I Faced My Fear Today!

I like this post's title! ^_^

As part of my "total" overhaul, I decided to face one of my worst fears today - the dentist! I know it's gross but the last time I got my teeth fixed was about 10 years ago. And the last dentist to touch my teeth was my mom. It's kinda weird though that I'm scared to go to the dentist even though I grew up watching one.

Since my mother quit being a dentist years ago, I lost my privilege to a free daily dental checkup. Aside from not knowing where to go, I had the "fear of dentists" thing that I had to overcome.

Today, I faced my fear!

It took me about a week to actually condition myself to go to the dentist. I sorta prepared myself for the sermon ("Why didn't you go to a dentist regularly?") and a shocked expression from the dentist ("What on earth is this?!" When she sees my mouth... it's not that bad, by the way. I was just imagining things. I still have a decent set of pearlies. Still have my 2 front teeth you know.)

If I didn't go today, there's a big chance that I wouldn't have gone. So I thought I'd rather hear all that than go through the pain of watching my teeth rot.

As I was lying on the dental chair, all my fears melted. The dentist didn't have feather hands. I felt pain as imagined. But the pain went away as soon as she lifted her instrument. And the best part about facing my fear is knowing that it's over. I still have some teeth to be fixed but at least 1/3 of the work is over.

You know the greatest thing about facing your fear is the feeling afterwards. It's rewarding. As long as you don't die while facing your fears, you'll realize that it wasn't even worth all the time you spent worrying. I worried for like 1 week but the dentist was done in about an hour.

So I say we stop being afraid. Let's just face our fears and enjoy the rewards after.

Tomorrow... I'm off to face another fear - my previous employer! Hihihihihihihi