#84 Apathy, Indifference, Skepticism and TMD/TMJ

What do apathy, indifference, and skepticism have in common? Look them up in the dictionary and you will find each have very dissimilar definitions.  What they have in common is each is an attitude.  A person has an attitude of apathy.  A person has an attitude of indifference.  A person has an attitude of skepticism.

You have to be a person to have an attitude.  Social groups don’t have attitudes. Companies don’t have attitudes.  Schools don’t have attitudes. Governments don’t have attitudes.  Only people have attitudes.

You have to be a person to have an attitude.

One’s attitude about a topic, event, or experience will often create profound effects on a person’s life. I bet you can think of hundreds of examples of how your attitude on a subject or about a person affected you and your life.

Take a moment and do this drill.  Think of a person or a topic and think about your attitude about that person or topic.  Did your attitude about that person or topic draw you closer or push you away?  Choose another person or topic and think about your attitude regarding it.  Does your attitude draw you toward the item or does it push you way from the item or person?

Do that drill until it is real to you that your attitude has everything to do with your affinity for a person or thing.  Are you attracted to it, or are you pushed away.

A person’s attitude about something is built upon knowledge. The more you know about something the more your attitude about it will change.  Think about that statement for a moment.  See if it is not true for you.  Look and see if the more you know about a subject or person affects your attitude about it.

If you find it true for you, ask yourself a simple question.  How can I change my attitude about something?  The answer should be, “I can change my attitude about something by learning more about it.”

Doing this simple drill can have profound consequences in a person’s life.  It is a logical way to take control of your own life and start to solve life’s problems.

Everybody has problems to solve.  Life is nothing more than a series of problems and solutions which lead to the next series of problems needing solutions.

We choose better solutions to our problems by having the right attitude, which requires us to seek more knowledge about the problem, which will lead us to understanding the problem to the point we will come up with an appropriate and successful solution.

The solution for TMD/TMJ was built upon the progression and application of these concepts   The solution for TMD/TMJ was developed because I maintained the right attitude about how to solve a problem which demanded that I seek further knowledge on the topic.

I have found that all problems have successful solutions.  If you cannot find a successful solution, you are either asking the wrong question, or you are asking the wrong person or source. If you ask the right question from the right source, you can always come up with a successful solution to the problem.

The TMD/TMJ conundrum/dilemma was solved by using this method.  Instead of seeking knowledge from the usual sources, (colleagues, journals, textbooks, lectures) I chose to start with the patients who gave me the key as to what to do.  I did that.  It was successful.  I did it 30 more times and it was successful 30 times.  Then I did the research necessary to find out why it was successful.  The result is the Urbanek device and Protocol.

Dentist’s, professors, and researchers tried and could not find the solution of TMD/TMJ because they had the wrong attitude about the topic.  They as individuals had attitudes of apathy, indifference, and skepticism.  And most of them still carry these attitudes. They were asking the wrong question from the wrong source.  Ask the average dentist.  He or she will tell you that regarding TMD/TMJ, “Nothing works!”  That is exactly the attitude that kept the solution for TMD/TMJ hidden for 70 years.

If you are a patient who has suffered from some or all of the devastating symptoms of TMD/TMJ ask yourself these questions.  “What is my attitude about TMD/TMJ?”   “Am I willing to seek more knowledge?”

If so, you are in the right place, at the right time, with the right attitude.