etc. My teeth are suffering and the anxiety of the what ifs eat me alive every time I think about it. To me this feels extremely vulnerable and it makes me more uncomfortable than anything to not be in control of my words. My sister specifically is an example that makes me feel these things. She told me that our mother said to her when she was healed from getting her wisdom teeth out that my sister said something so bad that my mother said she would never repeat it. Which is very out of character for my mother. And my sister and I are almost positive what she said was a sexual connotation. Has anyone else had this experience?

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