My Jaw...

It has not been a majorly fun week for me....since Friday 8th, my jaw was really sore, very painful to open my mouth properly too. By the Saturday I had earache, headache and feeling very weak. I spend the majority of my time in bed on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday...feeling no better. By Tuesday I decided I should go to the doctor, but had to wait till Wednesday to book an appointment as Tuesday was a national holiday.....got an appointment to see the doctor on the Thursday.

Well - the pain in my jaw is due to me clenching it together so tightly (which I was NOT aware of!) especially as night time as in the morning my jaw/mouth hurt a lot. My jaw is so use now to being tightly clenched that it feels odd when I relax my mouth or open it, as it is the opposite reaction to what I have been doing.  I had caused the earache, head pain and fatigue from the stress and me clenching my jaw!

I realised that this all started about 2 days after I had downloaded Rosetta Stone on my computer to help me learn Portuguese, and I am actually enjoying learning it....but clearly sub-consciously I am finding it stressful...but it will not stop me, I am just being more aware of trying to keep my body relaxed, and may potentially have to get a mouth guard for night so not to damage my teeth.

I think it is interesting how we all handle stress differently, and that are body really reacts to it, even if we don't think we are stressed!!