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Sam: This is how your clients will feel, good you are learning this now
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Playing with the toys will be fun I'm sure! Think of it as an opportunity to just play. No right no wrong. The other counselling thing sounds a bit like improvising acting. Can't you practice before the class? Can you find a guinea pig somewhere?
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Harriet wrote:
Sam: This is how your clients will feel, good you are learning this now
Very true. Gotta start somewhere...
Davina wrote:
Playing with the toys will be fun I'm sure! Think of it as an opportunity to just play. No right no wrong. The other counselling thing sounds a bit like improvising acting. Can't you practice before the class? Can you find a guinea pig somewhere?
It is like improve acting! Which I suck at. I don't really have anyone to practice on (you aren't supposed to with friends or family). Watching other students go first helps figure out how to do it though. I'll just have to suffer through this anxiety and awkwardness...it'll make me stronger
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Can you practice in front of a mirror with yourself? It might help with body language, eye-contact, that sort of stuff. For the improv try and take one or two relaxing breaths and smile. Remember we learn through our mistakes, so there is nothing wrong at all with making them as part of the learning process.
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Davina, how is your tooth today?
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Oh it doesn't feel too bad. I've scrubbed it, put Bonjela on it and have taken some anti-inflammatories. I'm hoping I have managed to nip the infection in the bud. Thanks for asking.
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Thumbs up
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Davina wrote:
Oh it doesn't feel too bad. I've scrubbed it, put Bonjela on it and have taken some anti-inflammatories. I'm hoping I have managed to nip the infection in the bud. Thanks for asking.
Do you own a Water Pik oral irrigation thingie? If you do, you can use that every day (at about half pressure), to clean out any food particles that get under that flap of gum. That might help it stop getting inflamed. OTOH, if your upper tooth is biting on that wisdom tooth gum every day, well, ouch. Not a good situation. Glad it's feeling better, anyway!
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Davina wrote:
Can you practice in front of a mirror with yourself? It might help with body language, eye-contact, that sort of stuff. For the improv try and take one or two relaxing breaths and smile. Remember we learn through our mistakes, so there is nothing wrong at all with making them as part of the learning process.
Thanks, I'll try that True, just gotta keep thinking that...
Glad your tooth is feeling better
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I've never heard of the Water Pik thingy. It actually sounds like a good idea. I'll have to see where I can get one.
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I've never heard of the Water Pik thingy. It actually sounds like a good idea. I'll have to see where I can get one.
I didn't know where else to look, so looked at amazon.co.uk and found three models in the Water Pik brand (there are other brands, but at least here in the States, WP is the manufacturer who invented this idea, back 30ish years ago). You can probably buy one in any pharmacy (chemist's?) or at a large department store like our Walmart or Target. But anyway, here tiz:
Don't make the mistake of dialing up the water pressure too high, especially at first. Probably mid-range is good for most applications-- you can go by how it feels. It shouldn't hurt. Great to use between the teeth, especially for anyone who can't or won't use floss, but if you gently let the water do its thing around that third molar gum flap, I'll betcha you won't have nearly as many problems with it in the future. Run this idea past your dentist, if you need some reassurance about whether it's okay to use. WP is a pretty standard home hygiene thing here in the States.
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Thanks heaps for this. I will investigate further and let you know how I get on.
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Davina wrote:
I've never heard of the Water Pik thingy. It actually sounds like a good idea. I'll have to see where I can get one.
I didn't know where else to look, so looked at amazon.co.uk and found three models in the Water Pik brand (there are other brands, but at least here in the States, WP is the manufacturer who invented this idea, back 30ish years ago). You can probably buy one in any pharmacy (chemist's?) or at a large department store like our Walmart or Target. But anyway, here tiz:
Don't make the mistake of dialing up the water pressure too high, especially at first. Probably mid-range is good for most applications-- you can go by how it feels. It shouldn't hurt. Great to use between the teeth, especially for anyone who can't or won't use floss, but if you gently let the water do its thing around that third molar gum flap, I'll betcha you won't have nearly as many problems with it in the future. Run this idea past your dentist, if you need some reassurance about whether it's okay to use. WP is a pretty standard home hygiene thing here in the States.
Yes, be careful of the pressure! We had a waterpik for a while and I sprayed the bathroom mirror more than anything in my mouth.
I stick to flossing now, but that might be irritating to your gums, given the situation.
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Harriet wrote:
Sam: This is how your clients will feel, good you are learning this now
Very true. Gotta start somewhere...
Davina wrote:
Playing with the toys will be fun I'm sure! Think of it as an opportunity to just play. No right no wrong. The other counselling thing sounds a bit like improvising acting. Can't you practice before the class? Can you find a guinea pig somewhere?
It is like improve acting! Which I suck at. I don't really have anyone to practice on (you aren't supposed to with friends or family). Watching other students go first helps figure out how to do it though. I'll just have to suffer through this anxiety and awkwardness...it'll make me stronger
Sam, we saw Second City just recenlty. You know, where a lot of the Saturday Night People come from. They are professionals, and their improv did not always work. But they just kept going. And so can you. (Overall, the show was very, very funny.) Keep at it.
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veecee wrote:
Yes, be careful of the pressure! We had a waterpik for a while and I sprayed the bathroom mirror more than anything in my mouth.
You kind of have to lean into the sink, stick a small towel under that elbow so the water can run down your arm into it and not all over the bathroom counter. It is messy, but once you get the technique down a bit, usually you can spare the mirror. Usually. heh
I stick to flossing now, but that might be irritating to your gums, given the situation.
She can't floss under that gum flap on her wisdom tooth. Can't brush under there either. That's why it's always getting angry and sore. Water pik should help.
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veecee wrote:
Sam, we saw Second City just recenlty. You know, where a lot of the Saturday Night People come from. They are professionals, and their improv did not always work. But they just kept going. And so can you. (Overall, the show was very, very funny.) Keep at it.
Aw, thanks - I will. I know you learn by making mistakes too and I just have to keep telling myself these things...
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Susi, I finished your Charlottenburg book. Guess I'll get the others as well.
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Morning all! Proper fed up today...
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Harriet wrote:
Susi, I finished your Charlottenburg book. Guess I'll get the others as well.
I'm very happy you liked it. I'm just working on the plot for the fourth volume.
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Good news! My bookseller will wonder what is going on, as I'm not the only customer to order your books
She doesn't know them yet.
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