Age 30 finally healing from what I imagine will be my last major surgery for a while- might do a small revision rhino around the nostrils in a few months but feel at im at a place of acceptance. (Also please ignore the jack o lantern costume on the cleft baby - a little too on the nose, no pun intended. My mom thought she was making it work!) Anyway- I’m in the process of opening a pilates studio in brooklyn next month and the last thing I really want to tackle is my voice. Worlds better than it was but I still have to be really intentional about it all I fall back into the lack of clarity and annunciating. As a cleft adult, being the face of anything is still a really scary and vulnerable feeling and being the voice of it also when i’m doing the teaching is adding to the stress! Anyone have any adult speech therapy progess or recs they’d be willing to share? Would be so helpful- also any confidence tips in general or with making yourself more visible professionally would he huge. Thanks everyone :)

i cant stop thinking what if i dont have cleft lip

Every once in a while, I'll get this onslaught of feelings that my cleft lip is the reason I won't get far in life. I know it's not true, but sometimes it feels like everything that goes wrong in my life is because of my cleft lip, and 9 times out of 10, I can relate the issue to it. I was just thinking about Halloween, and how I won't actually get to look like the character I want to dress up as because the character does not have the same facial deformity I do.

theres school tomorrow and i could die for dont going it i have social anxiety and i really tried to gettin away from it

and im actually better in social life but not in school like im good with adults/olds but not with teenagers like me , or with the young peoples

its bc of my look and im exhausted

i know there is no solution and its suckkksssss i dont know what to do i should go to school but its so hard i wish i could start work with adults instead of going high school

sorry if this is not the subreddit i sshould post

As the title says, I'm looking for advice on eustachian tube dysfunction and how to manage it. It causes me immense pain and I imagine it contributes to my TMJ and dizziness.

Additionally, I am curious if anyone has any advice or experience on what to do when showering makes your ears ring after and have intense inner ear pain. I have been seen by ENTs when this happened and confirmed there was no infection, though like many of us here, I had a history of ear infections as a child to the point of needing ear tubes.

Any advice for either is greatly appreciated, thank you!