I have a hard time with brushing my teeth because of an extremely sensitive gag reflex. Two things that have helped me.
The first is an electric toothbrush. I don’t have to move it vigorously as a regular toothbrush. Plus it has a little timer to let me know when to switch from top, bottom, front, back.
The second is something pleasing to look at that is easily in my line of sight while brushing my teeth. We have a tissue box that has birds and flowers and butterflys on it. This helps keep me grounded instead of something that might trigger me like the sink drain.
Oh yes electric toothbrush does make all the difference!! I often read magazines when brushing my teeth to pass the time faster. And for flossing I have both flossing string and those toothpick-like brushy things so I can use different products to keep it less boring.
Pleasant lights make all the difference. We use adjustable bulbs that allow changing of tone and brightness, bulbs also need to be good quality to not have that fast flickering effect (if you wave your hand close to a cheap flickering bulb it looks like low fps rather than smooth movement).
I have a hard time with brushing my teeth because of an extremely sensitive gag reflex. Two things that have helped me.
The first is an electric toothbrush. I don’t have to move it vigorously as a regular toothbrush. Plus it has a little timer to let me know when to switch from top, bottom, front, back.
The second is something pleasing to look at that is easily in my line of sight while brushing my teeth. We have a tissue box that has birds and flowers and butterflys on it. This helps keep me grounded instead of something that might trigger me like the sink drain.
Oh yes electric toothbrush does make all the difference!! I often read magazines when brushing my teeth to pass the time faster. And for flossing I have both flossing string and those toothpick-like brushy things so I can use different products to keep it less boring.
Pleasant lights make all the difference. We use adjustable bulbs that allow changing of tone and brightness, bulbs also need to be good quality to not have that fast flickering effect (if you wave your hand close to a cheap flickering bulb it looks like low fps rather than smooth movement).