In the past two days, the cold wave orange warning has been issued. The temperature in Shanghai has dropped to minus 8 degrees, and the temperature has dropped sharply like a waterfall. Although the wind is biting outside, the winter sun is still bright and warm. It mischievously fills the room through the bay window. I sit on a chair with my back to the sun and read short essays from the collection of essays "Little Warmth in the World" by the famous contemporary essayist Wang Zengqi. "Toothache".

When he wrote this essay, he was already 72 years old. This short article summarized his experience and insights of toothache from youth to old age. The article sparkles with his optimism, gratitude, and peace.

When he was studying abroad when he was young, he often suffered from toothaches, but his attitude was very optimistic:

But it was not a problem that he always had toothaches. Once he saved up money to go to the dentist. I had a tooth extracted, but the dentist had to take a break for half a month.

There is an ABC theory of emotions in psychology. The founder, Ellis, believes that A represents the inducing event, and B represents some of the individual’s beliefs about the inducing event, that is, some opinions and explanations about this matter. . C represents the results of your own emotions and actions.

There is a buffer between the inducing event A and the emotion and behavioral result C, that is, B: the perception and interpretation of A. It is also a toothache. In Chekhov's novel "The Last Name of Horse", the old man screams when he has a toothache. Wang Zengqi's interpretation of toothache makes toothache full of humor.

Later, when he was teaching in Shanghai, Dentist Mai helped him extract teeth. His good impression of dentists came from the books in the dentist’s waiting room.

Later, when he was participating in a theater troupe in Beijing, he lost several more teeth. So a fancier dentist installed dentures for him.

During the Cultural Revolution, four of his front teeth were knocked out by a reckless colleague, and his dentures were also broken into two pieces. He understood his colleagues' unintentional intentions and accepted the reality.

In 1986, when he was 66 years old and about to visit Hong Kong with a delegation of Chinese writers, he decided to get a pair of dentures because someone told him: "Look at your teeth, they are all in pieces." , It’s really harmful to the country!”

Due to loose teeth, all 11 of his remaining teeth were extracted three times within a week. Normally, you have to wait a month after tooth extraction for the wounds to heal before you can install dentures. But because he was going to Hong Kong, he immediately bitten his teeth and then made a pair of dentures. This pair of dentures was originally a temporary solution and needed to be replaced. But the dentures fit well with him and there was no discomfort, so the dental technician suggested that he don’t need to do it anymore.

Some people have dentures that they feel are inappropriate and wear them rarely or even not at all. Wang Zengqi expressed his feelings. His optimistic and open-minded attitude toward toothache reflects his peaceful mind and his acceptance of everything he encounters.

Wang Zengqi joked in the book that he could not care less about pulling out teeth. However, as far as I am concerned, after the tooth extraction, my cheek is still swollen and the wound is still very painful. When eating, I can only use the tooth on the opposite side to eat, which is a bit inconvenient.

But this tooth extraction brought me the following insights:

First, it is a blessing in disguise.

I have a lot of finishing projects at the end of the year, and I am very busy at work. One day I worked overtime until early in the morning. It was the tooth extraction that gave me the idea to apply for leave. I had a good rest at home. In the morning, I read Wang Zengqi’s prose, occasionally received emails, and dealt with the company. I had to go to school to pick up my children in the afternoon. I hadn’t felt so relaxed and comfortable in a long time.

The sound of community decoration comes and goes, but if you treat it as white noise, like the rainforest white noise played in the forest app, the feeling is completely different, and you will not feel anxious when listening to it. At noon, I took a good rest for half an hour amid the sound of decoration.

Secondly, the discomfort after tooth extraction actually relieved my stiff neck pain for two weeks.

I had a stiff neck in the past two weeks, and it was very difficult to sit up and sit up, so I needed to push my head up slowly. Or maybe it was an incident

During the tooth extraction, although I joked that the black light-shielding glasses were 3D glasses, my body was still tense. The doctor told me that the body does not lie. When a person is nervous, his mouth If you can't open it wide, your tongue will be very stiff. After hearing what the doctor said, I would feel the tension in my body. When I saw the tension in my body, it relaxed.

When the tooth was extracted, the doctor gave me vaccinations in advance and gently told me that the anesthesia would be a little painful so that I could prepare my body. What people fear most is uncertainty. When I know it is going to happen, I feel calm. Even though I couldn’t understand the English music played during the tooth extraction process, it helped me relax.

Similarly, when I saw the pain in my neck and neck, talked to them, and lay down to focus on the painful area, the pain in my neck and shoulders also reduced a lot.

Your body doesn’t lie, you need to treat your body better.

If you are also facing the problem of toothache, while seeking treatment from a doctor, you might as well read this short article by Wang Zengqi, so that you can feel warm when facing toothache.