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Tech that changed my life for me was honestly glasses, I dont wear them much but in Middle school I couldn’t see much on the board and it took forever for my eyes to focus on the front read everything on the board then look down to my paper and they had to refocus. My teachers thought I was really stupid. It changed everything. My teeth were something of hyper focus for me for years, I had an accident when I was young and half my teeth were messed up, “snaggle toothed” as some lovingly called them. It stuck with me thinking that everyone focused on that especially when your few friends have really good teeth, perfectly aligned (at least seeming).

During 2020 as an adult I was able to pay for getting them straightened (byte- honestly it was great). When everyone was wearing masks not really seeing faces it was kind of an ideal time to go through that struggle and it hurt but when I emerged all excited for when people would see my new aligned smile. No one really noticed, they just didn’t notice my old snaggle teeth. And some that knew me and were close said they never even noticed my teeth in the past. That hyperfixation was only brought about by the bullies of life and really didn’t mean as much to the world as I had thought it would.

Thanks for your vulnerability

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Sri Juneja's avatar

You have such a beautiful way with words!

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