Yes Waif.

I hear what you are saying and i'm the same.

I'm ok with pills though but whenever I brush my teeth I either gag or am sick. This has happened for the last 12 years but I only found out why once my trauma came to light 8 months ago. So I only brush my teeth once a day. It is something I hope to work with my new counsellor on - if she is able to.

I have also avoided dentists at all costs. I decided to go once because I had a filling that I needed done and realised it needed to be filled. I had to have the filling done without any sort of numbing or anaesthetic at all. I then needed another one and I told her that I would rather have all my teeth taken out under general anaesthetic or let it rot than go through with having anaestic needles in my mouht. Now she has refered me to a new dentist who deals solely with people who have a phobia of dentists, although I had to tell my original dentist why I had this phobia so that she could refer me. She was so understanding - she was great. Actually I'm not scared of dentists - just scared of them putting things in my mouth and of injections (especially in my mouth). She should be able to do my filling without any needles going in my mouth - she will use gas. I still have to cope with them working in my mouth but the injections were my biggest phobia. So please dont feel you have to avoid the dentist - there is help out there for people with this phobia.

If you want to talk about things you know whare I am.

Take care