Poll Do You Grind Your Teeth?

[2notbedefeated]

Yeap! I have caught myself doing it, but also my dentist noticed it do the wearing down and sensituvity to my. My jaw will sometimes pop and ache.

 

[Mercy]

Yes. I grind my teeth mostly during the day. When I notice it, I know that something is goneing on that is very stressful around me. I guess it is a sort of like an early warning system before I disassociate or space out.

 

[jeapea]

Yep... and my kids told me they could hear me at the other end of the house when I did it in my sleep! (I remember hearing my mother grind her teeth at night, too)

I'm allergic to laytex, so the guard didn't help much. Maybe I need one made out of something different... (nylon?) nothing else was available, though, and it has caused some serious dental problems. Which leads to money issues... which causes more anxiety... and teeth grinding... and clenching.... nasty circle.

 

[AmberEyes]

A bad problem with this in past few years, breaking teeth, losing fillings...sleep in a mouth guard!

 

[NarcSis]

I voted no because I'm pretty sure I'm only clenching my teeth and not grinding. I have no evidence of grinding and my husband hasn't reported anything to me, so I can safely assume I don't grind.

 

[Deleted member 1860]

I've been grinding my teeth in my sleep ever since I was a young child. I was traumatized at age 4.

 

[CafeAulait]

I do teeth clicking. I guess that's what you'd call it. I have seriously worn down teeth due to this.

 

[On the Outside Looking In]

I clench my jaw almost always, and actually grind my teeth on occasion, especially while dreaming. I know I do this while dreaming because my teeth actually hurt when I wake up from a dream! I have TMJ because of it. I became aware of clenching my jaw in my teenage years. Now I often find myself clenching many different parts of my body including my jaw - like my hands, neck, back, shoulders, legs, feet, even my toes! If I force myself to relax, within minutes (or even seconds), I'm all clenched up again. I call it "being wound too tight", like a clock that has been wound too tight and won't unwind.

 

[Onefineday]

I have done it ever since I was a little tacker, now my teeth are so bad I need to get veneers, and I'm only 22. I don't like to smile because I'm so embarrassed about it. I need to save so much money to get them fixed, thousands of dollars which I just don't have.

 

[insomnia]

I voted yes, I think I need to go to the dentist soon for a mouth guard.

 

[freakofnurture]

I grind my teeth only when I'm asleep. I guess that means 'Apparently, but unaware'.

 

[NIKI]

I clench my jaw alot during the day and all night long. I wake up with a painful jaw. NIKI