Stress! My Half-Ass!!!

I have been having a tooth ache. I figured I am in for another root canal- this would be my third. I have beautiful teeth and I take good care of them but since I was in a car accident and lost a lot of weight, my teeth have just gone wild on me- moving around and aching.
When I mentioned this to my dentist- he announced right away that I was grinding my teeth and because I am a new parent- it must be stress.
I get this BS all the time- of course, it is warranted- just take a look at me- I am a mess. I walk like a penguin and have half a hip missing and that’s just the latest tragedy- I also had br cancer in 94 and survived chemo and radiation then.
So, of course, I must be stressed- drugged up constantly, depressed, bi-polar and angry at the world for treating me so unfairly– —NOT!
This is some stereotypical crap that people make up because it is what THEY feel THEY would be like if THEY had to go through what I went through.
Listen up folks- I am drug free, happier than ever, and feeling healthier than most people living in a cubicle for most of the week.
Can we just stop the stereo types and not assume people are a certain way because of their looks???
Come on, you can do it.
By the way, you can handle a lot more than you give yourselves credit for.
“In the garden of gentle sanity, may you be bombarded by coconuts of wakefulness”. – The Vidyadhara, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

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