teeth grinding at night

Teeth Grinding At Night

For people who grind their teeth at night it can be very frustrating. If you’re asleep, how can you stop doing it? At least if you’re awake, you can become aware of it and tell yourself to stop or distract yourself. When you are asleep, you have no control whatsoever. Teeth grinding at night is controlled by your unconscious mind.

When you sleep you enter into a dream state. You make dreams out of all of the things that are on your mind. That could be a stress that happened earlier on in the day. It could also be something that happened 10 years ago that you haven’t let go of.

To have a peaceful mind, we need resolution. If we have resolved that fight we had with our cousin 10 years ago, then it doesn’t bother us today. However, if we hold onto resentment or a sense of injustice, that can trigger teeth gring as we “chew over” the problem in our sleep.

Self hypnosis audios are a great way of relaxing, learning to let go of stresses from the past and really feeling peaceful in our minds. There are also suggestions for the muscle in the jaw to remain limp and lazy all night long.