This is something you may never even hear and it’s kind of ridiculous. But ever since I was little I’ve been able to feel what other people are feeling, like if they feel angry I’ll feel angry and don’t know why, but I will also start to feel physical pain, become weak and sometimes faint depending on how angry that person is (I get this way about negative feelings only) When someone is happy, in a good mood, I feel warm and also happy. The thing is, the last few years when I go to the dentist, I get an overwhelming ominous feeling of hate from my dentist, toward me. I’ve been going to this dentist since I was 10, I’m now 20. It’s a small private practice with 2 hygienists, 1 assistant and 1 dentist. All women. My dentist really isn’t a mean looking person or mean to the slightest. She’s always friendly, and she knows me very personally, basically better than my own mom knows me. But when I walk into the clinic, I feel very unwelcome. It’s not even like I have ever had a reason to feel this way, and when I get closer to the "back" the feeling of hatred gets extremely overwhelming, to the point where getting my teeth cleaned is unbearable and so hard to sit there. When my dentist comes to give me an exam, I get severe bodily pain, I feel the strongest vibe of hate that I’ve ever felt when she’s around me. I am also a dental professional, and still in school and I had an assignment to observe the assistant for four hours and write a paper, when I asked my dentist if she would allow me to observe she never called me back, so I called again today and she said "it’s too much work because I have to get everyone’s approval" and left it at that. There was one point when I was in high school that one of my friends saw my dentist (Drunk) at a show and my friend asked my dentist if she knew me and my dentist said yes and repeated my private patient information to her that I had "A lot going on in the mouth" so the girl turned around and told everyone I had herpes, that rumor ruined my life, I tried suicide because it got so bad and at that point I was being abused by my boyfriend. Question is, do I confront my dentist about all of this? I don’t feel I deserve this at all.

At this point I don’t think switching is an option, I’m on my parents insurance since I’m still a student. My dentist is who inspired me to become a dentist in the first place. I went to high school with both her kids so I know her very personally, and basically can talk to her about anything. And she’s a really good dentist, she’s Minneapolis/St.Paul top dentist every year.

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