It always feels like it’s going to be wayyy more debilitating than it actually is. It’s funny because in the moment it’s so frustrating and I beat myself up like wow I’m so impatient why didn’t I just wait like great now my tongue is going to feel weird/hurt for the next few days blah blah blah… but I swear like 30 minutes later I completely forget about it. It’s funny because it doesn’t even hurt that badly, I’m just usually upset by the inconvenience it presumably will cause for the next few days, but I actually can’t remember a time when it has lasted more than a few hours. A good reminder that we tend to remember the bad things in life way more than the good things (negativity bias), which cause our anxieties to become heightened in preparation for when we think bad things might take place, but more often than not, nothing bad happens, or if it does, it’s not that bad. Try to focus on the good!
