Monday, October 19, 2009

i've begun gritting my teeth

at all times from this outrageous stress.

i think i've been doing it subconsciously for quite some time now,
but only realized it two weeks ago upon waking to an extremely painful lower jaw
and perforation-like marks against the perimeter of my tongue, proof that i had pushed my tongue up against my teeth in my sleep.


and now i can't stop; i find myself with my jaw locked and my tongue pressed against my teeth at least ten times a day, sometimes telling myself to stop then realizing that i've allowed my teeth to clench back together in the milliseconds between noticing each time.


i think it's my body's way of retaliation against the waves of stress it forsees.

ugh
i just want my teeth to stop hurting.


now.

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