Put through the grinder

So I had my bi-annual dental checkup yesterday afternoon.  Like all things in life, it was another good news/bad news story.  Good news!, for your age you have healthy teeth! (sigh).  Bad news, your grinding at night has caused irreversible gum resuscitation.

I am…a grinder when I sleep when provoked, upset, emotional, but mostly during times of high stress.  For those of you who don’t know what ‘grinding’ is…its a horrid little habit of clinching your teeth together very tightly and moving them back and forth on each other with intense friction.  Now I’m no dentist but I do know that usually it makes you wake up with an epic headache LOL. 

Solution?  Meditation or relaxation of some form.  As if I wasn’t stressed out enough…now I’m worrying that I’m not de-stressing enough before the 6 hours at night I call sleep.  I’m going to have to start up my evening running routine again (sigh).

~Cheers