The intensity of the introvert ...
One of my site visitors writes:
One summer I stood outside on our porch with my grandmother and my mother. I was probably about 3 years old. They were chatting, and turned to see me grinding my teeth, something I apparently did a fair bit at the time. My grandmother asked me, "Why do you grind your teeth?" I thought very seriously about this question. I remember going inside myself for the answer for what seemed like a very long time. I got the answer, paused, then I walked up to my grandmother and told her, "Because I love you so much."
This made perfect sense to me at the time, but my mother and grandmother didn't understand, so they both laughed.
An estimated one in 20 adults and three in 20 children unconsciously grind their teeth at night. This is called bruxism. According to qualitydentistry.com, nocturnal grinding can exert thousands of pounds of pressure per square inch on the surfaces of teeth. It can be rough not only on teeth but on the supporting bone, the gums and jaw joint. For many years, bruxism was attributed to the release of tension from emotional stress. However, many dental authorities today believe that the causes exist in the patient's mouth. Night grinding may be an unconscious effort to correct irregularities of the chewing surfaces of the teeth.
The introvert quoted at the beginning of this entry wasn’t asleep and it wasn’t at night.
One of my site visitors writes:
One summer I stood outside on our porch with my grandmother and my mother. I was probably about 3 years old. They were chatting, and turned to see me grinding my teeth, something I apparently did a fair bit at the time. My grandmother asked me, "Why do you grind your teeth?" I thought very seriously about this question. I remember going inside myself for the answer for what seemed like a very long time. I got the answer, paused, then I walked up to my grandmother and told her, "Because I love you so much."
This made perfect sense to me at the time, but my mother and grandmother didn't understand, so they both laughed.
An estimated one in 20 adults and three in 20 children unconsciously grind their teeth at night. This is called bruxism. According to qualitydentistry.com, nocturnal grinding can exert thousands of pounds of pressure per square inch on the surfaces of teeth. It can be rough not only on teeth but on the supporting bone, the gums and jaw joint. For many years, bruxism was attributed to the release of tension from emotional stress. However, many dental authorities today believe that the causes exist in the patient's mouth. Night grinding may be an unconscious effort to correct irregularities of the chewing surfaces of the teeth.
The introvert quoted at the beginning of this entry wasn’t asleep and it wasn’t at night.
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