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10+ Ways I Deal With Anxiety
I had a 2-hour dental procedure today. It was a tough one BUT I am recovering faster than I thought.
Dental infections and surgery are hard to deal with, especially for someone with anxiety. I have dealt with anxiety my entire life.
My anxiety tends to be centered around health anxiety. Have you ever had a bad blood test result? Bad mammogram? I have had both, more than once. The bad blood test was when I was diabetic but hadn’t been diagnosed yet.
And the bad mammogram I had a few years ago. This was incredibly stressful for me as I was only around 40 years old. I was shocked at my age to get a bad mammogram. But then I was talking to my cousin and she told me she actually had breast cancer.
They had found a small amount of cancer about 7 years ago. She decided to skip surgery and go the holistic route. Last year, it was clear from testing, that it was not working and she needed surgery.
There is nothing wrong with the holistic route BUT I am the kind of personality to just get whatever it is out. I have had skin issues sliced or cauterized off, a part of my spine cut to fix a horrible back injury and several root canals to remove infections.
I tend to stick with Western medicine and it’s worked out for me.
