Well that was almost successful..

[Texascubbie]

Had dentist appt to get permanent crowns done. Had 2 prior moments of anxiety at other visits, but I've no history at all of dental phobia. My therapist thought it might be that the room, the equipment, is bringing back feelings of being in icu. The lights, all the machinery, the procedures... Found myself needing time outs and then I just couldn't finish. So I have to go back Thursday. Gives me time to talk to therapist, but wow. Managed to keep heart rate slow, only peaked at 100 and briefly. But afterwards, I felt exhausted and scared. A little social anxiety going for groceries too just afterwards. But they tell me this gets better??! At least I'm home and trying to rest. To hell with any work!

Not a fun start to day.

[Dabofoppo]

My icu stay was because of a wisdom tooth im terrified of dentists no idea why. One thing that's kind of helped me is going in and seeing the equipment and the environment and getting to know about it although that would be difficult just now with covid.