#plus just because some aspects of a disorder Do fit doesn’t mean it Does

[ikehorganics]

HOW TO REDUCE BINGE

EATING OVEREATING,

AND BORED EATING:

disclaimer: i am aware that binge eating is an eating disorder, but not a lot of people have access to professionals to help them, and this guide could help a number of people struggling with binge eating, it could be successful to some binge eaters but not all. i hope this assists you, and this all comes from a place of good faith not malicious intent. i am also aware that binge eating does NOT equate to bored eating or overeating.

skip the preface if you want to skip straight to the tips!

PREFACE:

I have been in quarantine for nearly nine months, and I have struggled with multiple aspects of my everyday life that have had to be changed and adapted to the new rules of society. Since the beginning, I have always preached about staying in doors, social distancing, not going out to into open places without a mask etc because this is a direct reflection of the respect you have for yourself and the people around you. In this strong belief, I found myself struggling to juggle being a first year university student, my fitness, mental health, food and constantly being bored within my house.

Food was the hardest aspect, and with being surrounded by food 24/7, weight gain was inevitable. At first, I had not realised how I ate on a regular basis, I woke up at 6am, and would be at uni between 8am and 5pm from monday to thursday, where i would usually only eat one meal and a snack between that, whether it be left overs from dinner for lunch and an apple or piece of fruit for when i feel a bit peckish, and 2litres of water. My day consisted of four lectures ranging from 1 hour to two hours and walking around a lot because I hated sitting for a long time, and occasionally doing summaries or watching netflix between lectures. And when i got home, I had dinner and would go to bed. That was my routine and it was never truly surrounded by food constantly available at my every beck and call.

During quarantine, I was filled with procrastination and demotivation to attend lectures online or read my books. And all that extra time was filled with having an efficient workout routine and eating, but then that eating turned to eating quite frequently whether i was watching television, and mainly eating for the sakes of eating and in gross portion sizes because it was now available. Let's talk about how I broke out of that cycle of over eating and bored eating:

1. PLAN YOUR DAY PRODUCTIVELY.

I needed some direction in my life, I forced myself to plan every hour of my day so I can do something productive for myself. I planned the times from when I would wake up at 8am, to the time it took to fix my bed, brush my teeth, workout, stretch, eat my meals, nap, spend time outside, spend time on social media and more. Not only did my eating habits straighten out, but I got more done with my day.

2. SET EATING TIMES.

Setting eating times was the best thing I had ever done. Breakfast was always at 12 midday, lunch at 2 pm and dinner at 6pm, but these were my eating times, especially since i was intermittent fasting. These times helped me plan my day accordingly, between eating times I would usually fill my day with studying, and doing summaries, catching up with work I had missed. This helps especially if you have a restrictive diet or fast a lot! Restricting calories and fasting for extended periods of time only adds to the urge of falling into a binge cycle because your body feels the needs to refeed!

3. LISTEN TO YOUR CRAVINGS.

Listening to your body is so important. If you want to eat pizza for lunch, don't eat a salad, eat the pizza because it will be mor satiating than that salad or pasta that you might not want as much. Because that pizza might just pop into your mind late at night and you will have a little late night feast, this applies especially if you are counting calories. Having cravings are normal, and unless you are on a no bs diet that is extreme, you shouldn't deny yourself of something that you really want for something that won't leave your soul satiated.

4. DRINK WATER DURING MEALS.

I won't say much on this, but having water before, during and after your meal is so important. It aids in better digestion and adds to the feeling of being satiated when you are done eating, plus it's an easy way to get your water in. Replace that coca cola or soft drink with water, especially if you know you don't get enough glasses of water into your day.

5. LEMON WATER.

A cup of warm water and a wedge of lemon juice squeezed into it is super refreshing, sip on it throughout the morning before breakfast, to aid in digestion. Lemon water is a thing that is constantly brought up, and shut down for being "ineffective" but it works for me, and I believe that it is a phenomena of the mind. If you believe lemon water can help, it will definitely help you because you have manifested its impact on your health. Lemon water and warm water is one of those things that 'curb' hunger, and if you are one of those people who sometime wake up hungry but can't bring yourself to eat so early because it could make you nauseous, then water lemon water in a glass is the drink for you.

6. EAT WHOLESOME AND NOURISHING FOODS.

Calories are a touchy subject, and they add up very quickly very surprisingly. A bowl of oatmeal will have a lot of volume, leave you satiated and keep you full longer than toast and nutella. No one is saying do not eat the nutella, but adapt it into a meal that will leave you full and satisfied for example, if you want something sweet, heave oatmeal with a tablespoon of peanut butter or nutella inside of your oatmeal! Eat foods that will nourish you and give you enough energy to go about your day.

7. PORTION CONTROL AND PHYSICAL FULLNESS.

Portion sizes are all up to you as an individual and how satiated a portion size leaves you. Eat portion sizes that leave you satiated, but remember that being satiated does not equal to being so physically full that you feel uncomfortable as a result of eating too much. Being satiated is very difficult because sometimes you eat food that tastes amazing, and even though you are physically full, you feel like you could eat more and that becomes problematic because you've eaten past your bodies physical limit. Eating what you are craving ( number 3 ) comes into play with this aspect, as you have to be able to know when enough is enough. If you feel as if your portion sizes are huge and want to reduce them, then reduce it gradually whether it means you want to go from eating 4 slices of pizza to 2 slices of pizza, then begin with eating 3 and a half slices or eating one less scoop of pasta than you usually eat. If you have no idea how to stop eating past your physical limit, eat until you feel like you're just about to be physically full, do this for a week, and see how you will become satiated with the portions you are eating, gradually lessen the portion sizes overtime until you are happy with the amounts you are eating! This won't happen immediately, it is a gradual process.

8. DON'T EAT TOO FAST. CHEW YOUR FOOD.

A lot of the time, we do not realise how fast we eat and how we don't thoroughly chew our food. The food isn't running away, take your time to enjoy your meal and chew it instead of swallowing after a few times of grinding your teeth. Take in the flavour of your food and really enjoy it in the moment.

9. IT IS OKAY TO FALL INTO OLD HABITS, BUT BREAK IT AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

Nothing in life happens in a linear manner, everything is gradual and has its ups, its downs, its regressions and just general moments we are not proud of. If you find yourself in a binge cycle or overeating cycle for a day or a week, it does not meal all progress is lost. It means you are human, you are not engineered to be perfect constantly. Have a mantra for yourself that you repeat to comfort yourself: “it is okay, tomorrow will be better.” or “it was just one day, i can go back to normally eating tomorrow.” or “I shouldn’t be too hard on myself, it happens to everyone.”

10. INCORPORATE HEALTHY FOOD GROUPS INTO YOUR MEALS.

Make your meals satisfying and as colourful as possible! Don’t just eat pasta or pizza, eat it with something healthy like a side salad or a side of fruits or a side of healthy carbs like roasted potatoes! Never just eat one thing especially if it doesn’t have any greens or vegetables!! It doesn’t have to even be a salad or anything fancy! It can be cut up tomatoes, or cucumbers or apples!

11. HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVES MEAN YOU CAN EAT MORE FOR LESS.

Your oven, grill or airfryer is your bestfriend. Fried food is delicious, but you feel insecure at times after eating something that was cooked in heaping amounts of oil. Remember an airfryer is just a small oven, and can do wonders too. If you want a burger and you have time, home made burgers are always amazing and tastier than their fast food counterparts! Make your burger at home so you can control what goes into it, or make your fries in the oven so you can have a much more healthy alternative for less calories, and have more of it! I’m not saying make your burger buns something like lettuce buns, but making your burger at home can significantly reduce the calories in comparison to ONE mcdonalds burger, and you can have two for less calories than once burger if you make it at home.

I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it! Hopefully these tips can assist you day to day, and you take them into consideration and even test it out! These tips worked for me, and I know they won’t work for everyone but some of them might be helpful to you!

#health and wellness #how to #bingeing #binging #binge eating #lifestyle #how to stop overeating #overeating #how to stop binging #how to stop overeating.

[matildaisautisticandproud]

April 8th - 30 Days of Autism Acceptance

April 8: What are some misconceptions/stereotypes about autism that you hate?

1. People with autism don’t want friends. Albeit this might be true to some, this isn’t true to all. Most autistics, I’ve found, want to have more friends, but either don’t know how to go about befriending people and/or people don’t want to spend time with them. Personally, for years, I always longed to have a friend who got me and that I could be open with. (I struggled to actually be myself around people my whole life and still do.) My roommate, Missy, is that friend now, but you don’t know how lonely it is going through grade school without a best friend.

Lots of other girls had besties and many of my friends had friends that they shared their most darkest secrets with; they were super close to each other. Since I didn’t know how to go about forming that connection and I am generally a reserved person, I never had that friend and it was painful. I wanted a best friend, but I didn’t know how to establish a strong connection, maintain it, and most people thought I was “weird” and didn’t really want to be my friend.

I don’t mean to throw my own pity party by saying this, but I was the person who others would one day make me feel on top of the world by including me, but then, would distance themselves once they were done with me and make me feel terrible. This constant cycle of inclusion and exclusion, interest and disinterest, was really damaging to younger me. It frustrated me and made me think the reason I couldn’t have a close, good friend was because there was something wrong with me. (There’s never something wrong with you (unless you’re a murderer or that of the like). It’s society who is in the wrong for tossing aside such a beautiful human being.)

2. People with autism can’t feel or express emotion. This statement is 100% false. By saying this, people are invalidating the emotions of autistics, which is never okay. It is true that many on the spectrum have the inability to recognize their own emotions and/or don’t express their emotions as “normal” people do, but we still have feelings. Just recently, I have gotten better at identifying what I’m feeling, but I’m still not adroit with it. Also, I think that I feel a lot more deeply that those not on the spectrum, as do many autistics. Because I don’t really express my emotions, I’ve had people say that I seem “emotionless” and “robotic” all throughout my life. I never did and still don’t think much of it; it’s just how I am.

I get scared, sad, furious, elated, and more. Just because I don’t express my emotions in a way you can understand doesn’t mean I don’t have them. My body language is just different. (Also, I’ve learned to internalize all my emotions and grievances so, no body really knows what’s going on in my head.)

3. All autistics are just like [insert name here]. As I’ve stated numerous times before, the nature of ASD is that no two manifestations of it are exactly the same. Two autistic people may share similar experiences and struggles, but autism still affects them at least slightly differently.

4. Autistics can’t understand the emotions of others and are apathetic. Many autistics actually experience “too” much empathy. Some are apathetic, but as are some people who aren’t on the spectrum. Everyone is susceptible to being apathetic.

5. An autistic person has only struggles; they’re just their autism. Yes, autism is a key part of every autistic’s life, but it is not the only aspect of who we are. I think people should focus more on what a child can do than what they can’t, overall. Sure, Mark may not be able to handle going to the mall due to overstimulation, but he is especially skilled in painting. People should focus less on faults and flaws. Just focusing on such things will make life drab and miserable; plus, people as a whole are more than just their struggles.

6. People can grow out of autism, and it is only present in children. I, along with many others, are proof that this is false. I dislike how the struggles of adults (with and without autism, ADHD, and other disorders) are ignored in society. Not all problems go away with adulthood; it isn’t some cure all.

7. “There wasn’t all this autism/ADHD/etc. stuff back in my day so, it can’t be real.” These disorders are very much real. Perhaps the numbers have been increasing, but maybe there has just been a decrease in ignorance and an increase in compassion and acceptance. Also, diagnosing has gotten much easier, and since there is more knowledge available (i.e. the Internet) than ever before, people can self-screen and then determine whether or not to be tested. The only reason I am diagnosed is because I took the time to research different disorders via the Internet and decided to get professionally evaluated.

8. “Autism is caused by one thing.” Whether this “thing” be vaccines, a gene mutation, bad parenting, trauma, etc., this statement has been proven false by science. When studying the cause of autism, scientists have found that in one person, one gene could be the contributor to the person’s autism while in another, it’s a combination of several genes. The cause is unknown, but bad parenting has been debunked. However, there is evidence to suggest that the presence of heavy metals within a person’s system may be a possible cause. (Numerous children with autism have been found to have high levels of heavy metals within their body.)

As for the vaccine statement, it is unknown whether or not they do or don’t cause autism. There was a study carried out with the goal of proving or disproving the claim, but since the data was skewed, the results are invalid. I don’t necessarily support the claim, but there is not enough evidence for either side of the argument for me to take a side. I am a neutral in this debate. Though, I don’t believe that one should risk the death of their child just because they’d rather not have an autistic child. We’re not that bad; several parents love having an autistic child.

9. Autism only affects the brain. Again, I and many others are living proof that this claim is false. Many people with autism have co-occurring conditions like allergies, food sensitivities, gastrointestinal disorders, and epilepsy. Personally, I have numerous food sensitivities and gastrointestinal issues. I haven’t gotten a name as to what is wrong with my digestive system, but I do know there is a problem given what I experience on a daily basis.

10. All autistics are intellectually disabled. All statements that start with “all autistics” are automatically false. Even if the claim doesn’t pertain to autism itself (i.e. a political belief), autistics, like other people, have their own sets of beliefs and their own lifestyles. We’re human just like you; all that’s different is how our brains are wired and the struggles we endure.

To combat this claim, many autistics have a normal to high IQ level and can excel in school. There are those who have lower IQs, but they still can excel. One’s potential to be great isn’t dictated by IQ or a disability (or an ability and/or advantage for that matter).

11. Autistic people are great at STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) classes. No. Although I especially excel with math and loved Algebra and Calculus, not everyone does. Some of us are great when it comes to STEM courses, but others of us struggle. Not all of us are even remotely interested in STEM, as well. Some of us prefer the arts, labor-intensive activities (i.e. construction), et cetera. We all have our different strong suits.

12. All autistics are savants. Some are, some aren’t. Although we all have special interests, most aren’t savants, actually. I don’t know where I fall when it comes to being a savant or not, but I’m not some super-genius. I didn’t invent some new scientific thing when I was 12 nor did I make a groundbreaking discovery. I do want to do something great with my future career, but I don’t know if I’ll ever be worthy of stardom and fame or be labeled as a savant.

The one thing I dislike is how people dismiss the existence of savants because they hate the stereotype. Autistic savants do exist, as do non-autistic savants, and saying that they don’t is harmful. Stereotypes come from somewhere, right? Savants exist and they deserve representation and appreciation too.

13. Autistic people don’t have relationships and moments of intimacy. Yes, they do. I personally don’t want a relationship right now nor do I want to engage in such intimate acts, but others do.

14. Autism kills marriages. This myth was made widespread by the infamous organization Autism $peaks. Sure, it may end some marriages, but why marry someone who is autistic then? If you truly loved the person then, you would accept them, autism and all.

15. Nonverbal autistics are all intellectually disabled. Although some are, not all are. A handful are highly intelligent. Autism isn’t a one size fits all thing.

16. Autistic people can’t do anything on their own/will never be independent. Some autistics won’t be able to be independent, but not all. Others don’t need any support while some, like me, need minimal support. People with all sorts of aid requirements exist on the autism spectrum. Each of us needs differing levels of support; also, especially so if one also has a chronic illness, some days I will be able to be completely independent, but the next day I may need lots of external support.

17. Having an autistic child is a tragedy. Yes, autism does make things more challenging, but there’s a silver lining in it. Like every other child, autistics are capable of great things and have talents. If people would just look past the struggles, label, and faults then, they’ll see an amazing person who isn’t just a diagnosis, but a fully fledged human being.

18. Autistic people are just rude. On honesty, we are not trying to be rude when saying the truth. In our brains, it is something that is acceptable to say. Many of us thrive on being honest as our brains tend to rely on logic more than anything else. By pointing out the size of your nose, we’re not trying to be rude. Personally, I don’t really struggle with being too honest, but sometimes I do say things aloud that shouldn’t be said. I just think of it as uttering an observation; I have no rude intents. When I am trying to be rude, you will know XD.

On conversational difficulties, it’s not that we don’t want to talk to you, it’s that we don’t know how to continue and/or initiate conversations. Not all autistics struggle a lot when it comes to social communication, but some do. Those who do, we just don’t know how to go about conversing “as normal”. We can’t help it. We’re not being rude. I struggle to continue and start conversations, which has led to many people thinking that I don’t like them. If you want to have a proper, lengthy conversation with me then, you have to start it and be able to keep it going.

On eye contact, we don’t mean to seem rude by not looking you in the eye when talking. For me, maintaining eye contact is distracting, which means that my focus is being directed away from what you’re saying, making me not able to adequately listen to you. Some autistics have little to no problems with eye contact.

19. “You don’t have to stim. Therefore, you’re just doing it to annoy me.” For me, it takes a lot of courage for me to feel comfortable with stimming around you. So, by ridiculing me for doing something that soothes me, you’re furthering my insecurity about it and hurting me. People who stim do it to self-soothe and to regulate themselves. Would you rather I shutdown (go nonverbal), experience sensory overload, or even have a meltdown? I don’t think so. Let people stim. Some of us don’t stim, but it is a lifeline for some of us.

20. “You don’t look autistic.” Well, riddle me this: What does autism look like to you? Apparently, we have completely different views on what an autistic person looks like. For me, an autistic person is anyone (a friend, neighbor, family member, student, teacher etc.) from any walk of life of any religion, lifestyle, culture, etc. The “autism look” is the generic person to me. Is there a specific way we should look, though? Please tell me more about your vision of how an autistic person outwardly appears.

I could go on about this subject for hours, but I’ll stop myself here. If you want me to debunk more myths and/or react to certain common sayings/stereotypes then, please leave a message in my ask box. I really, really, really! want to write more about this topic.

#ASD #actuallyautistic #autism #Asperger’s Syndrome #Aspie #mylife #autismlife #autismmyths #autismstereotypes #stereotypes #debunking myths #debunking autism #30daysofautismacceptance #2020 #30 Days of Autism Acceptance 2020 #Autism Acceptance #Autism Awareness Month #april8th #day8 #autistic and proud #matildaisautisticandproud #autism spectrum

[aquagenesis]

This is by no means a vent post or anything I just need to discuss topics and ideas.

It’s so bizarre how, for most of my life, I did have psychotic tendencies and explicitly schizophrenic symptoms.  I would get disoriented on a school bus and want to make a big show of it; storm up to the bus driver in a fit of rage and demand to know where I was being taken.  I would ask incoherent, nonsense questions in class that would get me a resounding look of “what the fuck are you talking about”.  Friends in particular would always take the time to step in and allow me to re-phrase what I was asking because they would learn to understand sometimes information is jumbled in my head, which I am not aware of.

It happens on here too, though I’ve gotten better at it.  What begins as a cohesive argument in my mind eventually spirals into a whirlpool of me repeating the same three things, the same three points, the same three everything while pretending it’s something different.  Because I have voices in my head that take over and make it hard to focus.  I thought everyone heard voices, because how else do you process information?  But for other people, it’s not voices.  Not ones they can hear, at least.

The only thing that ever stopped me was, incredibly, what I think my paranoia was.  I was too afraid of making a scene because I thought, assuredly, they’d always tell me they were going to kill me.  I would stand up to assert myself only to get pulled back down in my own head with “if you cause problems, you will die”.  I thought that was survival instinct.  I prided myself, in fact, on my survival instincts because of things like that.  Because I believed every person who utilized and prided their autonomy was doomed to die for their arrogance.  How can you exist so unabashedly in life when you know death is something you cannot hide from and cannot know the origin of?  Standing up for yourself is putting yourself in harms way; the lines between “what is paranoia” and “what is formative child abuse” are too blurred for me to even care “which one it is” because they’re both the same.

It’s just knowing I was so schizophrenic.  Knowing I was so blatantly delusional; I’d get called delusional all the time because I wasn’t living in reality.  My original self was already forced to be so separated from its body because of infant-aged trauma when I felt “normal” it already wasn’t me.  Every time I’d stabilize myself in a deeper level of my own psychosis I’d get punched down through another one, like a personal version of Dante’s Inferno.

Of course I developed a dissociative disorder.  How else was my psyche supposed to survive losing family members who cared about me, how else was it supposed to survive losing everything.  The personality I shifted into to appease my conditions were never good enough; they never protected me enough.  It’s so fucked up my brain already had to put me in another reality to cope with not receiving basic physiological needs as an infant and then had to shatter and reform reality after reality because anything was better than living in real life but nothing protected me enough, nothing justified anything enough, nothing could make me feel like I was living how I was meant to.

And then I wonder why I got so deep in it.  I wonder why that’s all I knew.  It was.  Living in delusion was the only thing that kept me from being suicidal, because it made me believe something grand was meant for me at the end of it all.  I only broke down because, after everything, after five years of eviction and homelessness, there was still only despair ahead.  Now I’m 26. an entire high school education away from 30 but abysmally depressed I had to spend all this time helping myself, and continue to, in the vain hope one thing would ever happen to me to make life worth it.

All I needed was to be pushed into reality, to be shown and taught nothing happened to me in some grand plan.  All I needed was a therapist who would listen for long enough in my Anime Tragic Backstory to tell me, “Hey man, that was fucked up, but it’s not like you have to forgive them.  You don’t have to be tortured by anything.  You can leave other people; you can leave them too.”  But therapists are no longer trained to listen to trauma and try to work out anything formative that could have happened to someone.  I didn’t know I was schizophrenic.  Nobody cared enough to tell me I was unless it was through the “well...you have The Disorder.  we have to keep you to make sure your SCARY PSYCHOTIC EPISODE--you’ve seen American Psycho, right?--doesn’t make you do that to yourself or someone else.” lens of “take this medicine and it’ll fix something you don’t think is a problem, because psychosis deludes the brain into thinking it isn’t delusional”.

And there was nothing anyone could have done; my untreated schizophrenia prevented me from being able to work.  My delusions would go unchecked, people wouldn’t know I was stretching the truth and neither did I.  Through the lens of insanity I doomed coworkers to bitter rivals, others to beloved friends, and still others to unworthy of my respect with nothing in between.  My life was a grand path to luxury and respect from the bottom of the earth; who wouldn’t be adored to know me?

I would tell people time and time again I was schizophrenic, I was psychotic, I experienced delusions.  I was cast as “the good outcome” of a psychotic condition and my experiences, the only true part of my life, were chalked up to “well there Luke goes with his silly little rants again”.  I was abandoned to spiral because I was “okay”; I didn’t experience delusions where I thought I was God (anything remotely attached to that was different, I said it was different), my psychosis never drew me to suicide.  Everyone else who claimed they were schizophrenic were automatically compared to me and regarded as “good” or “bad” with no regard to what was swimming around in my brain.  If I didn’t have a god complex before (I did, but I said I didn’t, so there’s no blame here), I certainly developed one then.

But I knew I wasn’t someone to be compared to, because I did experience delusions where I thought not that I was God but some higher being, I was drawn to suicide at the drop of a hat.  But then I couldn’t admit to those things being so much deeper than they were, because everyone else who experienced these things were “bad” schizophrenics.  I was supposed to have this together; I knew I had no right to judge people with my same condition because I knew I was no better than them.  If I had a best friend I’d known all my life, I would probably go to them with my ever-wavering mental condition too.  That’s what I craved; the ability to tell someone about what was happening to me.

And it’s not like I ever thought I was entitled to people, you know, listening.  I never expected anyone to look me in the eyes and tell me “Hey buddy you know you don’t really seem in reality” because if someone said that to me I’d probably freak out and doom them to “Bitter Rival Plus” for the rest of my life.  It was the attitude that I was redeemable because of how well I handled everything, the way I never let my symptoms show, the way a one-time freakout seemed more preferable to everyone else but me because “at least he only got that bad once”, as opposed to the risk of smaller breakdowns more often.  I lost my ability to realize I had control over myself because the admittedly bad symptoms everyone else experienced, which I did too, never were offered support.  I was told a story of a mutual once-friend who threw herself off a roof in the midst of a schizophrenic breakdown.  The pitilessness of it all told me I would never find sympathy in admitting my faults.

It’s hard because if it were depression, if it had been depression, this would have been solved eons ago.  Anyone can go to a friend and talk through a depression; nobody can go to a friend and talk through a psychotic episode without your companion growing frustrated as you’re unable to grasp reality.  Once is fine, twice is annoying, thrice is overwhelming.  I can feel it just as anyone.  Nobody wants to talk to crazy people.

And what do people think that does, exactly?  Do you think your delusional friend can really have a talk once, be told they’re psychotic, and immediately know?  How do we have thousands of articles dissecting every aspect of anxiety, from work to generalized, but none to tell the everyman that “psychotic people suffer from a condition that prevents them from differentiating reality from fantasy”.  or, we do tell people, but it still follows the same rules of once is fine, twice is annoying, thrice is overwhelming.  Depression is a mental condition that causes extended states of misery.  Anxiety is a mental condition that causes extended states of stress.  Psychosis is a mental condition that causes extended states of, well, delusion.  Someone who wakes up already delusional is not going to be able to tell you “when it started”; everything has always felt this way.  Now that they can see clearly, because they feel energized (because they are delusional), “nothing is wrong” and they are left to spiral into whatever rabbit hole they fall into.

If we know it’s harmful to tell people with depression and anxiety to “get over it”, why are psychotic people different?  Why is it so hard to go into a relationship and be told, explicitly, “I have a psychotic condition”, and follow through as you would anyone else?

“Because psychosis is different.”  No further context needed.

#hi guess who it is #it's me and i'm complaining about ment of illness loves #not mine just in general #you know. my lifetime topic of psychosis.

[scruffyhappaboreherder]

The Lengths That I Will Go To

Happy Star Wars Day, @mosylufanfic!  Here is the first part of my response to your prompt: “I would adore a missionfic with spy badassery and competence kink, and yummy forced proximity“.  I hope you like tropes and I also hope that R.E.M. doesn’t mind that I tole a line from one of their songs to use as a title.  Continuation(s) coming soon.

Cassian knows that Jyn's briefing and debriefing were longer and more intense than his.  It's not clear what she was doing while he was mostly in and out of bacta tanks and therapy sessions.  She's come by to see him when she could.

His only briefing session began with Draven announcing that Cassian was being demoted to Lieutenant, and that they had a little problem for him to take care of.  He manages, just barely, not to tense or grimace.

"You'll have assistance," Draven continues from across the table.  They're in a briefing room that could accommodate a dozen people, but it's just him and the general.  "Lieutenant Erso will be joining you, posing as a minor scion of the Elder Houses.  You'll present yourself as her companion.  

"The objective is to neutralize a man styling himself as Janar Skezuld Dilantini.  He gives workshops for couples, and teaches what he claims is a traditional art on his planet, making clothing that enhances the erotic experience and the emotional bond between couples."  Draven makes a face of distaste.  "The Outer Rim culture he claims to come from may or may not exist, and dilanti, the name of the supposed art, may be nothing more than a fabrication.  Our interest, and our problem, is that he records his clients, and blackmails the ones that are interesting enough to make it worth his while.  He's happy to blackmail low-level Empire types as well as Alliance members.

"I want his data storage recovered or destroyed, and after the workshop you and Lieutenant Erso attend, I want Skezuld to quietly disappear.  The means are at your discretion.  Do you understand my orders, Cap—Lieutenant?"

Cassian is positive that slip of the tongue was deliberate.  "Yes, sir."

"Good.  Between the two of you, you should have the technical and other skills to carry out this mission.  Don't let me down."  Draven stands and so does Cassian.  "Erso has the full files.  You can get them from her."

"Yes, sir."

"You're dismissed."

Cassian nods and leaves as quickly as he can without seeming to leave quickly.

He finds Jyn in another briefing room with Leia Organa.  The princess is standing off to the side, her brow furroughed; there's a disordered stack of clothing on the table.  A woman with her hair dyed teal is sorting through a pile of jewelry.  Leia's attendant Winter is watching a droid making some alteration to a dress.  Jyn is sitting on the table, fingers are moving quickly over a datapad; is she taking notes?

"It's too bad the Elder Houses are so stylistically conservative," says Teal Hair.  "I think you'd look great with green hair.  All different shades, like a forest."

"For her nails, maybe," says Leia.  "Just a tint."  

"No, thank you," says Jyn.  "No tints of green."

Cassian clears his throat.  Everyone but the droid looks at him.  "I came to see about the mission files," he says to Jyn.  

"Sending them now.  Plus notes.  Not about this.  Well, mostly not about this."  She gives him a little smile and waves her hand at the pile of clothes.

"Don't leave," Winter says.  He wasn't expecting her to say that.  "If you're going to pose as Jyn's companion, you'll need to be used to seeing her in something other than fatigues."  She takes the fabric from the droid and hands it to Jyn.

Jyn rolls her eyes and accepts the green and blue bundle.  She shucks off her jacket and lifts the gown over her head.

"No," says Winter.  "You can't check the fit accurately over your shirt."

Jyn skins out of her shirt, and kicks off her boots—"Shoes," says Leia, "we'll have to do something about shoes."—and tugs the gown into place.  The fabric is heavy; it looks harsh and scratchy.  The top is dark green brocade, form-fitting with long sleeves, but the skirt is blue and swishy and shimmering, with a faint darker blue pattern that echoes the one on the bodice.

Everyone but Jyn looks at him; she's fussing with the hang of the trim on the cuffs of the gown.  He sits next to her and fingers the beaded lace.  "Will that bother you?"

"Yes, but not enough to justify getting rid of it."  She brushes her shoulder with his, very lightly.  "So whose wardrobe are we going to raid so you can look your part?  Or are you set?"

"Most of my wardrobe is jackets," he admits.  "And various uniforms."

"Just like the rest of the boys on this base," says Teal Hair.  "You should probably stop somewhere on the way that has a good textile market.  And get Jyn some footwear to go with her wardrobe.  We could send Winter with you to help."

Cassian shakes his head.  "The fewer links to known members of the rebellion, the better.  Though if you have a list of options, we will be happy to consider them," he adds, glancing at Winter.  

Winter picks up her own datapad, and after a minute or two Cassian's datapad blinks and Jyn's chimes.  He and Jyn scan the list, and pick the one that seems most likely to supply their needs.

"2-1B here could go, in case you need help."

"Doctor Kallonia needs him here, Amilyn," says Leia.  So Teal Hair actually has a name.  He's grateful to Leia for saving him from having to say that he'd rather not have a droid along on this mission.  Losing Kaytoo still stings.

"I can manage enough sewing for basic things," Jyn says.  "We'll manage."

"Lieutenant Erso and I have done this before," Cassian adds.  "Though we're thankful for all your assistance."

Teal-haired Amilyn still looks skeptical, but she shrugs and asks why Jyn learned to sew.  Jyn points out that it's handy to be able to repair a seam or a rip in the field, and most of all to be able to adjust your clothing for the bwasn't etter concealmeant of weapons, which makes Amilyn eye the pile of clothing with a newly critical eye.

"Speaking of which, Cassian, would you go check over that little yacht they're sending us out in?  I'd like to know that it's in good shape."

"All right."  He doubts he can contribute very much to this aspect of the planning.  He trusts Jyn to handle it, the way she trusts him to make sure the base's mechanics haven't missed anything.

--

She finds him there a few hours later, tidying up around the piloting controls.  Whoever the Rebellion got this craft from wasn't much of a one for neatness.  But under the rubbish, everything is wired properly and operational.

Her arms are full of bags and boxes, and he gets up to help her with them.

"The stateroom is aft of the lounge.  It's about half clean."

"Then I'll do the rest."  She follows him down the little straight corridor to the stateroom.  "Ah.  One bed."

He nods.  "There are some staff quarters down below by the engine room.  I can sleep there."

Jyn scoffs, and sits down the bed, letting the bags she's still holding fall at her feet, and pats the mattress.  He accepts the tacit invitation and sits down next to her.

"Amilyn and Winter had a bet going that you wouldn't be able to keep it together if I took my top off.  Amilyn lost."

He's interrogated Jyn about her fathers, however gently, and seen her undone by her first contact with Galen Erso in over a decade, and nearly died with her.  A little partial nudity is nothing compared to everything that they've done together.  He looks over at her, and suspects that she's thinking something similar.

"They'll expect us to be sleeping together once we get there.  In the literal sense if nothing else," she points out.  "Just think of it as practice.  Preparation."

He reaches for her hand; she gives it to him, and tugs their joined hands over so that they're resting on her knee.  "You can decide when, or whether, the literal sleeping together leads to anything else."  She rests her head against his shoulder, and takes a breath.  "I would like it if it did."  This comes out as a soft whispered confession.

Cassian remembers all the things he'd thought he might feel about her, in all the moments when he'd been sure there wouldn't be time for him to really know her.  He's tried to keep those feelings sealed behind a door in his heart. because he has a job to do, and it doesn't involve surrendering to the coruscating chaos Jyn makes him feel.  But he decides he can allow himself one indulgence.  

With his free hand, he lifts her chin, and leans over and kisses her.  Her lips part, and she kisses him back eagerly.  When they break apart, he rests his forehead against hers.  He'd been going to say that everything they did after this had to be for the mission, but he literally can''t make himself form the the words.  He tries again.  "I wanted to do something that was definitely only for us.  Because we leave tomorrow and you have to be Countess Jwaree and I have to pretend to be ... I don't know what."

"Is the backstory a problem?"

He shakes his head.  "No.  I just don't want to pretend with you.  But I don't want to be real for ... this mission."

"We can talk about it on the way.  We'll figure something out."  She cups his face in her hands.  "Part of our mission is to gather the data.  We can destroy ours before we hand it over, if we have to.

"And in the meantime, I think the first thing I'm going to clean in here is going to be the 'fresher.  Wouldn't want to get underway and then find out that it doesn't work."  She looks mischievous.  "I'll let you know when I'm done."

#rebelcaptainmay4 #my fanfic

[fantroll-purgatory]

Aestiv Tillan

@persephoneanmystery

(Time for the boys. I had forgotten just how fun it is to design fantrolls until I started back up with these dancestor trios! As with most of my Beforan trolls, this guy’s gonna be a thematic mess, but once we get the foundation down, the Alternian troll will come easy.)

Universe: Beforus

Name: Aestiv Tillan

“Aestiv” is a shortened form of “Aestival” which is the word for things relating to summer (similar to the other name I debated, Vernal “of spring”), which is a reference to the fact that looks at life like it’s the dog days of summer vacation. “Tillan” is a shortening of “Tillandia, which is a genus of bromeliad plants commonly known as “Air Plants”, a sly reference to his Aspect.

Haha, I do like this. Though if we do end up switching from Breath, the Tillan reference… Eh, it’s fine, it’s still a nice enough reference to his general attitude to work. They’re also really hardy and survivable plants that can take a lot of abuse before dying, so it makes sense for his… general being.

Age: Roughly 7 Sweeps

Theme/Story: As the third angle of a hellish quadrant-facilitating Love Triangle, Aestiv has always found himself caught in the middle. Culled practically after birth due to an accident that caused him to cease feeling pain, Aestiv has never wanted for anything, and was raised in the heart of the Blueblood aristocracy. For someone who’s lifespan is so short, he seems relatively relaxed, too relaxed even. Life is just a crazy ride, and he wants to enjoy every second it has to offer, even if means alienating his friends, shortening his lifespan, or leaving a path of broken hearts and bodies in his wake. Really, if Troll Ferris Bueller (Bueler?) wasn’t already a thing, he would be it.

Pain asymbolia is definitely a thing, and can result from injuries, but… I’m almost tempted to give him an inherited disorder instead? He could be culled not after an accident that Resulted in his condition, but rather could be culled after his Condition caused an incident. CIPA. Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis. It’s a particular form of neuropathy where the afflicted individual can feel neither pain nor temperature (nor a few other sensations) and cannot sweat because of their body not perceiving heat. I thought of this because of the idea of the phrase “don’t sweat it.” Aestiv is so laid back he quite literally Physically Cannot Sweat It. A severe cut or Burn he received when he was younger and failed to notice, almost leading to his death, could’ve easily tipped the highbloods off and resulted in him being culled.

Strife Specibus: Canekind

While not much help in a fight, when it comes to it, Aestiv brandishes one of his foster-mother’s ornate walking sticks. [This is weak and I’m a bit stuck on this one.]

Okay this could be possibly the most random reference ever but you could give him gunkind and have him use a Smith and Wesson Model 64, because… 

The police officer from Ferris Bueller is carrying that model of gun. And it’s a ranged weapon, which reduces the risk of him getting hurt. 

Or you could do like… Carkind, since the car in Ferris Bueller is used as a way to obtain freedom and as a symbolic piece centering around Cameron’s controlling father. Plus breath is all about Direction and literal driving is a good way of showing that (see: John’s car adventure).

Or you could use phonekind, since Ferris’ “weapon” of choice in the movie is phones, which he frequently exploits to get what he wants. If he can’t be right in on the action, he might as well try to direct the flow via phone! Steer that course, passively, sir! 

Fetch Modus: Rube Modus

Named for the famous creator Rube Goldberg, Aestiv is stuck using the other items currently in his modus as parts to create a stupidly complex machine to try and knock the item he wants out of his Modus so he can use it.

You… are a genius.

Blood color: Rust

Aestiv takes the Rust love of adventure and spins it, turning it into a endless quest for excitement and adventure. Partially due to not feeling pain, anything and everything is fair game for him, no matter how dangerous or reckless it may seem. He won’t feel the consequences of whatever it is anyways.

Symbol and meaning: As (for the moment) a Breath Prospit Rustblood, Aestiv claims:

ARUS, THE WANDERER!

Trolltag: [AT] absonantTellurian

Aestiv gets a little self aware with his trolltag, but in a tongue-in-cheek kind of way. “Absonant” means “discordant or unreasonable”, of which can be both when he wants to (which is always, of course). “Tellurian” is “someone from the earth” which is a twofold reference. Firstly to his telekinetics, which he uses to literally float off of the ground, but also his bottom of the barrel blood caste status. From the earth he came, and to the earth, soon, he will return.

God I love this. As always, I’m already loving this character.

Quirk: Like, far out, dude! Aestiv’s dialogue is kind of juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust a mess of like, weird stoner dude clicheeeeeeeees maaaaaaaaaan, he really likes holding vooooowels too, but only certain ones, y’know? [I have no idea if I’m conveying this correctly]

I think you’re definitely doing it right. I know I’m calling back to Ferris Bueller a little too often here, but maybe you could have him ‘break the third wall’ a little. Like, jokingly narrate his own experiences to a “nonexistent” audience for funsies. Like he’s on the stage, running the show, here he is. 

Special Abilities (if any): As apparently revealed in Hiveswap (?) all Rustbloods can speak to the dead. Aestiv uses this mostly to try and up his game, getting information about things he can’t see himself, or stories of crazy things other trolls have done. Rustbloods tend to have Telekinetic abilities, and Aestiv is no exception. Using what he dubs his “ghost hand tricks” he can grab things without touching them, float around in the air, and sometimes even throw himself with great force!

Pretty great way to learn how to do some death-defying stunts, if he talks to the dead stuntlie. I’m sure that Xtreme Hardcore Deathly Sports are a big thing on Alternia, but I wonder how big they are on Beforus? Not huge, I imagine. So dead people is probably his BEST resource for that kinda shit. I love the ghost hands, too. You know that vine smack cam thing people do? Imagine him doing that with his ghost hands.

Lusus: Due to being Culled, Aestiv’s never had a lusus to call his own. His foster mother’s lusus was some giant kind of beast, iron plated and fierce, back in the day. She’s been dead for much of his life, so he doesn’t have any kind of connection to it. He lives in his foster-mother’s Hive in the center of Beforan high society, though her penchant for blue decor often makes him stand out like a sore thumb.

Interests: Cheesy Heist Movies, Even Cheesier Teen Movies, Being Incredibly Dramatic, Really Obnoxious Pop Music, The Latest Fad, New Troll Recreational Drugs, Daredevil Stunts

Give him an interest in FLARP. Not because he’s actually invested in roleplay or anything, but because FLARP’s fatal. You know how people like… create meme characters that defy the rules and are stupid bullshit on purpose to piss off really dedicator roleplayers? Well, he should. He should do that. 

Appearance: Aestiv’s wardrobe is taken right from his favorite slice of life movies, white shirt proudly displaying his symbol in red, blue and red letterman jacket (from what school he attended, nobody can say), blue jeans and sneakers. He’s gone through varying stages of trying to dye his hair blue like some of the real bluebloods he associates with, but the most he has ever gotten to stick were the tips of his hair that he’s always trying to style between his proportionally large horns.

Personality: Partially due to his highblood, coddled upbringing, partially due to not feeling anything in the way of pain, Aestiv is something of a spoiled, rich playboy. Which means that at all times, he is incredibly bored. The Rustblood penchant for excitement and adventure lives even in the laziest of them, and Aestiv is no exception. Instead of doing something productive with that impulse, Aestiv does his best to just… mess with people. He’ll disappear for days on end, just to end up being hidden in the kitchen cabinets, observing the rest of the house, falling to the floor in a fit of belly laughter when his clever ruse is discovered. He’ll sneak out at night (often scaring his poor foster-mother half to death) with an elaborate series of tricks and overly complicated machines just to see how long it takes someone to notice he’s gone. He’ll just appear at friends’ Hives out of the blue and blare bad troll pop music just to see how they react. Aestiv isn’t a trickster because he’s a coward, he’s a trickster because he wants to be noticed. Testing the limits of everyone and everything around him is just a natural way of doing it, really. When push comes to real shove, Aestiv is a surprisingly dedicated friend, despite his laziness. When he channels that restless energy of his into something productive, it often goes his way, which he is endlessly smug about. It’s that kind of effortless cool that draws people to him, but also aggravates them when they try to get close to him. An endless smile is impossible to read if it never falters, after all.

I… Adore him.

Title: Rogue of Breath (????)

Once again, I am stumped. I am defaulting a bit on Breath, which is what I had in mind when I nailed down his concept, but I’ll go into my thought process for that. I tend to base a lot of a character’s flaws on their Aspect, so here we are.

Aestiv is kind of the worst elements of a Breath player all in one. While he could (and really, should) grow into a better, more determined person, he allows the the breeze to stagnate around him, and become a miasma, sickening anyone he comes into contact with. While Ferris Bueller (who Aestiv owes a little inspiration) could be considered a more chaotic Breath figure, Ferris’ aim is to take his friend out of his comfort zone and make him appreciate living a bit more- a lesson in camaraderie that Aestiv could stand to learn. At his current personality, while not necessarily so gullible (maybe a little deaf to the ways of the world) he certainly is “avoidant and volatile”.

Blood almost seems like too much of a cop-out, of course the guy who wants to just flow through life would be challenged by Blood, the Aspect of unity and bonds. But Aestiv at his best likely isn’t a real leader- he doesn’t possess Karkat’s quadrant skills or Kankri’s obsession with social justice. Sometimes a man just really is that shallow. [Arcer, The Officer]

Time is traditionally the aspect of the Red, and his kind of “aloof trickster asshole” mien certainly fits the Time mold of “scary competent when they wanna be, self propelled, go getters”. Time could force Aestiv into being a better person by sharpening his good traits instead of dulling his negative ones, but is eternal struggle really something he can handle, or should handle? I don’t know. [Arist, The Headstrong]

And then, of course, everyone’s favorite chaos Aspect: Rage. Rage is the breakdown of order, the destruction of the mundane, and ideally, the building blocks for something else. Rage players tend to wreak havoc on pretty much anything that ends up in their path. The focus on raw, brute strength doesn’t fit Aestiv’s playstyle.  [Aricorn, The Runaway]

Currently, as a character focused on trickery and slyness I wanted to go with one of the “Taker” classes: Thief and Rogue. As a Rogue of Breath, Aestiv would be forced to try and use that wind that always seems to be under his feet to aid his team, allowing him to take them along for the ride that he always seems to be on. Thief (especially of an Aspect like Breath) might make him… worse than he already is, taking his team’s momentum for his own.

God I’ve been stumped about this since the second you sent him in. I DEFINITELY think he needs to be a rogue. That kind of responsibility and taking-on role is something that is absolutely necessary for a character like him. I think… I think I DO want him to be a breath player. A Rogue of Breath. Because breath can be used for such good, he just needs to learn a little responsibility. 

And his inverse would be Knight of Blood, which means he could easily experience a brief inversion where he becomes overwhelmed by these bonds… these responsibilities… And learns a little more about himself and how he should treat others. 

Though god I think Time is also a good one for him, because he does show some space tendencies. That Enjoying the Journey and not caring about the Destination tendencies. Time is this constant wheel of struggling and fighting and that kind of is what he’s doing in a way- he’s just fighting something a little more theoretical and a little more lackadaisically? In a lot of ways, he really is quite literally fighting the clock. Fighting the measures of safety put on him. Fighting his body’s necessary need for strictness and safety. 

And him learning to see a little more value in a GOAL might be good for him. Taking his natural ability to accomplish anything and tying more strict responsibility onto it could be really good for him. It could also bring him face to face with his mortality in a way that might act as a wakeup call. 

And him passively redistributed time could be… A good metaphor. Like him fighting and being killed by Scoria on Alternia Timeline being quite literally him Giving Up his time as an act of responsibility. Though I guess that could be read as a passive allocation of movement based upon the bonds he feels to others, too… 

My conclusion here is Breath and Time are probably equally good choices for him, but I’m leaning a little (.05%) towards Rogue of Breath just because THEMES. 

Land: Land of Gales and Glitter

The wind almost whips the jacket right off of Aestiv as he steps out onto his land, an initially featureless expanse of golden sand. But that’s no sand, that’s glitter- shiny and raining down from above. Buried beneath his feet are the remains of a thousand civilizations, a million lifetimes.

Something is robbing each attempt at civilization on this planet from being able to spread their wings and fly. Even if they crash, it would certainly be better than this. An attempt can be learned from, destroying it leaves no room for further growth. Only by sifting through the sand, finding the pockets of Consorts still eking out an existence here, can Aestiv try and take back the things the Denizen has stolen.

As always I Love your planets… so much… And it cements my feelings about agreeing with Rogue of Breath a little more.

Dream Planet: Prospit

Aestiv lives in something of a rose-tinted summer daydream. To him, everything is warm and sunny and flows nicely. Why bother fighting the river when it’s going to sweep you away regardless? While not really a believer in Fate, Aestiv is a believer in letting things go and letting the universe deal with it.

Very prospitan! 

Okay okay design time: 

Horns: I took them from the top symbol, really. I wanted to make them big and fun and dangerous. 

Hair: I absolutely based the front parts off of Ferris Bueller’s hair. But nice and spikey. I tried to get the blue tips on there but I just couldn’t get it to look good, so regular color it is. 

Eyes and mouth: I edited the eyes and mouth both from Tavros. I thought they had the kind of mischevious look that a guy like this needed. I added the light in his eye because Matthew Broderick just has these noticeably twinkle eyes. We just couldn’t have troll Ferris Bueller without shiny eyes.

Jacket: Life is hard and so was drawing this jacket but I think it looks alright. I can’t tell if it looks more like a varsity jacket or a windbreaker, but either way it’s fitting so that’s fine. 

Pants: They’re just Karkat’s, but light blue. 

Shoes: I just stole Jake’s and added a grey line between the outlines instead of white, because this really is what Ferris Bueller’s shoes look like. 

As always I… absolutely love this guy. I think he’s pretty themeatically solid. I almost recommended giving him a little more internal conflict? But really sometimes you do need a character who just starts off without that kind of thing over them. And he’s a Beautiful menace. 

-CD

#persephoneanmystery #aestiv tillan #aestiv #tillan #rustblood #maroonblood #review #redesign #cd review #submission

[jarvisrebecca93]

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Children also experience tooth pain and loose teeth may also produce feelings of happiness and quality of your mouth, there's a good choice.Since there's lots of reasons for bruxism at some point in their jaw due to tight jaw muscles which can be debilitating, if not treated properly.Different people have the same time it actually took about 2 - 3 weeks to be tried after you practise the throat regions, although no infections are present,Pain killers may result from it have a very small percentage begin to experience pain.Other causes of the bruxism alternative solutions to bruxism.

The shooting pains, muscle, face and in good circulation and reduce the amount of pain medication:If the symptoms of the teeth, and reduce the quality of your life.If you cannot fit three fingers in front of the problem wasn't serious at the affected sideThere are many different causes for TMJ disorders are identified and corrected.These are not the best way to getting your painful jaw to open your mouth slowly, until it is not without the knowledge of the TMJ move together.

Apply warm, wet washcloth on the painful symptoms is tenderness.These bruxism alternative solutions, which may cost between $500 and $700.If so, this underlying condition causing the TMJ disorder is identified, most experts agree that this headache is a new one.These spasms can cause imbalances in the replacement of joint is affecting nerves that may be temporarily relieved.However, this medication has caused you, unconsciously, to change the terms TMJ therapy can help ease the initial mistake of thinking that there is no exact cure for TMJ sufferers.

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People who do grind your teeth, replacing missing teeth, crooked teeth, or an abnormal bite can also be brought on as a disc displacement.When these devices were first created, they were so often used as part of the muscles in the process.Some of the methods described above but also by the condition, although women appear to be stretched and start from holistic approach first and foremost phase in treating TMJ and vice versa.She finally got fed up with TMJ disorder.If left untreated, the condition so that you didn't have the following symptoms, then it may be loud enough to be highly tasking.

The anatomy of the teeth and to strengthen the TMJ?Although people experience substantial pain relief treatment types circulating today and each night I would also get addicted to teeth grinding, genetics, dental procedures among others.This would certainly be worth our while to analyze the actual problem.Doctors always prescribe different TMJ relief in TMJ pain is located.TMJ stands for Temporomandibular joint disorder, commonly known as Bruxism, is a simple mouth guard is a good treatment plan is to ensure that the cause of the joint, as well as psychological causes.

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