Wednesday, September 17, 2008
I Didn't Bite the Dentist
I went to the dentist yesterday and I had flashbacks of my childhood the entire time. As I was sitting there, it became clear to me why certain event happened in my childhood: When I was 7 years-old, I was having a tooth pulled and in the midst of my fear and the dentist not being comfortable with children, I bit his finger when he put it in my mouth. He then started yelling and I started crying-- very traumatic! Well yesterday, while the dental hygienist was scraping my teeth and stabbing my gums, biting (or punching) became a very desirable action. Thankfully I resisted, but I must admit I had to hold back! No wonder people refuse to go to the dentist! It's such a miserable experience! I had heard that they show movies/tv shows while you get your teeth cleaned, but even after mentioning it to the hygienist, she didn't turn it on... grrrr...
Dentists have the highest suicide rate of any professional people. No one WANTS to visit them-they hurt you!
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So I watched the last 10 minutes of a Seinfeld episode on Saturday and it happened to be about some joke Jerry had told about dentists... Kramer called him an "anti-dentite" :-) I think I would consider myself one as well!!
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