Some of you email me and tell me how it’s so painful to go and talk to women (or to men). Do you want to know about real pain?
I basically relived the movie “Marathon Man” the other day. For those of you who don’t know this movie, look at the video down below and see what I experienced at the dentist.
For all of you regular readers of this blog, you know I nicknamed my dentist “The Driller,” and nicknamed her assistant “The Cutter.” The other day I was fortunate enough to have an infection in some recent dental work that The Driller had done.
We didn’t know it until the Novocaine started to wear off and I felt every bit of the drilling. We thought that some more Novocaine would help, but all that did was to make my heart go thump thump a little faster. It didn’t make the nerve in my tooth calm down at all.
So approaching the opposite sex is not painful. You’re not going to jump out of your skin. You’re not going to hear a drill in your head. You’re not going to get bad taste in your mouth from Novocaine.
Recently I launched a great product about how to get rid of approach anxiety. What I should have done was to take my video guy to The Driller with me and had him film the 25 minutes of drilling I endured without being numb.
If I can survive that, then you can certainly walk up to the hottest person you see today, smile and say hello. What’s the worst thing that could happen? You’re not going to jump out of your skin. Really you’re not going to feel any pain at all except the fears you’ve associated with doing it.
My new product is a much easier way to overcome your fear approaching the opposite sex. If you’re not on my email list, you won’t be able to get this product. So if you want it, sign up in the box at the top of the page.
For those of you who really want to overcome your fear of approaching, go to your dentist when you have a really deep cavity you need to have filled — one that requires them to drill for a good 15 minutes — and videotape it as you have them drill without giving you any Novocaine. Then the next time you are tempted to complain about the pain you experience approaching the opposite sex, we can show you the video so you can see what real fear and pain is.
For those of you who haven’t seen Marathon Man, here is a glimpse into what my dental visit was like:
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4:10 pm
im too scared to watch that video =(
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4:50 pm
I’ve had drilling done without novicane, wasn’t that bad or he didn’t go down that deep :X
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4:54 pm
David, you should reread your article on “Are you an Over Exaggerator? lol
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5:01 pm
Kevin
They had to shave half the tooth. The cavity was really deep.
So yous must have been surface deep or you are just one of those people who feel no pain:)
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7:43 pm
I do feel pain, I did let out an “Ahh! Must not of went down deep enough, guess I “got lucky” and not the kind I would of wanted
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12:22 am
I’ve been lucky enough to rarely feel intimidated by extremely attractive women. My problem hasn’t ever really been, “She’s too attractive for me to talk to.” Usually just I’m worried about coming off as rude for trying to talk to a stranger who doesn’t want to have strangers talking to her. I know it’s mostly irrational, so if it’s socially acceptable and I’m not driving, showing up two or three beers in takes care of that. Otherwise, I just keep repeating “Rule #76: No excuses,” or, “Be a fucking winner,” to myself while I’m on my way over to her.
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4:25 pm
I once had a cavity that wouldn’t “numb up” but I let the dentist drill anyway – so I believe you, David!
Also, I once was on a road trip with a half-finished (sealed) root canal, and for some reason the altitude in Denver caused it to flare up. I’ve never felt worse pain in my life.
I hope you at least got lots of laughing gas!
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