Sleep has many functions, especially when we are fully rested and sleeping well. It helps us in many aspects such as regenerating tissues, allowing areas worn by daily effort to regenerate, clearing the mind, accumulating energy, but it also acts as a tension reliever to release stress.
Bruxism according to Biodecoding — Emotional Conflicts
These tensions arise from conflicts that we cannot resolve if we were aware of them.
When we are awake, we control everything we say or do, and we have to disengage from mind control to release what is stuck in a closed mouth because we cannot say or do what is necessary for our souls.
grinding teeth at night
We know how little we sleep and that is why many people do not know that they grind their teeth at night. The stress and abrasion from grinding your teeth is about forty times stronger than chewing.
This symptom occurs unintentionally and has very obvious consequences:
- Wear of some or permanent damage to the teeth.
- Pain or muscle sensation in the face.
- Headache or ear pain.
- Tension in the maxillary joint.
- Inflammation of the jaw and/or gums.
- Dental sensitivity to hot or cold foods.
- Neck strain.
- Fatigue due to inefficient sleep.
Origins and biological conflicts of Bruxism
Let’s keep in mind that it occurs in children or adults and that the health system tells us that it is due to stress, tension and anxiety. Let’s refine What kind of stress or tensions can lead to moving the upper teeth over the lower ones? Let’s see what some experts say.
Generally, it occurs in children or adults and the health system tells us that it is due to stress, tension and anxiety. What type of stress or tension can cause the upper teeth to move more than the lower teeth? Let’s see what some experts say.
In a study conducted in Brazil with adolescents, found a significant relationship with bullying. Boys and girls aged 13 to 15 who experience verbal abuse at school were four times more likely to develop nocturnal bruxism than other adolescents.
A report carried out by the Ruber Dental Hospital in Madrid found that 70% of the adult population suffers from this silent symptom known as bruxism.
Bruxism conflicts
The basic conflict is the inability or inability (inability) to say or do something necessarylike grabbing something or defending yourself from someone, and not being able to do it, we feel a strong disappointment.
We want to be able to enjoy the life we lead, but something interrupts our peace of mind and throws us off balance, preventing any defensive response.
- I want to shout what I feel, but I shouldn’t;
- I want to defend myself, but I can’t or shouldn’t;
- I wanted to bite the other person and hurt him as much as he hurt me;
- I just wanted to say something, but I’d better shut up.
These are just some of the possible situations that a person who moves his mouth more than necessary at night can experience.
Abuse, maltreatment and subjugation
Here comes a concept that applies to many other situations (abuse, mistreatment, submission, etc.), which is learning helplessness, which is the phenomenon that occurs when a person experiences a negative situation and feels that they do not have the resources to deal with it.
As a result, he begins to think that he will never be able to defend himself in this type of situation, he has low self-esteem, negative self-talk, there are periods of sadness and emotional discomfort.
The person really thinks, feels and believes that whatever he does will have no benefit and will not be able to change the outcome of the final events, because what happens next is due to circumstances that he cannot control.
Tensions that need to be released
In situations of school bullying, bullying, intimidation and other forms of submission and/or abuse of power, there is a fundamental element to reduce the stress or tension that occurs and it is the support of the family and/or social network through which is being informed.
Here we are talking about the lack of social support.
Many times, children or young people who are going through difficult times related to situations of violence do not even say it at home, but keep their pain to themselves as if by keeping quiet they could silence what they feel.
They believe that they will not be trusted or that they will be blamed for not standing up for themselves or that their parents simply believe that injustice cannot be done.
And perhaps even less so, say so at school or discuss it with the teachers because they have to keep an eye on what is happening without doing anything, so they do not feel protected in a system that prefers to look the other way and focus on other issues.
There is still a long way to go to untie the bonds of violence and begin to unite with love. Who assaulted him, abused him, harassed him, learned that, shaped him and certainly integrated him in his childhood and normalized him today so as not to suffer.
If they were also attacked between the ages of 7 and 14, the neurobiology of violence would have settled in their brains because there was not a good connection between the prefrontal cortex, where the impulse brakes are located, and the foundation of ethics and the morality.
With the limbic region of the brain, specifically with the cortex and hippocampus or the region of neurons that reflect and interpret emotions.
The greater the violence in the first stage of life, the less empathy and disrespect for others, so anxious behavior is more easily initiated and their actions are more inhibited. Not only do they not feel empathy, but they enjoy the pain of the other.
Orientation to work bruxism
- The first is to recognize that there is a problem and that it must be solved.
- Observe and discover the negative internal language and learn to change it.
- Recognize unrealistic and irrational beliefs, biases, and thoughts about advocacy, communication, and/or relationships.
- Admit relationship patterns learned in childhood and change negative programming.
- Set and mark some goals and objectives that are easy to achieve and increase as the complexity of these goals is reached. For example, start by talking at home or with friends nearby to increase your range of motion.
- Make a list of all the achievements in relationships and personal situations, both conflictive and favorable, that the person has experienced and that have been the result of their initiative, effort and resources.
- Learning to reinterpret what happens to us based on our fixed and immutable mental limitations.
Strengthen optimism.
Learn to manage emotions
And of course, learn to manage your emotions and do activities that promote emotional well-being such as:
- Go for a walk outdoors
- Take deep breaths several times a day
- Do yoga or some other type of physical activity
- Read a book, listen to music that interests us
- Dancing, drawing a mandala or any activity that brings mental and emotional peace.
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