Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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My JAW....UGH

KWEdwards
KWEdwards
I hold most of my anxiety in my jaw and some times it really freaks me out.. I think about it so much that I dream about it and in my dream and am contorting my jaw so badly I think I might break it. Then i wake up with my jaw sore, so it makes me even more nervous that in my sleep I really was messing with it and i am gonna break my jaw or get it stuck. i have either given myself actual jaw problem(per my dentist) or my jaw problems came first and and are a huge source of my anxiety. Does anyone know of anything i can do to realx my jaw, without medication. i have gotten off all medication to start trying to have children. Thanks
maddiesgrammie
maddiesgrammie
so sorry to hear you are in such pain.maybe a rice sock or heating pad may offer temporary relief.be blessed grammie.
deleted_user
deleted_user
See a physical therapist they can use a muscle stim machine to stop the spasms
deleted_user
deleted_user
You can also get a mouthpiece so that you don't damage your teeth in your sleep. Ask your dentist. OTC things don't work well.

There is jaw massage that you can look up on YouTube. A physical therapist would help-maybe your doctor/dentist can refer you.

Try doing some progressive muscle relaxation exercises before you go to sleep and incorporate some other relaxing things at night before you go to sleep.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I'm sure you probably have TMJ. I have it too and is VERY common. Massage and warm compress will def help...you will probably notice your jaw muscles will be very sore just try to take deep breaths and massage it out
Community LeaderMid
Mid
You could have TMJ, you could have trigeminal neuralgia, you could have any number of medical issues with your jaw.
First, however, learn the diagram of the jaw, the muscles, the nerves, and the physical symptoms of anxiety that you are dealing with.
For some people, ice packs help relieve the swelling, for others, a warm compress soothes the ache.
It depends on the level of pain, how long the pain lasts, whether the pain travels, throbs, hums, explodes, strums, or what ever way you can describe it to find odd, unusual, and natural methods to heal it.
Hope you feel better soon!
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