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how much pain can you bear? (midwest.social)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm about to give myself a root canal/filling. I have no dental training. But the pain is more than I can bare.

Ask me anything.

I'm scared guys.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do you still bite your nails after that? Not judging, genuinely curious.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I still did for a while after that, though I think I tried to be a lot more careful. A couple years ago I started to wear clear teeth aligners to straighten my teeth, and I couldn't really bite my nails while wearing them. Since I had to wear them 24/7 for 6 months I ended up losing my nail biting habit entirely.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I'm glad you got to a point where you stopped (and good for you for looking after yourself and straightening your teeth). It's wild that the habit pathways we build in our brain are so ingrained that even after such an unpleasant consequence we keep going, even without a chemical dependency.