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Are you afraid of them or avoid them at all? I just went to the dentist for the first time in years and I'm curious!

Dentist freaks me out.

Do you mind if I ask why? My sister and mother both are terrified of the dentist, both for evaluatory and because of past experiences, but I just remember all those horror stories we got in cartoons and they stuck, lol.

Re: Doctor, Dentist, Hospital?

philstar22 - 2026-03-11 10:52 (UTC) - Expand

I'm not inherently afraid of doctors, but I've rarely been genuinely listened to and helped by them. I'm on government-paid medical, and while I'm grateful to have that resource available to me in the first place, I've learned the hard way that it means receiving the bare minimum care that the medical system is legally obligated to provide, and it means having to fight tooth and nail to have my concerns addressed and not just brushed aside. I have friends who have decent medical coverage through their work or their spouse's work, and the difference in the quality of medical support they receive is pretty stark. So I've grown to dread and resent doctors for that reason.

I have no problem with dentists. I must have super hard tooth enamel because I'm cavity-free at 38, and I think that's probably why I feel so positively about going to the dentist. Dental hygiene has just always been a breeze for me (through no real virtue of my own).

Spending time at a hospital is a reliably unpleasant experience at the best of times. I'm not afraid of them, but nobody wants to have to be in one.

Aw man, that really sucks. I was rejected for government aid recently, but that was more on me being unable to put into words my struggles and, uh, the fact I think they genuinely lost 90% of my history after my family doc went awol, but I do know people who are on disability and they agree. They're given too little to live and the whole thing is a mess.

It seems as if I'm in a similar boat as you when it comes to dentists though. They even said I must not develop much tartar or plaque because my teeth are surprisingly not that bad! I was very happy to hear that!

Very true with hospitals. I think I initially got used to them due to breaking my arm and being forgotten at my first visit, and having to visit one for years in order to see a doc in my youth.

No, my mom was a nurse so I was familiar with doctors and hospitals and I’m still comfortable in them. My teeth are too fucked up, so I’m more afraid of missing dental appointments because something major always goes wrong. It’s much easier to catch it early and have it be a little thing. That said, I’ve gotten two crowns in the past year. My dentist is my teeth’s friend.

I generally feel the same way. I get nervous in the moment, but overall I know it's better to go than to avoid. I'm lucky too, where I found a dentist who is super nice, but they don't try to talk to me with their hands in my mouth and basically get the job done.

I'm afraid now. I had to go to the doctor today who didn't get my name right, was very condescending because I thought Tylenol had ibuprofen in it and couldn't even pronounce "mammogram".

What? That's terrible! The name alone is extra bad, but being judgmental like that is just not good. Those two drugs are basically interchangeable as it is, right. I'm sorry that happened to you, especially in with such a serious exam as that.

I don't mind doctors or hospitals, but I'd let my teeth fall out of my head before going to a dentist.

My mom HATES the dentist. She will use every excuse in the book to avoid going. She even gets nervous just hearing about anyone else going to an appointment.

As someone who genetically has missing teeth and all the painful problems that has caused, I just don't understand this.

Re: Doctor, Dentist, Hospital?

(Anonymous) - 2026-03-11 14:35 (UTC) - Expand

I’m not afraid of them, but I don’t like going to them.

Same. I get so nervous on the day and when waiting, but overall I'm not really scared when I'm there and in front of the PHD.

I try to avoid them because they're stressful for me, I hate making appointments, and going there, but once I'm there, I'm fine.

Yeah, making the appointments are the worst for me. I have to reschedule the appointment I just made with my dentist too, which is giving me all kinds of anxiety. I want to wait to do it so they forget I just made it, but waiting just makes it worse all the same. I'm good while I'm there, but any time around that- nope.

I always had great dentists until the pandemic. Now it’s like they’ve all retired or died off or something. I’ve gone through more dentists in the last five years than in the 45 years before that. My last dentist visit was just that: my last.

Wait that's just strange. Are you given dentists or do you go to a general practice? The dentist I go to now has a few people, but, well I haven't been there long enough to know the fall off, but they generally stay the same. I'm guessing your latest few were a little rough around the edges?

I don't mind the dentist that much, and I've only been in the hospital twice but it was such major stuff I didn't have time to worry about it. I haaaaaate going to the doctor, though. It just feels like they have no time for you, will refer you to other places for labs and to specialists for various stuff which is a pain in the ass, and I'm afraid of being told I have something horrible wrong with me lol.

Same!
I don't mind dentist, only the bill.
But doctors referring is the best fucking outcome and it sucks! I mostly get "you are too fat get thin" and gtfo. I am not even obese, just fat, so this is fun.
Also lot of my family died from cancer, so it's a fear

I think I got super lucky with my family doctor. Well, after my last one just up and vanished, leaving my entire medical history potentially missing at that. But, I have a young guy who actively seems to care now. I made a joke that he just hasn't been beaten down by the scrum of society yet, but it might actually be a fear I have that I'm just waiting to happen...
tbh, I don't mind labs and referrals so long as they result in a test or a real conversation. I'm a bit of the opposite where I think I'm just waiting for them to tell me what is actually wrong with me, lol.

I have a fear of doctors that is well-founded. Finding one that's competent and not a misogynistic oaf is rare.

Re: Doctor, Dentist, Hospital?

(Anonymous) - 2026-03-11 07:11 (UTC) - Expand

Not afraid, at the dentist I'll say BEFORE I SIT DOWN that I want all of the painkillers, then they can drill away or whatever they need to.

The real problem for me is getting an appointment from the public sector :/

Re: Doctor, Dentist, Hospital?

(Anonymous) - 2026-03-11 07:18 (UTC) - Expand

I'm not afraid of any, though they do cause anxiety, I just avoid them all because of the cost.

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(Anonymous) - 2026-03-11 18:42 (UTC) - Expand

I like my current doctor but I don't enjoy *going* just because I get worked up over all the medical stuff and I get anxious and I hate having my blood pressure taken. But with that one, because I finally have someone who I trust, and the office's policies are very focused on patient comfort and consent, I can handle it when I have to.

I CANNOT handle the dentist. They have to drug me like an anxious animal going to the vet, they really have to knock me on my ass with the good shit or I will have a panic attack. And the good dentist I managed to build a relationship with no longer takes my insurance, so I did recently cry at the new dentist just because I was getting so panicky during new patient intake and exam, and I'm really not sure if I can keep going there, it really all depends on how they handle the next appointment, because I felt very pressured and not respected in regards to my personal autonomy, whereas at the previous place, any time I needed them to stop, they would give me a chance to breathe and decide if I could continue, and this guy just kept scraping and poking while I was having a breakdown.

I have a weird relationship with hospitals in that I have spent so much time in them as a kid that there is something oddly comfortable about like... being in a hospital as a non-patient? Like I am the person who will gladly sit in a chair overnight if someone I love is in the hospital and be fine. But I CANNOT be a hospital patient, between my intense fear of surgery and the trauma I've had as a patient.

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