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grinding","I let myself be aware of what I feel without pushing it down. When I take a decision, I free myself.",[301,302,303,304,305,306],"Bruxism","Clenching teeth","Grinding teeth at night","Jaw clenching","Sleep bruxism","Grincement de dents","mouth-and-teeth",{"type":309,"value":310,"toc":434},"minimark",[311,316,320,337,341,348,353,364,368,371,375,378,382,385,389,392,396,399],[312,313,315],"h2",{"id":314},"what-teeth-grinding-is","What teeth grinding is",[317,318,319],"p",{},"Teeth grinding, or bruxism, is clenching the jaw or grinding the teeth together without meaning to. It happens most often during sleep, when people are usually unaware of it until a partner hears it or a dentist notices worn teeth. Some people also clench during the day, especially when concentrating or under pressure.",[317,321,322,323,328,329,332,333,336],{},"It can cause ",[324,325,327],"a",{"href":326},"\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fjaw-pain","jaw pain",", headaches and earache on waking, worn or broken teeth, and disturbed sleep. It is linked to ",[324,330,331],{"href":282},"stress"," and ",[324,334,335],{"href":204},"anxiety",", sleep problems such as sleep apnoea, alcohol, caffeine and smoking, and some medicines, including certain antidepressants. It is common in children and often fades as they grow. A dentist can fit a mouth guard or splint to protect the teeth at night. Relaxation, better sleep habits and treating any sleep disorder can also help.",[312,338,340],{"id":339},"the-emotional-meaning-of-teeth-grinding","The emotional meaning of teeth grinding",[317,342,343,344,347],{},"The teeth stand for decisions, and for a certain kind of aggressiveness. Spiritually, grinding is an unconscious ",[324,345,346],{"href":198},"anger"," rising to the surface, a repressed rage that often finds its way out at night.",[349,350,352],"h3",{"id":351},"nervous-inside-and-holding-back","Nervous inside, and holding back",[317,354,355,356,359,360,363],{},"You may be very nervous inside, holding yourself back from saying or doing certain things. Unable to come to clear, precise decisions, you grind your teeth, and the grinding becomes the physical expression of ",[324,357,358],{"href":273},"sadness"," and suppressed ",[324,361,362],{"href":192},"aggressiveness"," about a situation you find unbearable.",[349,365,367],{"id":366},"a-door-that-creaks","A door that creaks",[317,369,370],{},"Like a door that needs oiling, grinding teeth are read as the fear of opening up to take decisions. The noise is a kind of inner moan. You may feel caught, as if under a spell you cannot break.",[349,372,374],{"id":373},"speaking-in-silence","Speaking in silence",[317,376,377],{},"At night you \"speak in silence\", releasing what you could not put into words during the day: everything left unsaid, everything buried inside. The jaw does the talking that the voice did not do.",[349,379,381],{"id":380},"children-and-authority","Children and authority",[317,383,384],{},"Children grind their teeth very often. Early in life is when you learn about power games and the different relationships of authority. If you are afraid to give your opinion because you feel too small next to your parents, a childminder or your teachers, the teeth may grind. If your child grinds their teeth, the question is a gentle one: is there something they find hard to say, and is there room for them to say it?",[349,386,388],{"id":387},"head-against-heart","Head against heart",[317,390,391],{},"Whatever your age, grinding is read as great inner tension. There is a strong split between the head and the heart, between reason and passion, and the result is a kind of passivity: nothing moves, and the pressure stays in the jaw.",[312,393,395],{"id":394},"a-gentler-way-to-hold-it","A gentler way to hold it",[317,397,398],{},"Grinding can damage the teeth, so a dentist's protection comes first. The emotional perspective asks what is being ground down at night.",[400,401,402,410,416,422,428],"ul",{},[403,404,405,409],"li",{},[406,407,408],"strong",{},"Notice without pushing it away."," Let yourself become aware of the tension and the feelings behind it, just as they are now.",[403,411,412,415],{},[406,413,414],{},"Say it in the day."," Find one place to say what you would otherwise carry to bed: a friend, a journal, a voice note.",[403,417,418,421],{},[406,419,420],{},"Welcome your sensitivity."," The emotions that rise to the surface are allowed to be there.",[403,423,424,427],{},[406,425,426],{},"Take one decision."," Uncertainty creates more tension than taking the step that is needed. Choose a small decision and make it.",[403,429,430,433],{},[406,431,432],{},"Let your head and heart talk."," Write down what each of them wants, and look for the place where they meet.",{"title":435,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":436},"",[437,438,445],{"id":314,"depth":18,"text":315},{"id":339,"depth":18,"text":340,"children":439},[440,441,442,443,444],{"id":351,"depth":25,"text":352},{"id":366,"depth":25,"text":367},{"id":373,"depth":25,"text":374},{"id":380,"depth":25,"text":381},{"id":387,"depth":25,"text":388},{"id":394,"depth":18,"text":395},"2026-10-06","The emotional and spiritual meaning of teeth grinding (bruxism): unconscious anger, things left unsaid by day, and decisions you cannot make.","md","jaw",[451,452,453,454,455],"\u002Fguides\u002Fcan-emotions-cause-physical-pain","\u002Fguides\u002Femotions-body-map","\u002Fguides\u002Flouise-hay-list","\u002Fguides\u002Fpsychosomatic-illness","\u002Fguides\u002Fspiritual-meaning-of-pain-in-body-parts",[457,460],{"name":458,"url":459},"NHS: Teeth grinding","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Fteeth-grinding\u002F",{"name":461,"url":462},"MedlinePlus: Bruxism","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fency\u002Farticle\u002F001413.htm",{},true,"\u002Fconditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fteeth-grinding",[467,468,469,470,471,472],"What did I hold back today, in words or in actions?","Which situation feels unbearable to me right now?","Is there a decision I keep putting off, and what does the waiting cost me?","Do I feel too small to give my opinion to someone, as a child might with a parent or a teacher?","Where are my head and my heart pulling in different directions?","What sadness sits underneath my anger?",[326,474,475],"\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Ftooth-decay","\u002Fhead\u002Finsomnia",[477,478],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBruxism","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ994942",{"title":298,"description":447},"Teeth Grinding Spiritual Meaning: Bruxism and Hidden Anger",[482],{"author":483,"work":484,"entries":485,"pages":487},"Jacques Martel","Le Grand Dictionnaire des Malaises et des Maladies",[486],"Dents (grincement de ...) — Bruxisme","137","conditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fteeth-grinding","Spiritually, teeth grinding is often linked to unconscious anger and repressed rage that come out at night. It may reflect everything left unsaid during the day, and decisions you have not been able to make.","If this reading resonates with you, taking a few minutes before bed to write down what you did not say during the day can be a good next step.",[492,493,494,495,388,496],"Unconscious anger","What is left unsaid","Indecision","Inner tension","Feeling too small to speak",[498,499,500,501,502,503],"Worn, chipped, cracked or loose teeth, or teeth that have become sensitive. See a dentist.","Jaw pain, clicking, or a jaw that locks or is hard to open.","Headaches or earache on waking, or pain in the face.","Loud snoring, gasping or pauses in breathing at night, which can point to sleep apnoea.","Grinding that started with a new medicine. Do not stop it on your own; talk to the prescriber.","A child who grinds their teeth and has pain, damaged teeth or poor sleep.","NzxQCGWN9rjhiffUie-uQ-icK1EBAZWZraV6oBZ3pbU",{"id":506,"title":87,"body":507,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":446,"datePublished":603,"description":88,"extension":448,"groups":604,"guides":616,"icon":90,"medicalSources":617,"meta":618,"navigation":464,"order":12,"path":89,"reflectionQuestions":619,"seo":626,"seoTitle":627,"sources":628,"stem":634,"themes":635,"whenToSeeADoctor":642,"__hash__":649},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Fmouth-and-teeth.md",{"type":309,"value":508,"toc":598},[509,512,515,521,525,528,543,547,550,553,556,560,566],[317,510,511],{},"The mouth is where food, water and air come in, and where speech goes out. The teeth cut and grind what you eat, and they are among the hardest structures in the body. Pain, ulcers, decay and gum disease are medical matters. A dentist or a doctor is the right person for them.",[317,513,514],{},"In the emotional reading, the mouth is the opening onto life. It is how you first met nourishment, and how you still take in what is new: tastes, ideas, impressions. The teeth are the solid door in that opening. They are how you bite into a decision and how you hold your ground.",[516,517,518],"note",{},[317,519,520],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. A sore that does not heal, a swelling with fever, or a tooth that will not let you sleep needs a dentist or a doctor.",[312,522,524],{"id":523},"what-the-mouth-represents","What the mouth represents",[317,526,527],{},"The source calls the mouth a bridge between the inner life and the world outside. Through it you speak, with the lips, the tongue and the voice, and you let thoughts and feelings leave. It stands for intimacy and for the space you need around you. Appetite, desire, expectation and the pleasure of living show themselves here.",[317,529,530,531,332,535,538,539,542],{},"It is a two-way road. The book plays on the French words for a path and for a voice, ",[532,533,534],"em",{},"voie",[532,536,537],{},"voix",". Trouble at the mouth is read as having an inner face and an outer one. The way you chew is taken as a picture of the way you live. Swallowing food without chewing is read as impulsiveness, with little patience for detail. Chewing without end is read as perfectionism: life is taken apart until you no longer taste it, and the past is turned over again and again. Very large bites are \"a double mouthful\": too many responsibilities, several projects moving at once. Very small bites are holding back, from ",[324,540,541],{"href":234},"fear"," of launching into a task that feels too hard.",[312,544,546],{"id":545},"what-the-teeth-represent","What the teeth represent",[317,548,549],{},"The teeth symbolise decisions. They are the hard gate that lets you bite into life with a full mouth, as the French saying has it. Inner reality and outer reality both pass through them. A sound, hard tooth is read as the capacity to welcome new ideas, love and inner nourishment, and as balance.",[317,551,552],{},"A tooth that is altered, even by a decay you cannot yet see, is read as a weak affirmation of yourself. The reality in front of you feels unacceptable. You fear taking your place, with the responsibilities that come with it. Autonomy is hard. Wanting something and reaching it do not meet. The source still asks you to stay open to the means that exist for getting through a delicate situation, even when the decision is hard.",[317,554,555],{},"For many animals the teeth are also the defence. If you feel in danger and do not know how to react, the spiritual interpretation says the teeth react for you. They stand for the will to go forward, to do a thing properly, and to give your thoughts and feelings a life outside you.",[312,557,559],{"id":558},"caring-for-the-mouth-from-the-inside","Caring for the mouth from the inside",[317,561,562,563],{},"Decay, infection, grinding, injury and many ordinary dental causes are real. The emotional perspective adds a question: ",[532,564,565],{},"what am I taking in, and what decision am I refusing to bite into?",[400,567,568,574,580,586,592],{},[403,569,570,573],{},[406,571,572],{},"Taste one mouthful."," The source asks you to eat slowly enough to taste, instead of gobbling or picking the meal apart.",[403,575,576,579],{},[406,577,578],{},"Notice the size of the bite."," Too much at once, or almost nothing, is read as the size of what you are willing to take on.",[403,581,582,585],{},[406,583,584],{},"Name one decision."," The teeth are the place of the decision you keep postponing.",[403,587,588,591],{},[406,589,590],{},"Speak as well as swallow."," The mouth is also the way feelings leave. A thought that never becomes a word stays in the doorway.",[403,593,594,597],{},[406,595,596],{},"See a dentist for the tooth."," The meaning does not fill a cavity or settle an infection.",{"title":435,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":599},[600,601,602],{"id":523,"depth":18,"text":524},{"id":545,"depth":18,"text":546},{"id":558,"depth":18,"text":559},"2026-10-04",[605,609,613],{"id":606,"title":607,"description":608},"mouth","Mouth","The mouth as the doorway for food, air, words and new impressions.",{"id":610,"title":611,"description":612},"teeth","Teeth","The teeth as the hard gate through which you bite into life and stand your ground.",{"id":449,"title":614,"description":615},"The jaw","Jaw pain, clenching and grinding, often linked to holding back anger, words or a decision.",[],[],{},[620,621,622,623,624,625],"What am I taking in too fast, or chewing over until the taste has gone?","Which new idea or sensation am I refusing to let into my mouth?","Where am I hesitating to bite into a decision that is actually mine?","Do I feel I have to defend myself, and have I no other way than the teeth?","Am I carrying too many projects at once, as if I had taken a double mouthful?","What would it be like to taste one thing slowly, and then say what I think?",{"title":87,"description":88},"Mouth, Teeth & Jaw Problems: Spiritual Meaning",[629],{"author":483,"work":484,"entries":630,"pages":633},[631,632],"Bouche (en général)","Dents (en général)","71–72, 134–135","areas\u002Fmouth-and-teeth",[636,637,638,639,640,641],"Openness","Speech","Appetite","Decisions","Self-assertion","Contact",[643,644,645,646,647,648],"A mouth ulcer, lump or red patch that has not healed after three weeks.","Difficulty swallowing, or pain that stops you eating or drinking.","Swelling of the face, a fever, or a tooth pain that keeps you awake.","Bleeding gums that do not settle with ordinary care.","A broken tooth, a knocked-out tooth, or an injury to the jaw.","White patches, or a sore that bleeds, especially if you smoke or drink heavily.","an3fx3a0KJ7Qv5HiZKcpANHFIwS7L277g5uUjG8pK4M",[651,870,1142],{"id":652,"title":653,"affirmation":654,"aka":655,"area":659,"body":660,"dateModified":821,"datePublished":821,"description":822,"extension":448,"group":823,"guides":824,"medicalSources":825,"meta":832,"navigation":464,"path":833,"reflectionQuestions":834,"related":842,"sameAs":844,"seo":847,"seoTitle":848,"sources":849,"stem":854,"summary":855,"supportIntro":856,"themes":857,"whenToSeeADoctor":862,"__hash__":869},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fhead\u002Finsomnia.md","Insomnia","I can rest. The world keeps turning while I sleep, and I am allowed to let go.",[656,657,658],"Sleeplessness","Trouble sleeping","Poor sleep","head",{"type":309,"value":661,"toc":810},[662,666,669,682,685,689,695,699,702,705,709,712,720,724,727,746,750,753,756,760,763,765,772],[312,663,665],{"id":664},"what-insomnia-is","What insomnia is",[317,667,668],{},"Insomnia is trouble sleeping that affects the day that follows. You may struggle to fall asleep, wake often, wake too early, or sleep in a way that does not feel refreshing. The next day brings tiredness, irritability, poor concentration or a sense of not being quite yourself.",[317,670,671,672,674,675,677,678,681],{},"Short stretches of poor sleep are very common, especially during ",[324,673,331],{"href":282},", grief, pain, a change of routine or too much caffeine. It becomes a problem when it happens often, at least three nights a week for three months, and when it gets in the way of how you function. That pattern is what is usually called chronic insomnia. ",[324,676,203],{"href":204},", ",[324,679,680],{"href":228},"depression",", pain, some medicines, screens late at night and irregular hours can all keep it going. The treatment that helps most over time is usually a talking approach aimed at sleep, together with steadier habits. Sleeping pills can help for a short while, and they are rarely the whole answer.",[317,683,684],{},"The emotional reading below does not replace this. It offers another layer, for those who feel that their nights also say something about how hard it is to let go.",[312,686,688],{"id":687},"the-emotional-meaning-of-insomnia","The emotional meaning of insomnia",[317,690,691,692,694],{},"In the emotional approach, being unable to sleep is read as a deep ",[324,693,541],{"href":234}," of surrendering. Letting go feels unsafe. There is insecurity, and a wish to keep control of everything that happens in your life.",[349,696,698],{"id":697},"afraid-to-be-undefended","Afraid to be undefended",[317,700,701],{},"Sleep is the moment when the thinking mind loosens its grip. The source describes this as a kind of vulnerability: the senses are open, and the unknown of the night is closer. Staying awake can feel like staying on guard. Some people carry the impression that someone around them means them harm, and that they must keep watch. The night itself can feel dangerous.",[317,703,704],{},"Falling asleep can even feel, at a deep level, a little like dying. Each time you cross into sleep, an old fear of the unknown may wake up. This is especially understandable if safety was threatened early in life, and the body learned that letting go was not a good idea.",[349,706,708],{"id":707},"a-mind-kept-busy-on-purpose","A mind kept busy on purpose",[317,710,711],{},"To stop sleep from arriving, the mind stays occupied. Ideas, scenarios, even situations you invent, keep the mental faculties \"awake\" so that you are never fully undefended. The questions rarely settle: \"What if I had done this, or said that? What will happen if…?\" Lived this way, the night is torment rather than trust that you will be all right, and that what comes can be good.",[317,713,714,715,719],{},"This constant questioning is also read as a lack of trust in yourself and in others. When ",[324,716,718],{"href":717},"\u002Fhead\u002Fnervousness","nervousness"," is very strong, and it is hard to take a position or make a decision, the night becomes the time when every unfinished choice returns.",[349,721,723],{"id":722},"alone-with-what-is-inside","Alone with what is inside",[317,725,726],{},"Going to bed removes the people who fill the day: children, a partner, colleagues. You are cut off from the outside world, and what remains is what is inside you. If that inner life has not been allowed out during the day, it has the whole night to speak. The conversation with yourself cannot stop, and sleep is pushed away.",[317,728,729,730,733,734,737,738,741,742,745],{},"The source plays on the French word for insomnia, ",[532,731,732],{},"insomnie",", hearing in it a refusal of one's inner sounds: ",[532,735,736],{},"nie"," (I deny), ",[532,739,740],{},"sons"," (sounds), ",[532,743,744],{},"in"," (inner). What you deny inside yourself, and do not let out, keeps the mental activity going. Sleep cannot find a way in.",[349,747,749],{"id":748},"guilt-and-rest-that-feels-undeserved","Guilt, and rest that feels undeserved",[317,751,752],{},"Insomnia is often linked to guilt, conscious or not. For one reason or another, there is the impression that \"I do not deserve to rest.\" It may be guilt about not succeeding in life, or about not doing everything you feel you should for your children. Rest then feels like something you have not earned.",[317,754,755],{},"A related belief is that sleep is a waste of time. \"I have so much to do.\" The night is recruited into the same effort as the day, and the body is not given permission to stop.",[349,757,759],{"id":758},"sleep-love-and-trust","Sleep, love and trust",[317,761,762],{},"The source also links sleep to the heart, and to the capacity to love yourself, to trust love, and through that to trust life. When that trust is thin, the night is harder to enter. Letting yourself be held by sleep asks for a little of the same trust.",[312,764,395],{"id":394},[317,766,767,768,771],{},"The aim is not to blame yourself for not sleeping. Pain, ",[324,769,770],{"href":294},"worry",", hormones, caffeine and real danger in the past can all keep a nervous system awake, and persistent insomnia deserves proper care. The emotional perspective simply invites you to look at what the waking is protecting.",[400,773,774,780,786,792,798,804],{},[403,775,776,779],{},[406,777,778],{},"Let the day end."," Write down what is unfinished before you go to bed, so the mind is not the only place it can live.",[403,781,782,785],{},[406,783,784],{},"Notice the night questions."," \"What if I had…? What if this happens?\" Name them as fear, not as problems you must solve at midnight.",[403,787,788,791],{},[406,789,790],{},"Listen once, on purpose."," Give what is inside you a little time earlier in the evening, so it does not have to shout once the house is quiet.",[403,793,794,797],{},[406,795,796],{},"Question the guilt."," If rest feels undeserved, ask who taught you that stopping is a failure.",[403,799,800,803],{},[406,801,802],{},"Sleep is not lost time."," The earth keeps turning while you rest. You do not have to hold it in place.",[403,805,806,809],{},[406,807,808],{},"Trust that you are guided."," The source invites you to loosen control, find some peace of mind, and let your inner sense know what is good for you.",{"title":435,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":811},[812,813,820],{"id":664,"depth":18,"text":665},{"id":687,"depth":18,"text":688,"children":814},[815,816,817,818,819],{"id":697,"depth":25,"text":698},{"id":707,"depth":25,"text":708},{"id":722,"depth":25,"text":723},{"id":748,"depth":25,"text":749},{"id":758,"depth":25,"text":759},{"id":394,"depth":18,"text":395},"2026-10-01","The emotional and spiritual meaning of insomnia: how it may relate to the fear of letting go, a mind that will not stop, guilt and the feeling of not deserving rest.","nervous-system",[451,453,454],[826,829],{"name":827,"url":828},"NHS: Insomnia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Finsomnia\u002F",{"name":830,"url":831},"MedlinePlus: Insomnia","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Finsomnia.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fhead\u002Finsomnia",[835,836,838,839,840,841],"What am I afraid would happen if I truly let myself fall asleep?",{"Which thoughts do I keep turning over at night":837},"What if I had said this? What if that happens?","When the day is over and I am alone with myself, what do I hear inside that I would rather not face?","Do I feel I have to stay on guard, as if someone or something might harm me?","Do I believe, somewhere, that I do not deserve to rest?","Have I decided that sleep is a waste of time because there is still so much to do?",[717,843],"\u002Fhead\u002Fmigraines",[845,846],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FInsomnia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ1869874",{"title":653,"description":822},"Insomnia: Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[850],{"author":483,"work":484,"entries":851,"pages":853},[852],"Insomnie","237–238","conditions\u002Fhead\u002Finsomnia","Insomnia is often read as a fear of letting go. Keeping the mind busy can be a way of staying in control, and of not having to hear what is going on inside, especially when rest itself feels undeserved.","If this reading resonates with you, giving the evening back to rest, and letting the mind slow down before you try to sleep, can be a good next step.",[858,859,860,239,861],"Fear of letting go","Need for control","A mind that will not stop","Not deserving rest",[863,864,865,866,867,868],"Thoughts of harming yourself, or a despair that is worse at night. Seek help straight away.","Loud snoring, gasping or pauses in breathing during sleep, especially with daytime sleepiness. This can be sleep apnoea.","Insomnia with chest pain, severe breathlessness or a racing heart at night. Call emergency services if it is sudden or severe.","Trouble sleeping at least three nights a week for several weeks, with tiredness, irritability or poor concentration during the day.","A sudden change in sleep together with a very low mood, or with feeling unusually high and restless.","Relying on alcohol, drugs or more sleeping medicine than prescribed in order to get to sleep.","Gm5-3YTpCYdwS-W-EjoWqs4UnDD5HLyg54ARMix38qY",{"id":871,"title":872,"affirmation":873,"aka":874,"area":307,"body":882,"dateModified":446,"datePublished":446,"description":1082,"extension":448,"group":449,"guides":1083,"medicalSources":1085,"meta":1092,"navigation":464,"path":1093,"reflectionQuestions":1094,"related":1101,"sameAs":1103,"seo":1106,"seoTitle":1107,"sources":1108,"stem":1125,"summary":1126,"supportIntro":1127,"themes":1128,"whenToSeeADoctor":1134,"__hash__":1141},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fjaw-pain.md","Jaw pain","I allow myself to speak freely. I take back the place that is mine and live in integrity with my heart and with the truth.",[875,876,877,878,304,879,880,881],"TMJ","TMD","Temporomandibular joint disorder","Temporomandibular disorder","Locked jaw","Clicking jaw","Maux de mâchoires",{"type":309,"value":883,"toc":1070},[884,888,896,906,910,913,916,920,926,933,937,940,943,947,957,961,964,968,1001,1005,1013,1027,1029,1032],[312,885,887],{"id":886},"what-jaw-pain-is","What jaw pain is",[317,889,890,891,895],{},"Jaw pain is pain in the jaw bones, the muscles you chew with, or the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), the hinge in front of each ear that connects the lower jaw to the skull. When the pain comes from the joint and the chewing muscles, it is called a temporomandibular disorder (TMD). It can cause aching in the jaw, the face or around the ear, clicking or popping, difficulty opening the mouth wide, a jaw that briefly locks, and ",[324,892,894],{"href":893},"\u002Fhead\u002Fheadaches","headaches",".",[317,897,898,899,677,903,905],{},"TMD is common, and it is often linked to clenching or ",[324,900,902],{"href":901},"\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fteeth-grinding","grinding the teeth",[324,904,331],{"href":282},", an injury, wear in the joint, or a bite that does not meet well. Most cases improve with simple care: soft food, avoiding wide yawns and gum, warmth or cold on the jaw, relaxation, and sometimes a night guard made by a dentist. Jaw pain can also come from a tooth abscess, sinusitis or an ear problem, and, rarely, pain in the jaw is a sign of a heart attack.",[312,907,909],{"id":908},"the-emotional-meaning-of-jaw-pain","The emotional meaning of jaw pain",[317,911,912],{},"The jaws are the bones that let you eat and begin digesting what you take in, whether food or the reality around you. Spiritually, they show how far you can swallow certain realities, physically and emotionally. They stand for your strength to choose to open up to something or someone, and they make exchanges with others possible in safety. They open the way to truth and to asserting yourself. All the inner power you show is symbolised by your jaws.",[317,914,915],{},"Because the two jaws must meet and push against each other to work, they also represent your ability to face struggles and opposition, whether they come from outside or live inside you.",[349,917,919],{"id":918},"clenched-teeth-and-held-back-anger","Clenched teeth and held-back anger",[317,921,922,923,925],{},"Jaw trouble is read as appearing when you clench your teeth because something is being pushed down: the energy of ",[324,924,346],{"href":198},", stubbornness, obstinacy, perhaps even an unconscious wish to get back at someone or something. Or perhaps you are holding back a cry of inner pain. Things are not going the way you want, and rage rises. You keep chewing over the same problems without finding solutions, and cling to emotions and habits that belong to an earlier age.",[317,927,928,929,932],{},"A jaw tic can show that you are \"speaking in silence\". What do you want to keep to yourself at all costs? Which emotions are you imprisoning? A narrow way of seeing events, being out of touch with your own power and holding on to an authority outside you, are part of the same picture. A sense of powerlessness can bring a feeling of inferiority and ",[324,930,931],{"href":249},"jealousy",". When the jaws ache, the question is whether a forced smile is covering a wish to attack or bite someone.",[349,934,936],{"id":935},"thinking-one-thing-saying-another","Thinking one thing, saying another",[317,938,939],{},"When the jaw joint itself is affected and the jaws seem out of line, ask whether there is a gap between what you think and what you dare to say openly. You may be torn between telling the truth and hiding it, between your deep feelings and what you show. Emotions and thoughts pull in different directions, and so do what you would like to do and what you feel you must do. The dreams you had for your life may be very far from what it became, bringing disappointment and doubt, and a fading hope of reaching your ideal, for yourself, your relationship or the world.",[317,941,942],{},"A jaw joint that clicks or cracks is read as the fear of contradicting others, especially people in authority. You avoid confrontation and hold back your tears.",[349,944,946],{"id":945},"muzzled","Muzzled",[317,948,949,950,953,954,956],{},"Some people feel muzzled: unable to express real sorrow and inner pain, even if their comments to others can be sharp. Others feel dominated and unable to speak because of ",[324,951,952],{"href":285},"timidity"," or ",[324,955,541],{"href":234},". You may have been forbidden to speak as a child, and understood it as \"I must not have much worth saying\". When the jaw is read as soft or weakened, the question is where you feel \"soft\" in some situations, especially when you felt laughed at or not listened to, and how much that has lowered your sense of your own worth.",[349,958,960],{"id":959},"a-jaw-that-locks","A jaw that locks",[317,962,963],{},"A jaw that locks is read as being unable to express yourself or to control what surrounds you, with emotions pushed down. It can be frozen by fear or sorrow after a moment when you felt powerless to say or do something to stop a situation. It may have tightened at the very instant you wanted with all your strength to contradict someone, to stop words from being spoken or an event from happening.",[312,965,967],{"id":966},"what-the-circumstances-may-suggest","What the circumstances may suggest",[400,969,970,980,986,992],{},[403,971,972,975,976,979],{},[406,973,974],{},"The upper jaw"," is read as your relationship with your father, and ",[406,977,978],{},"the lower jaw"," as your relationship with your mother.",[403,981,982,985],{},[406,983,984],{},"A broken jaw",", once it is being treated, may invite a question about rushing things and decisions. Do you feel hurried by life and by others, when part of you is the one that wants to go too fast?",[403,987,988,991],{},[406,989,990],{},"Jaws that are too narrow"," are read as a personality that was held back in its growth, and a strong pressure to be the best, with the intellect constantly fed and the emotional side left hungry.",[403,993,994,997,998,895],{},[406,995,996],{},"Grinding the teeth"," is read as insecurity, anxiety and strongly repressed emotions, especially in children towards their parents. See ",[324,999,1000],{"href":901},"teeth grinding",[312,1002,1004],{"id":1003},"left-side-or-right-side","Left side or right side?",[317,1006,1007,1008,1012],{},"When the pain sits on one side, the ",[324,1009,1011],{"href":1010},"\u002Fguides\u002Fleft-vs-right-side-of-the-body","left and right sides of the body"," can add a nuance.",[400,1014,1015,1021],{},[403,1016,1017,1020],{},[406,1018,1019],{},"Right jaw:"," the masculine side, linked to action, logic, speech and the men in your life, such as a father or partner. Ask whether you are clenching against an authority, or holding back words you need to say to act and choose a direction.",[403,1022,1023,1026],{},[406,1024,1025],{},"Left jaw:"," the feminine side, linked to feelings, intuition, tenderness and the women in your life, such as a mother or daughter. Ask whether you are holding back words like \"I love you\" or \"I am hurting\", or finding it hard to receive.",[312,1028,395],{"id":394},[317,1030,1031],{},"Jaw pain usually has a physical cause that a dentist or doctor can help with. The emotional perspective asks what you are holding behind your teeth.",[400,1033,1034,1040,1046,1052,1058,1064],{},[403,1035,1036,1039],{},[406,1037,1038],{},"Unclench, and notice when."," Each time you catch your jaw tight, ask what you were about to say.",[403,1041,1042,1045],{},[406,1043,1044],{},"Close the gap."," Choose one place where what you think and what you say do not match, and bring them a little closer.",[403,1047,1048,1051],{},[406,1049,1050],{},"Let the cry out."," Inner pain that is held in the jaw can be spoken, written or wept.",[403,1053,1054,1057],{},[406,1055,1056],{},"Find your own authority."," You can disagree with someone above you and still respect them.",[403,1059,1060,1063],{},[406,1061,1062],{},"Slow down."," If you tend to rush decisions, give one of them a day longer.",[403,1065,1066,1069],{},[406,1067,1068],{},"Relax the whole system."," Rest, gentle stretching and breathing let energy move freely again, and your emotional side deserves as much care as your intellect.",{"title":435,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1071},[1072,1073,1079,1080,1081],{"id":886,"depth":18,"text":887},{"id":908,"depth":18,"text":909,"children":1074},[1075,1076,1077,1078],{"id":918,"depth":25,"text":919},{"id":935,"depth":25,"text":936},{"id":945,"depth":25,"text":946},{"id":959,"depth":25,"text":960},{"id":966,"depth":18,"text":967},{"id":1003,"depth":18,"text":1004},{"id":394,"depth":18,"text":395},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of jaw pain and TMJ: held-back anger, words you do not dare say, and the gap between what you think and say.",[451,452,1084,1010,453,454,455],"\u002Fguides\u002Fjacques-martel-dictionary",[1086,1089],{"name":1087,"url":1088},"NHS: Temporomandibular disorder (TMD)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Ftemporomandibular-disorder-tmd\u002F",{"name":1090,"url":1091},"MedlinePlus: Temporomandibular Disorders","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Ftemporomandibulardisorders.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fjaw-pain",[1095,1096,1097,1098,1099,1100],"What am I determined to keep to myself, and which emotions am I locking in?","Is there a gap between what I think and what I dare to say out loud?","Do I hide a wish to bite back behind a forced smile?","Which problem do I keep chewing over without ever finding a way out?","Was I ever told to be quiet, and did I conclude that I had nothing worth saying?","Am I afraid to contradict someone, especially someone in authority?",[901,893,1102],"\u002Fback\u002Fupper-back-and-neck-pain",[1104,1105],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTemporomandibular_joint_dysfunction","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ1068323",{"title":872,"description":1082},"Jaw Pain Spiritual Meaning: TMJ, Clenching, Left vs Right",[1109,1113,1117,1121],{"author":483,"work":484,"entries":1110,"pages":1112},[1111],"Mâchoires (maux de ...)","258–259",{"author":483,"work":484,"entries":1114,"pages":1116},[1115],"Bouche (malaise de ...)","72–73",{"author":483,"work":484,"entries":1118,"pages":1120},[1119],"Masculin (principe...)","270–271",{"author":483,"work":484,"entries":1122,"pages":1124},[1123],"Féminin (principe...)","182–183","conditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fjaw-pain","Spiritually, jaw pain is often linked to anger and words held back behind clenched teeth. It may reflect a gap between what you think and what you dare to say, and the feeling of being muzzled.","If this reading resonates with you, writing down one thing you have been holding back, and then saying it aloud to yourself, can be a good next step.",[1129,1130,1131,936,1132,1133],"Held-back anger","Words not said","Feeling muzzled","Inner power","Facing opposition",[1135,1136,1137,1138,1139,1140],"Jaw pain with chest pain, breathlessness, sweating or pain in the arm. Call emergency services, as this can be a heart attack.","A jaw that locks open or shut, or that you cannot open at all.","Jaw pain after a blow, a fall or an accident, or teeth that no longer meet properly.","Swelling of the face or jaw, fever, or a bad taste in the mouth, which can be a dental abscess.","A lump, a sore that does not heal, or numbness in the jaw or lip that lasts more than three weeks.","Jaw pain that lasts more than a few weeks, or that makes eating hard. A dentist or GP can help.","gmzl4NJtQCw7VPReSIZsVT-A1tNCiDego5_jf-s_-Fc",{"id":1143,"title":1144,"affirmation":1145,"aka":1146,"area":307,"body":1150,"dateModified":603,"datePublished":603,"description":1244,"extension":448,"group":610,"guides":1245,"medicalSources":1246,"meta":1253,"navigation":464,"path":1254,"reflectionQuestions":1255,"related":1262,"sameAs":1265,"seo":1268,"seoTitle":1269,"sources":1270,"stem":1275,"summary":1276,"supportIntro":1277,"themes":1278,"whenToSeeADoctor":1284,"__hash__":1291},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Ftooth-decay.md","Tooth decay","I let the pain be spoken. I can change the way I see a situation, and I meet life with a grain of salt.",[1147,1148,1149],"Dental caries","Cavities","Tooth cavity",{"type":309,"value":1151,"toc":1237},[1152,1156,1159,1162,1166,1169,1172,1176,1179,1182,1186,1194,1196,1199],[312,1153,1155],{"id":1154},"what-tooth-decay-is","What tooth decay is",[317,1157,1158],{},"Tooth decay, or dental caries, is damage to a tooth caused by acids that bacteria in the mouth make from sugars. The hard surface softens, a cavity forms, and the tooth becomes sensitive because the nerve is close. Pain with sweet, hot or cold food, a visible hole, or a toothache are the usual signs. Left alone, decay reaches the pulp and can become an abscess. Treatment is dental: fluoride, a filling, a root treatment or, if the tooth cannot be saved, extraction. Diet, saliva, brushing and time all play a part. None of that is optional.",[317,1160,1161],{},"The emotional reading below does not replace a dentist. A cavity is a physical lesion. The questions are about what else, in the same season of life, has been gnawing.",[312,1163,1165],{"id":1164},"the-emotional-meaning-of-tooth-decay","The emotional meaning of tooth decay",[317,1167,1168],{},"Decay is read as an extreme inner pain that has become visible. What is happening in the depths shows on the outside. Something is eating you through to the core, and you cannot express the harm, so inflammation appears. The tooth softens, and it hurts.",[317,1170,1171],{},"When the emotional tension has become too much, it is read as landing on the tooth that matches what you are living. Each tooth is taken to stand for a particular aspect of your personality and your life. A cavity there is a refusal or a rejection of that aspect, a way of undoing yourself. The structure of a tooth is the most rigid in the body, and decay is placed on the mental side of life. The question is direct. Is this hatred, remorse or rancour, especially toward authority?",[312,1173,1175],{"id":1174},"biting-and-not-biting","Biting, and not biting",[317,1177,1178],{},"You may \"show your teeth\" when you feel attacked. What is the real cause of the pain? Finding that first reason is what gives you a chance to turn a destructive process around. You can be angry with yourself for staying silent, and so for hurting yourself. You may also have been in a situation where you wanted to bite, in self-defence, and you did not, because a well-brought-up child does not do that sort of thing.",[317,1180,1181],{},"In French, to have \"a tooth against\" someone is to hold a grudge, or even hatred, over something they did. Cavities in childhood are read in that light, together with having received little affective nourishment: marks of affection, tenderness, sweetness. People laughed. The wound went right down into the teeth.",[312,1183,1185],{"id":1184},"what-the-teeth-filter","What the teeth filter",[317,1187,1188,1189,1193],{},"A family conflict can be hard to take in. The teeth are how you filter and discriminate what enters the body, and, by extension, your world. Chewing is the physical picture of that sorting. The more the conflict stays without a solution, the more a vital part of you is read as dying back. Pain can show as a cavity and can travel on into other physical complaints that belong to the same knot. ",[324,1190,1192],{"href":1191},"\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fmouth-ulcers","Mouth ulcers"," are the other side of a mouth that will not speak.",[312,1195,395],{"id":394},[317,1197,1198],{},"The aim is not to feel guilty about a cavity, and it is not to skip the filling. Sugar and bacteria still matter. The emotional perspective asks what else you have been feeding on.",[400,1200,1201,1207,1213,1219,1225,1231],{},[403,1202,1203,1206],{},[406,1204,1205],{},"Say the thing that gnaws."," Silence turned against yourself is part of this picture.",[403,1208,1209,1212],{},[406,1210,1211],{},"Name the grudge."," A tooth \"against\" someone is the French way of saying the rancour has a target.",[403,1214,1215,1218],{},[406,1216,1217],{},"Ask which aspect of life this tooth is refusing."," The spiritual interpretation treats each tooth as a particular corner of you.",[403,1220,1221,1224],{},[406,1222,1223],{},"Notice where you wanted to bite and stopped."," A polite child who never answers back can still be furious.",[403,1226,1227,1230],{},[406,1228,1229],{},"Look at the food of thoughts."," Which ideas are no longer nourishing, and what would be more balanced in their place?",[403,1232,1233,1236],{},[406,1234,1235],{},"Take life with a grain of salt."," That is how \"wisdom teeth\" are invited to grow: less rigidity, not less dentistry.",{"title":435,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1238},[1239,1240,1241,1242,1243],{"id":1154,"depth":18,"text":1155},{"id":1164,"depth":18,"text":1165},{"id":1174,"depth":18,"text":1175},{"id":1184,"depth":18,"text":1185},{"id":394,"depth":18,"text":395},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of tooth decay: how it may relate to a pain that gnaws from the inside, a grudge, and a part of yourself you reject.",[],[1247,1250],{"name":1248,"url":1249},"NHS: Tooth decay","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Ftooth-decay\u002F",{"name":1251,"url":1252},"MedlinePlus: Tooth Decay","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Ftoothdecay.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Ftooth-decay",[1256,1257,1258,1259,1260,1261],"What is eating at me that I have not found words for?","Which part of my life does this tooth stand for, and am I refusing it?","Do I hold a grudge, remorse or rancour, especially toward someone in authority?","When did I want to bite back and decide a well-brought-up person does not?","Where did affection, tenderness or sweetness go missing when I was young?","What emotional or mental \"food\" is no longer doing me any good?",[1191,1263,1264],"\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Ftoothache","\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fgum-disease",[1266,1267],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTooth_decay","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ133772",{"title":1144,"description":1244},"Tooth decay: Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[1271],{"author":483,"work":484,"entries":1272,"pages":1274},[1273],"Dents — Carie dentaire","136–137","conditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Ftooth-decay","Tooth decay is often read as an inner pain that has reached the surface. Something gnaws, cannot be said, and a particular tooth stands for the part of life you are rejecting or biting back.","If this reading resonates with you, naming the grudge or the silence behind the tooth can be a good next step, alongside the dental care the tooth actually needs.",[1279,1280,1281,1282,1283],"Inner pain","What cannot be said","A grudge","Authority","Self-rejection",[1285,1286,1287,1288,1289,1290],"Toothache, a dark spot, or pain with hot, cold or sweet food. Decay needs a dentist. It does not heal if it is ignored.","Swelling of the face or gum, fever, or a bad taste, which can mean an abscess.","Pain that wakes you at night, or that painkillers no longer touch.","A broken tooth, or a filling that has fallen out.","Bleeding gums or a tooth that feels loose.","Do not delay a filling or other treatment because of an emotional reading. Decay is a bacterial disease of the tooth.","rw6TeRuEYQy27qljoilhZ5ewFMhX3cXYg1owX3DifxM",[],[1294,1298,1302,1306,1309],{"path":451,"title":1295,"description":1296,"category":1297,"readingTime":56},"Can emotions cause physical pain?","How stress, fear and grief can intensify or contribute to physical pain, where people feel each emotion, and what helps, from medicine and the symbolic view.","emotions",{"path":452,"title":1299,"description":1300,"category":1301,"readingTime":25},"Emotions body map: where feelings settle in the body","A free, printable body map of emotions: where anger, fear, grief, guilt and other feelings are said to settle in the body, with a page for each area.","body-maps",{"path":453,"title":1303,"description":1304,"category":1305,"readingTime":71},"Louise Hay's list of symptoms and emotional causes: what it is and how to use it","What Louise Hay's list of ailments is, how it is built, how it compares with Jacques Martel's dictionary, its limits, and where to read more by body part.","the-approach",{"path":454,"title":1307,"description":1308,"category":1305,"readingTime":71},"Psychosomatic illness: when emotions show up in the body","What psychosomatic illness really means, why the symptoms are real, how stress affects the body, and how the symbolic approach reads it.",{"path":455,"title":1310,"description":1311,"category":1312,"readingTime":84},"Spiritual meaning of pain in body parts: a head-to-toe guide","What pain in each part of the body may mean spiritually, from headaches to heel pain, with the left and right sides and a quick map to every page.","symptoms",1791298652347]