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TIFU by biting my own teeth off

so, i’ve been told by my dentist for the last year??? or so that i grind my teeth in my sleep. if they knew that, idk why they didn’t give me a mouth guard. i’m literally getting gum recession, which they said was from grinding, but i just assumed it was partially also from brushing my teeth 20 minutes a day every day for a year when i started college (OCD friends out there, you KNOW).

didn’t take it too serious. surely, nothing will happen! surely, i’m 20, it can’t be that bad, no! girl, i should have pushed for a mouth guard. because. BECAUSE

i have been very stressed recently. been a rough month, you know how it goes. car problems, physical illness, mental illness, people problems, boy problems. you know. i’m just a girl, etc etc

i FREQUENTLY have nightmares of my teeth falling apart, crumbling, etc. which just makes this so much worse. last night, i remember waking up in the middle of the night to a “crunch” sound. it’s a dream, right? it’s a dream, this happens in my dreams all the time. back to sleep honk shoo honk shoo honk shoo

except i wake up for work at 4:30 AM and immediately notice… something ain’t right. i proceed to take the most heinous photos of my mouth (where i look not unlike something out of attack on titan) and HEY MY BACK MOLAR ON THE TOP LOOKS REALLY FUCKED UP.

and then throughout the day i realize the one next to it feels pretty sharp and weird. but hey, shouldn’t the bottom ones feel weird too— OH THEY DO. OH THEY ARE FUCKED. WHEN I BITE DOWN MY TEETH DO NOT TOUCH ON ONE SIDE. THEYDONOTTOUCH

did i mention it’s saturday, most notably Not A Work Day For Dentists?????????

i’m not in any pain, so no emergency dentist for me. it could always be worse i suppose. but one of my WORST fears is my teeth crumbling apart. this is actually my personal version of hell. and it’s a sensory nightmare to boot. imagine going to bed with your own full set of teeth, naturally grown and all (with some pesticides), and NO LONGER HAVING IT WHEN YOU WAKE UP.

i was literally about to switch dentists, looks like i’m getting the jump on that one. jesus fucking christ

TL;DR ground my teeth in my sleep already, for some reason i thought i would be immune to problems, engaged in an unconscious Big Chomp, and now i need 4 teeth reconstructed

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