Is it possible to love a person with tmj issues?
Hello people! I'm a 20 y.o. girl recently diagnosed with tmj disc displacement. Right now it's little to no pain for me, but I know it can get worse if untreated, and I unfortunately can't afford medical expenses any time soon.
I've always been an outcast, growing up I've been bullied a lot. I've worked on myself a lot to challenge my insecurities, learn how to talk to people and make myself socially acceptable, I actually started having fun living only this year, and now I'm getting this scary thing. I wish for nothing more than experiencing normal teenage girl things and feeling like a normal ordinary human being. Experiencing my first kiss and stuff. But I don't know when I'll meet someone and date someone for the first time, and how it will go if it happens when I'm 30 or older with a messed up locket jaw at that point of my life. I've read a lot of stories from people who's dating life was destroyed by tmj issues, and mine haven't even started. I'm in huge stress about it, I feel like it's kinda over for me now, because nobody will tolerate it and be actually happy with me like that. Unless I go outside right now and kiss the first guy that I see while I'm still able to do it, haha
I wanna hear from someone who met their partner while already having this condition. How did they react? Were they frustrated that they had to potentially subscribe to a lifetime with a partner who might never be able to kiss and do other things normally? Or if you have a partner with tmj issues, I would like to know how you feel about it. Do you feel like you're missing out on easier life and consider finding a new partner without such problems?