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[stormdog]

I looked in my mouth with a light and inspection mirror. The area looks...alarming.

Talking to my therapist today, they helped me figure out that one of the reasons I'm hesitant to talk to doctors is that I don't feel like my subjective experience of physical discomfort is valid and thus I am unable to advocate for myself.

They also said that they hope I contact the dentist tomorrow.

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[cmcmck]

Go to the dentist!

I did this to myself when younger because body image issues in my early teens and it caused untold damage to my teeth.

Please go!

[stormdog]

Thanks for the encouragement. *hugs* My therapist said some of the same things; that non cisgender people often do not see health professionals as much as cis people do, for a number of reasons. Some of those apply to me.

I saw the dentist yesterday and things seem ok. I wrote an update.