Many, many 's to you Evening~

The thought just occurred to me....have you ever considered hypnosis of any kind?
My teeth are horrible, too. Since I neglected my health so badly from my teens throughout my early 20's, (suffered from some major malnutrition), the long term effects took a toll on my teeth, (that and the fact that my parents never forced us to care for them even before that).
Bad teeth run in the family. As I've said in previous post...parents had theirs pulled in their late 20's...so I really don't have that much working in my favor.
I am seriously cavity-prone. No matter how well I care for my teeth, (and I pay strict attention to those I do have remaining. I have 15.5 teeth left..lol.), I'm doomed to have cavities.
I've lost ALL of my molars..no chewing capacity whatsoever...(why my face looks so drawn thin..that, and I'm underweight by 20 lbs).
I so want a pretty smile, as well. But my options are so limited. Either have the rest pulled and get full dentures, or bridge what is missing, and fight the losing battle of getting cavities. Either way, I've got to get there and get it done, as I've 4 new cavities sprouting up...again.
I have a serious phobia of the dentist, which doesn't help me much.

My entire point of saying this is, it isn't hopeless. I do have options. And so do you. Nothing is so bleak that your only option is to hate living. Granted, life truly sucks sometimes and the hand we're dealt may be a losing one. But there is no rule in the game that states it's the ONLY hand. I know that you know this yet have this battle within yourself at full arms. It's a horrible thing to know better, yet feeling unable to change it.
Hypnosis may be an option?.."Anything" is an option other than accepting that that one hand you've been dealt is the only one.

You're still so young. And, believe it or not, some of us do bloom much later in life than others. You have been told how pretty you are all throughout this thread. And although you've responded to the praise with counter-productive responses, the fact IS that you ARE stunning, despite what YOU may think of yourself. It's a shame that you are so sure that you will remain that "ugly duckling" (as that is not a happy place for anyone to believe they're in, I know).
But know, too, that the ugly duckling DOES become quite splendid as it ages.
(It took me until my mid-30's to "really" bloom....).



Shangrala