I've Been "Cured"; No BS
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 4:46 am
I placed a TL;DR under this story so if you don't want to read all of it, just go to that. I do advise that you read the whole thing so you can understand the whole situation.
Hello everyone,
I made an account on this forum and posted "my story" in March of 2013. The link to the post for background information : viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5267
Please read that post before continuing this one because the first half of my story is described there. The reason why I made a new account today is because I forgot the password to the original account I created years ago.
I've been suffering from BB since sometime in 2010 to about November of 2016. I started college in August and because of that, to some extent, I finally found the courage to face my fears. My family isn't affluent and I never had a job before July 2016 so there was really nothing I could do about my BB situation because I couldn't really buy anything to try and see what would work. In August, I decided that I'm tired of being depressed and not being able to express myself so I made it a mission to get as much help as I could. I realized that the university that I attend offers free counseling for students so I set up an appointment.
I go to the appointment and very slowly, with a lot of breaths taken due to nervousness, explain to the counselor what my situation had been until that point in time. I forgot exactly how she responded or how the conversation we had went but what I got out of the conversation was that she didn't smell anything and that I should make an appointment with my dentist and ask lots of questions. So I listened and set up an appointment with my dentist and they basically said that there was nothing wrong with my teeth but because I insisted that there was a problem, they recommended me for a deep cleaning appointment that would happen about 2 weeks later. I agreed instantly. The only problem with the deep cleaning was that my insurance wasn't going to cover the full cost and I would have to pay about $250 out-of-pocket for the cleaning.
I really had no problem paying because I didn't care how much it was, as long as my BB went away. Although I had no problem paying, I thought heavily and wondered, "A lot of people have said that there's absolutely nothing wrong with my breath, but I am 100% sure that there is something wrong. What if I end up paying $250 for something that's not even an issue?" As stated before, I'm a pretty poor kid so letting go of that much money for no reason really worried me. I finally muster up the courage to ask my best friend to take a walk with me around the neighborhood because I wanted to tell him something. This best friend is the same one I talked about in my first post so we're pretty close. As we're walking I beat around the bush for like half an hour then finally asked the big question, "Does my breath stink?" He said no. I keep on asking about it and he says that he only remembers one time where my breath actually stunk. I breathe in his face and, like my parents did in my first post, he says that he didn't smell anything at all.
After going through that I felt like I was mentally disabled or something. Six years of me being depressed and crying and shutting people out and listening to sad music and hating my life over ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! To test it out, I go to work and casually ask one of my coworkers did my breath stink. He says no and I breathe in his face and he says that he smells nothing. I casually said, "Oh, alright thanks. Just checking." But in my mind I was ECSTATIC! I talked to everyone I knew normally and NO REACTIONS! It was all in my head the whole time and I just couldn't believe it. Ever since then I've been very confident and actually like talking to people now. Basically, I apparently never had BB even though I could have sworn that multiple people said I stunk or had bad breath.
IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE BB PLEASE READ THIS!!!!!!
I remember seeing many posts on this forum that stated that after having an "IRL meet up" with people who also suffer from BB, they would breathe into each other's face and not smell a damn thing. They'd later describe it as a fluke or the person didn't want to be mean and confirm their suspicions that they had BB. If you can relate to my situation in the SLIGHTEST, ask someone, ANYONE, if your breath stinks. I don't care who it is. It can be a stranger in a store, a coworker, anyone! Casually ask them if your breath stinks and if they say it does, go brush your teeth and ask someone else. If both people say yeah it stinks then it probably does. If one or none of them say it stinks, IT DOESN'T! Can't believe it was all in my ****ing head the whole time. Don't be like me and suffer for years; just get the courage to ask two people and you'll save yourself a lot of time by not dealing with depression and sadness.
TL;DR:
My BB was a psychological thing and I never actually had BB. Read the paragraph right above this sentence and actually listen to what it says.
Quick note: As I was reading the latest posts on this forum just now, I started to "smell" fart as I breathed normally. It's definitely a mental thing, at least in my situation.
Hello everyone,
I made an account on this forum and posted "my story" in March of 2013. The link to the post for background information : viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5267
Please read that post before continuing this one because the first half of my story is described there. The reason why I made a new account today is because I forgot the password to the original account I created years ago.
I've been suffering from BB since sometime in 2010 to about November of 2016. I started college in August and because of that, to some extent, I finally found the courage to face my fears. My family isn't affluent and I never had a job before July 2016 so there was really nothing I could do about my BB situation because I couldn't really buy anything to try and see what would work. In August, I decided that I'm tired of being depressed and not being able to express myself so I made it a mission to get as much help as I could. I realized that the university that I attend offers free counseling for students so I set up an appointment.
I go to the appointment and very slowly, with a lot of breaths taken due to nervousness, explain to the counselor what my situation had been until that point in time. I forgot exactly how she responded or how the conversation we had went but what I got out of the conversation was that she didn't smell anything and that I should make an appointment with my dentist and ask lots of questions. So I listened and set up an appointment with my dentist and they basically said that there was nothing wrong with my teeth but because I insisted that there was a problem, they recommended me for a deep cleaning appointment that would happen about 2 weeks later. I agreed instantly. The only problem with the deep cleaning was that my insurance wasn't going to cover the full cost and I would have to pay about $250 out-of-pocket for the cleaning.
I really had no problem paying because I didn't care how much it was, as long as my BB went away. Although I had no problem paying, I thought heavily and wondered, "A lot of people have said that there's absolutely nothing wrong with my breath, but I am 100% sure that there is something wrong. What if I end up paying $250 for something that's not even an issue?" As stated before, I'm a pretty poor kid so letting go of that much money for no reason really worried me. I finally muster up the courage to ask my best friend to take a walk with me around the neighborhood because I wanted to tell him something. This best friend is the same one I talked about in my first post so we're pretty close. As we're walking I beat around the bush for like half an hour then finally asked the big question, "Does my breath stink?" He said no. I keep on asking about it and he says that he only remembers one time where my breath actually stunk. I breathe in his face and, like my parents did in my first post, he says that he didn't smell anything at all.
After going through that I felt like I was mentally disabled or something. Six years of me being depressed and crying and shutting people out and listening to sad music and hating my life over ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! To test it out, I go to work and casually ask one of my coworkers did my breath stink. He says no and I breathe in his face and he says that he smells nothing. I casually said, "Oh, alright thanks. Just checking." But in my mind I was ECSTATIC! I talked to everyone I knew normally and NO REACTIONS! It was all in my head the whole time and I just couldn't believe it. Ever since then I've been very confident and actually like talking to people now. Basically, I apparently never had BB even though I could have sworn that multiple people said I stunk or had bad breath.
IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE BB PLEASE READ THIS!!!!!!
I remember seeing many posts on this forum that stated that after having an "IRL meet up" with people who also suffer from BB, they would breathe into each other's face and not smell a damn thing. They'd later describe it as a fluke or the person didn't want to be mean and confirm their suspicions that they had BB. If you can relate to my situation in the SLIGHTEST, ask someone, ANYONE, if your breath stinks. I don't care who it is. It can be a stranger in a store, a coworker, anyone! Casually ask them if your breath stinks and if they say it does, go brush your teeth and ask someone else. If both people say yeah it stinks then it probably does. If one or none of them say it stinks, IT DOESN'T! Can't believe it was all in my ****ing head the whole time. Don't be like me and suffer for years; just get the courage to ask two people and you'll save yourself a lot of time by not dealing with depression and sadness.
TL;DR:
My BB was a psychological thing and I never actually had BB. Read the paragraph right above this sentence and actually listen to what it says.
Quick note: As I was reading the latest posts on this forum just now, I started to "smell" fart as I breathed normally. It's definitely a mental thing, at least in my situation.