Have Some Thrills! Use Your Skills!

May 16, 2006

Hi Guys!

So am I the only one who has a huge FEAR of Dentists?

I don't know how anybody else feels, but the moment I walk into the Dentist's office, my anxiety goes way up...

I'm not sure which triggers me most...

That special scent dentist's office's have, 'Eau de this is going to cost a shitload of money'.....or

Maybe it's the Hollywood Movie Premiere spot lights they then blind you with as soon as you've been seated....

It could be the misleading plushy leather recliner that always looks sooo comfy, but then they always make it recline just that one inch too far that turns it into an inversion chair that makes your head go way down and your legs go way up and all the Kahuna Energy Discs roll out of your pockets.....

Maybe it's the way he rolls right up close on that little stool holding that large instrument in his hands and says in that theatrically trained romance novel voice,

"Relax Aileen....stop clenching....I'm not going to hurt you....now close your eyes, open wide and let me put this in..."

wait...maybe I'm getting him confused with the gynocologist...?

Well whatever, ALL I KNOW is that, that is about the time they usually have to hand me the Teddy Bear so my fingernails won't go through another leather arm rest...my stress level skyrockets...

Not today!! :-)

Because TODAY, as soon as the Hollywood spotlights hit me, I remembered, that *I have skills!!* YES!

I have skills to handle this situation...So I took myself to level...and was quite impressed with myself I must say, as I remained calm when the dentist then inserted the Elephant Tranquilizer Needle into my mouth...I actually did pretty good until,

the dreaded drilling started...

then I felt the panic rising up, and I knew I was NOT at level any more...so I needed 'back up' so to speak...My mind then flashed on the time at the last seminar when Doc was taking Jimmy K. down, down, down into deep hypnosis in front of the class and so I just replayed that scene in my head booting out Jimmy K.(sorry Jimmy ;-) and putting myself in his place...

It worked like a dream...Every time the scary Dentist's drill got louder, I made Doc's steady, calming voice loud enough to tune it out...

Sure, at that point, the Dentist and his assistant thought I was having some sort of seizure because my eyes were blasting around their sockets in 'REM' and my hands and arms started twitching in Alpha, BUT....

*I* was cool as a cucumber in the Dentist's chair...

for the VERY FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE.

Thank you Doc! ;-)

I know, I know, I could have done the Inner Demon Destroyer for 'fear of Dentists' but I didn't think about it until I was in the chair and by then they had already strapped me down....next time! :-)

Sincerely,

Aileen W. Donovan

Have Some Thrills! Use Your Skills!

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