I grind my teeth during the night apparently… this is what causes my tooth sensitivity and jaw pain… and a genral feeling of tension….I do tend to notice occasionally during the day too that I’m tensing my jaw, holding my teeth together tightly and have to try and physically relax my jaw which can be very hard as the tension is already there.
I don’t know why I do this though and it fascinates me that it is a stress thing, because I’m not consciously aware of being stressed but my body seems to deal with it in this way….it then points me in the direction of looking within and finding the source of the stress, which is indeed, easier said than done.
The dentist did offer to make me a tooth night-guard like a brace, but that would have cost £50 + which I couldn’t afford…so I’m still working on it… it comes and goes… I’d try to go for muscle focused relaxation and meditation first… I can’t think of anything more off putting thatn trying to sleep with something in your mouth :-/