The document lists 10 struggles people remember from having braces as teenagers, including being told they needed braces for two years, half their friends also getting braces, being grossed out by dental casts, hoping for free braces on the national health service, everyone wanting to see their braces, learning to smile with their mouth closed, wanting clear plastic braces, kissing and eating being difficult, and feeling guilty for chewing gum.

1. 10 STRUGGLES YOU'LL
REMEMBER IF YOU HAD
BRACES
1. WHEN THE ORTHODONTIST TOLD YOU YOU
NEEDED BRACES FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS, YOU
FREAKED OUT.

2. 2
2. BUT ACTUALLY, PRETTY MUCH HALF YOUR
FRIENDS GOT BRACES FITTED FROM THE AGE OF
13

3. 3
3. BEING SERIOUSLY GROSSED OUT BY THAT
WEIRD GUM CAST YOU HAD TO DO

4. 4
4. YOUR MUM SILENTLY PRAYING YOU'D GET
THEM ON THE NHS

5. 5
5. LITERALLY EVERYONE YOU KNOW BEING LIKE
"OPEN YOUR MOUTH. I WANT TO SEE

6. 6
6. YOU INSTANTLY LEARNED TO SMILE WITH YOUR
MOUTH SHUT

7. 7
7. YOU REALLY WANTED SWANKY CLEAR PLASTIC
ONES

8. 8
8. KISSING WAS TRAUMATIC

9. 9
9. EATING WAS ALSO A STRUGGLE

10. 10
10. FEELING LIKE THE NAUGHTIEST HUMAN ALIVE
FOR CHEWING GUM

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Credit Katie MissBella