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This is kind of random but I just got really stressed out and want to talk about something I feel is important.

If you have depression or any other mental illness/condition that affects your daily life and can make it hard to function, please try to at least brush your teeth. Bare minimum. When even that’s too much I sometimes will just swish around some mouthwash when I piss or something. Anything.

Depression really fucked up my mouth and now it hurts to eat/drink most things and my dental bills are high because of how neglectful I got during particularly bad episodes when I was younger. Teeth can’t repair or replace themselves, so take care of them as best you can. If not just for the health aspect of it, keeping up your dental hygiene could save you from a lot of financial stress in the future.

ok that’s all take care toodles

FUCKING THIS ^^^^

I honestly just stopped caring at one point and my teeth are quite literally dying in my mouth. 

Every other day part of some tooth is breaking off in my mouth, and eating is so fucking painful. 

Not to mention that just BREATHING causes pain to shoot through my gums to the point that sometimes I’m in tears. 

Please, PLEASE, force yourself to brush your teeth. I wish I would have. 

I recently had to have three cavities removed and a root canal because of this. Please. Please take care of your teeth.

Also if you’re able to please floss

I brushed my teeth regularly and still ended up with 13 cavities all between my teeth (all taken care of now but my bite is permanently misaligned and i can’t eat hard things very well)

And if you have a hard time flossing due to pain or other sensory issue- and if you can afford it- you might want to invest in a water flosser. A basic one’s around 20-30 bucks on Amazon. They’re gentler than floss and they work really well, especially if you have a food trap.

This is a really important post and something people don’t talk about often in regards to the impact that mental illness can have on your personal hygiene and will to take care of yourself. It’s something I’ve been embarrassed about for years. In the deepest era of my depression, I couldn’t get myself to brush my teeth because I just didn’t care about myself. I haven’t been able to work up the nerve to go to dentist since I was 17 because I’m scared to see how much damage I’ve done.

If you have trouble getting out of bed to brush, you can buy disposable mini toothbrushes with the paste already applied and keep them next to your bed. 

(Reminder: don’t swallow the paste. Spit into an empty cup or bottle or whatever you need to do.)

Also, if flossing is just too hard, you can buy disposable flossers like these.

I know it’s a serious pain in the ass, but PLEASE make your best effort to keep your teeth clean. Getting dental work is the worst, and seriously fuckin expensive.