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xmyshya · 4 years ago

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Shoved it: chapter V - Pop Shuvit

summary: You don’t like skaters. They’re unruly, misbehaved and rude. But this one encounter just might change your view. genre: fluff warnings: tooth-rotting fluff (seriously, make a dentist appointment), slow burn, mutual pining betas: @vanille–kiss you have no idea how much I love you and how grateful I am for everything that you do for me a/n: Written for ANILYSIUM (former HQHQ) Server Collab with the prompt “Meet Ugly”. Check the event’s masterlist here! This is the last part - honestly it makes me kind of sad... Thank you so much for reading <3 series navi: masterlist | previous wc: 1.7k

“Do you trust me?”

You don’t know what to answer because yes, you do, but is it alright to admit it? You nod anyway and grab his hand, and Suna pulls you up to stand on a skateboard. In theory he keeps it steady with one foot on it, you still have your doubts though. Oh well, word has been said.

“Stand still. And relax.”

Easy to say when he proceeds to stand on the board too, and he’s so close, and he has an arm around your waist, and he looks so good in his ripped jeans and checkered flannel, and he smells so nice, and you can feel his warmth on your back…

“Ready?”

You shake your head but he only chuckles; his body shifts and yours follows due to the grip he has on your waist, and the board rolls slowly. It feels weird, a little bit scary, so you clutch his forearm, making him hold you tighter in response. He’s silent until your muscles relax a little against him.

“I’m gonna speed up a little.”

This time you’re not affected as much. You suppose it must be difficult to maneuver like this, when Suna has to take additional weight and cubature of a passenger into account. But he’s not complaining, and neither are you.

“Let’s try a bit of turning.”

“Okay.”

Somehow it’s not so scary anymore, it’s getting exciting. Every twist and turn of his body pulls you too, every tilt creates a wobbly curved shift. It’s so fun.

Hearing you giggle makes his cheeks flush. Rin tries to convince himself it’s because his passion is liked by one more person, but the truth is… he loves the sound. Just like he loves the scent of your hair, and the warmth of you being so close as he guides you. He loves it so much, too much, that he feels like needs a break.

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“Okay, your turn.” Nice diversion, Rintarou. “To move forward, you need to push with the backfoot, you brake by placing your backfoot on the ground, and turn by shifting weight from your toes to your heels.”

“Could you uhm… hold my hand?”

The diversion went to hell. He reaches his hand out anyway, his heart doing somersaults when you place yours on top. You look so cute with this wide grin, shiny eyes and a tiny blush. Even more so when you’re focused and determined, like it’s the only thing that matters in the world.

Right now, Rin doesn’t even mind running for you if it means not letting go of your hand, if it means seeing your face light up like this. His chest swells up with pride, it’s his hobby that brings you joy, it’s him who teaches you, and you’re riding visibly smoother and more confidently with every try.

“Suna?”

“Yeah?”

“When could we have lesson two?”

Oh god. He fell in love. Hard.

Back at home you can’t stop staring at your palm; the ghost of his touch still burns and tickles your skin. It’s incomprehensible why you did that, why you asked him to hold your hand. All you know is that you want to feel it again.

And maybe even more than that. You miss being close to him, the arm secured around your middle, the breath fanning your ear, his warmth, his scent, his voice… him. You miss him so much, despite seeing each other merely 2 hours ago.

Oh god. You fell in love. Hard.

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“Okay, ladies and gents, today ‘m gonna teach y’all to ollie!”

Atsumu, ever the showman, exclaims with hands on his hips even though it’s only you. You can't help but snort as Osamu facepalms, and Suna only raises a brow. This will be exhilarating.

“So first, ya gotta pop yer board like this, and then slide yer foot up, and then push it forward. Remember - pop and drag. And repeat.”

“On it, sensei!”

The blond is very pleased with your nickname - his grin is wider than ever, and eyes glint with more mischievousness than usual. He’s doing this exercise with you, to both keep you company and to display how it should be done.

“Don’t stroke his ego like that, or he’ll be even more insufferable.”

Osamu huffs, making his twin gasp in offence and roll away. Now you’re here alone with two spectators, great. What makes this situation even worse is their silence, which makes you spiral into thoughts. Are they not saying anything because you’re doing well? Or because it’s so bad? How long are you supposed to keep doing this?

“Now try doin’ it in one swift motion.” The silver haired boy speaks, his twin nowhere to be seen. “A think ya’ve done this enough.”

First few attempts make you lose your balance a little, with no time to stabilise yourself in the middle. But it gets easier with time, each sequence smoother than the last one, until both boys hum in appreciation.

“Oi, oi, oi, what are ya doin’ with ma student?!”

Atsumu is suddenly back, and he’s not pleased with someone taking over his role. His brother is quick to talk back.

“Then maybe ya should take care of her, ya scrub!”

“Well, well, ya seem to be doin’ well!” The blond decides to ignore the response. “Now try to jump.”

“What?”

“Jump, ya know… like this.”

You’re still standing there dumbfounded, not really understanding how this is supposed to work. Osamu tries to weigh in, but Suna stops him and says to just wait and watch. It’s horrible, it’s not working, you can’t even lift off the ground, not to mention land back on the board.

“How can ya not… It’s the simplest thing! Look, like… like this.”

Blond Miya gets irritated, the other two boys nearly fall from the bench from laughter. Osamu finally decides to save the day.

“Move, ya idiot.” He shoves his brother to the side. “Listen, when yer standing like this, ya jump and pop the board while in the air. Yer other foot slides up to level it, and then ya land.”

Oh, this makes so much more sense. You succeed on the second try, making Atsumu groan and others cry from laughing too hard.

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Rin is right next to you, in a secluded part of the park. The two of you are the only people around, which is both weird, because it’s such a warm day, and desirable, because at least you don’t bother anyone. And no one bothers you.

“Let’s start with the shove, yeah?” You nod. “First place your feet like this, stick your toes out a bit more, good. Now, you push the backfoot straight back, your frontfoot barely lifts off the board - that’s the key. Then the board makes an 180, and you land.”

He watches you try and fail, but it’s not like you make some serious mistakes, you just need to figure things out - how much force to use, how high to jump. So he starts mindlessly shoving his board around, staying close in case you need him.

Honestly he’s impressed with how quickly you’re able to learn, your eagerness and determination being a balm to his heart. He just wants to hug you, hold you close with his eyes shut, and breathe. Nothing more, just breathe.

In the meantime you managed to work out the part he had shown you - maybe it’s not perfect yet, but enough to step up your game. He tells you to do the same, but moving, a small but significant upgrade.

Suna has been watching you closely for a long while now, your skin burning wherever his eyes lingered. The alley you’ve been occupying is hidden in shade, but it does little to soothe the fire. You need a break, even if it’s for just 5 minutes.

Water bottle buried in the ground (not entirely, obviously) is pleasantly cool when you dig it out. You wish you could submerge yourself in it, maybe this would help. Thin streams of the liquid flow down your scorching skin, a contrast of feelings gives you goosebumps. Okay, you cheer yourself mentally, time to continue.

And you do, for the first hour landing on the ground instead of the board, having it upside down (how? It’s a mystery), or rotating it in weird angles. Rintarou is patient, observes your every move and offers suggestions that do help. Three hours later your efforts are deemed worthy of the next level.

“So now you have to combine that pop from the ollie with the shove, and you got it!”

“Easy to say…”

Rin laughs and goes to lie down on a grass, placing his backpack under his head, so he can still see you. You start moving, and call it instinct, call it intuition, one can even call it clairvoyance, but he already knows you’re going to fail.

He sees it all in slow motion, how you come close to where he is, how you flick your ankle and the board spins, but the angle is wrong, the pace of the rotation is wrong, everything seems wrong.

The least he can do is to minimise the harm; you’re right in front of him when you land awkwardly and tumble forward, right into his stretched arms. The impact makes him fall on his back with you on top, his arms secured around you.

“Oh god, Suna, I’m so sorry, I-”

You’re blushing like a tomato, your eyes widen in terror but you’re so damn adorable that his heart clenches painfully. He smiles as he brushes some loose strands off the way.

“You should watch where you’re going, could have hurt someone.”

It’s now or never.

His lips are so soft, you think before you even register why you can feel that. But when you realise… the time comes to a halt. The whole world ceases to exist, it’s just you and him, his arms embracing your figure, and his lips on yours. It only lasts for a few seconds before he pulls away and whispers

“...you punk.”

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gumnut-logic · 5 years ago

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The Dentist (pt13)

Arrgh, another 1500 words and still no answers. Slippery eels, I tell you. Next part, definitely the next part ::glares at the characters::

Well, we’ve just passed the 10,000 word mark. So much for the tiny fic ::headdesk:: I’m fighting to finish this, I promise! Thank you for all your wonderful support ::hugs you all madly::

From here.

-o-o-o-

Virgil was edgy for the rest of the day, watching his brothers at first wander to and fro from the infirmary, then, once he had escaped that horrible room, watch them moon about the house. They eyed him as if he was explosive or fragile or worse.

The tableau was broken midafternoon when Eos called Scott out to rescue a crane driver from a collapsing highrise. The annoying thing was that it was more a job for Virgil and Two than Scott and One, but his brother took it anyway, the blue glare pinning Virgil to the sofa cushions.

After that there was one less brother mooning about the house avoiding Virgil.

At one point he approached John who, oddly, had yet to announce his return to Five, and attempted to get some answers out of him.

A hand landed on his shoulder and Virgil’s eyes widened at the sad expression on his younger brother’s face. “You’ll need to wait for Scott on this one, Virgil.”

“What is going on? You all look as if someone has died.” His eyes widened at John’s subtle flinch. “What aren’t you telling me?!”

John’s other hand landed on Virgil’s other shoulder and his space brother looked down at him, his expression ever so honest and sincere. “No one has died, Virgil. We just found out that someone we know and love has been hurt.”

“Who?!” Faces raced through his mind.

“Virgil, please wait for Scott.”

“Why?”

“Just...trust us.”

Virgil bit back the expletive as John squeezed his shoulders. What the hell was going on?

“John...”

“Wait for Scott.”

Wait for Scott. He grit his teeth to hold back his response.

He hid in his room for an hour, then fell asleep.

He awoke to find Alan perched on the end of his bed playing a computer game. “Alan.”

“Hey, Virgil. Hold a sec, I just gotta...” The game console let off a series of squawks and Alan swore. “So close!”

Virgil stared at him a moment, but when Alan’s attention didn’t return to him, he pushed off the covers and climbed out of bed. A trip to the bathroom and he encountered himself in the mirror.

The swelling was finally going down. He could see straight. His right eye was still bloodshot and the skin around it a rainbow of colours, but he could see. His mouth still hurt like crazy, but there had been no brothers sporting medication to alleviate the irritation which was odd in itself.

What were they waiting for?

He frowned and regretted it as it set off a throb in his eye that threatened to progress into a headache.

“Virgil, you okay in there?”

So Alan was hovering. No doubt still feeling guilty and worried about him. “Alan, I’m fine.” And honestly he was. Achy, yes, but his head was finally clear from the medication fog, his balance was fine, he could even speak okay.

He washed his face gently and patted it dry before returning to his room.

Alan’s eyes were on him the moment he walked in.

“I’m fine, Alan, I promise.”

Alan guiltily returned to his console. “Sorry, just making sure.”

A sigh and Virgil sat down beside him. “What is it? Is it this thing you guys refuse to talk to me about?”

Alan dropped his arms into his lap, fingering his game console. “It sucks.”

Perhaps it did, if Virgil knew what they were talking about. “Wanna talk about it?”

“Can’t. Not until you’re better.”

“I am better.”

“I-“ Alan cut himself off and shook his head. “I’m sorry, Virgil, I...” Blue eyes caught his and widened, staring. Tears welled suddenly and anger flashed. Alan bit his lip hard and spat out a string of profanity of the likes he had never heard from his little brother.

“Alan!”

“He is so lucky he’s dead.” A blink and Alan appeared to realise what he had said. “I...I’m sorry, Virg, I’m...aw, hell.” And his little brother was up and out the door before Virgil could grab him.

What?!

Virgil pushed himself off the bed and out the door, but Alan was gone.

What the hell was going on?!

As if to answer his question, the distant roar of rocket engines became immediate and the building echoed through its soundproofing as Thunderbird One lowered herself into her bay below the pool. Virgil couldn’t see her, but he knew the process like his own breathing. He made his way through the house and down to the comms room, knowing that would be where his brother would gravitate.

He found Gordon sitting at their father’s desk in his hoverchair. His father’s chair had been spun off to one side. Whatever he was doing, he was very focussed. Virgil was able to make his way around the lounge and step up to the desk. Gordon was staring at a document floating above the desktop and poking it with a stylus.

“Hey, Gordon.”

His brother physically jumped and the stylus went flying. The document disappeared as Gordon hurriedly swiped it away. “Oh, hey, Virg. You’re awake.”

If that wasn’t a guilty look then Virgil knew nothing about his brother. “Yes, Gordon, I’m awake. And before you ask, yes, I’m feeling better, thank you.” He eyed the aquanaut as he struggled to compose himself. “A better question might be, are you okay?”

Gordon looked away and Virgil found himself reaching out, his hand landing on his brother’s shoulders. “What is it?”

Bloodshot russet-brown eyes looked up at him. “Have you ever questioned Dad’s belief that everyone is worth saving?”

Okay, random. “Uh, no, why?”

Gordon looked down at the desk again. “Because he is wrong. There are people on this planet who do things that cancel out that right.”

Virgil swallowed. “It is not our place to judge who is worth saving, Gordon.”

“I know. It’s just...” He looked up again. “Some people are just assholes who don’t deserve the privilege of life.”

Virgil grabbed their father’s chair and sat down beside his brother. There were many things he could say. He could argue, make a point, but the despair in Gordon’s eyes was just painful. “Will you tell me what is going on?”

Gordon’s eyes widened before looking down at his lap. “We need to wait for Scott.”

Wait for Scott. “Why?” It came out frustrated.

“Because you’ll need him.”

The words sucked all the heat out of the room and his bones chilled. “Why?”

“Gordon!” Scott entered the room, still dressed in his uniform, the sleeve torn and bloodied.

Virgil shot to his feet and hurried over. “Scott, what the hell. Why didn’t you report an injury?”

Scott rolled his eyes. “It’s nothing-“

“Gordon, grab a first aid kit, and then find John. Why didn’t John pick up on this?”

Scott slapped his fingers away. “Because it is nothing, that’s why. Uniform got caught on a piece of metal as I fell and it tore. Scratched me up a little. The better question would be how are you?”

“You fell?! How far? Do you have any other injuries?” He stepped back a little and tracked his eyes over his brother. Nothing appeared out of order bar a few scuffs on his scuff pads.

“Virgil, for crying out loud. I fell, yes, but I caught myself with my grapple gun, I am fine.”

“I’ll be the judge of that. Now sit down and let me have a look.”

“Virgil-“

“I said sit down.” Calm, direct and as commanding as any Tracy brother.

The first aid kit appeared at Virgil’s elbow. He dug out the laser scalpel and began removing Scott’s sleeve as Gordon called over comms to summon John.

His brother sighed and surrendered.

Once the sleeve had been removed, it appeared that yes, he was overreacting just a little, but he didn’t care. Virgil preferred it that way. With a glare at his brother who by this time was smirking at him, he swabbed the wound clean and tapped it up with a couple of butterfly bandages. A protective dressing and he was satisfied that Scott wasn’t about to bleed to death on him.

“Happy now?” The pilot actually had the nerve to smirk at him.

“As happy as I can be when a brother has a hole in him, I guess.” He squeezed a uniform clad forearm absently as he began to tidy up the mess he had made.

“Virg, do you forgive me?” It was whispered, barely breath, but Virgil heard it. He looked up into pleading blue eyes.

A swallow. “Of course.” But he looked away, still processing the implications.

“Can you at least understand why I did it?”

A slow nod as he closed the lid of the first aid kit.

Scott grabbed his upper arm and squeezed. “Virgil-“

“I trust you, Scott.” But he wasn’t willing to talk about it just yet. “Get yourself cleaned up and meet me back here.” He caught those blue eyes again. “We have to talk.”

-o-o-o-

TBC

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thewalkingdeadimaginings · 5 years ago

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The Extraction

Hi can you do an imagine were the reader has toothache and doesn't want to go to Dr.Carson for an extraction. She doesn't want that Negan hear something about but he will and tries to comfort her. (She is not one of Negans wives because she didn't want to)

Hi guys! I know it has been…an unacceptable amount of time haha! I’ve been away just dealing with some emotional stuff. I wasn’t feeling too motivated to write but I’m back! I was particularly inspired to write this one shot as I chipped my tooth…twice. My tooth chipped because it turns out that I clench my jaw/grind my teeth while I sleep! It was such a tiny chip that my dentist wouldn’t have even noticed it if I hadn’t said anything. For such a tiny chip, it sure did hurt like a bitch. So I spent $180 on a mouth guard and then a few weeks later, I was woken up by a crunching sound. That crunching sound was from my tooth chipping AGAIN. Now, the first time it hurt to chew for a day and then I could chew as normal. This time, the pain lasted for days and now drinking water and breathing in hurt. I got it smoothed down and it felt instantly better so I guess I just needed to smooth it down. If getting the tooth pulled and replaced with a fake tooth wasn’t thousands of dollars, I would’ve just done that because I am DONE with this tooth ahahah. I have also had a tooth pulled before so I feel like I have a bit of an advantage with this one shot 😉 And that is the epic saga with my teeth. Now on to what you came here for! THANKS AS ALWAYS FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR LOVE <3

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You lived a privileged life in the sanctuary, probably more privileged than the life you lived before the world ended. Negan had noticed you right away and took you in. And despite rejecting a marriage proposal, he had always been kind to you.

“Y/N, you’ve been making that face all day,” Negan remarked when he saw you wince at the pain in your jaw. Your jaw had been killing you for days but you hadn’t said anything about it, hoping it would just go away on its own, “And you haven’t eaten anything. What’s botherin’ you?”

You shrugged as you continued hanging up the wet laundry on a clothesline, “I’m fine. Just not hungry today.”

“We both know you’re a terrible liar,” Negan retorted, a playful smile spreading on his lips. He approached you, pulling a shirt from your hands and dropping it back in the bucket, soapy water splashing back and hitting your legs.

Stepping away from the bucket, you sighed, “If I go see Dr. Carson, who will finish hanging up this laundry?”

“Me,” Negan said, “I’ll do it.”

“You?” you chuckled, crossing your arms, “You’re gonna hang up the laundry for me? You’re not really…hands on, Negan.”

“Hey now, I can be plenty hands on,” Negan said, “Now, you go on and get yourself checked out with Dr. Carson. And I wanna know everything he said, Y/N.”

Negan’s overprotective nature could be a pain sometimes but you definitely felt the love. But you were terrified of what Dr. Carson would say. The tooth causing you trouble now had always caused you trouble even before the world ended. And without proper dental care that was available before, extraction might be the only option now. Unfortunately, that meant there wasn’t anything available to numb the pain either.

You headed for Dr. Carson’s examination room. He was inside putting away supplies that had just been brought in from the last run a few days ago. The door opened with a light groan and you tapped on it, “Carson? Are you busy?”

“Not at all,” Dr. Carson replied, “Come on in, Y/N. What’s bothering you?”

Dr. Carson sat down in his chair, rolling from the counter to the exam table you were taking a seat on. You were tense, kicking your feet and resisting the urge to hold your aching face, “It’s um…well…this is outside your area of expertise but my tooth has been killing me. It’s always been a problem for me but it’s even worse now.”

“I’ll see what I can do,” Dr. Carson said. You opened your mouth as wide as you could and Dr. Carson took a look in your mouth. His brows lowered, completely outside his realm but genuinely trying to come up with an answer. He turned your head to the side, shining a flashlight into your mouth. You knew exactly what he was going to say before he even said it but hearing it out loud still filled you with dread, “Y/N, I don’t really know much about dental work but I’m thinking that tooth’s gotta come out. Looks pretty bad. If you don’t, I’m concerned that it’ll affect the rest of your teeth.”

“That’s what I was afraid of,” you murmured.

“We should get started then,” Dr. Carson said, “Lie down for me.”

“Actually, I have a million things to do right now,” you said, hopping off the table, “Just some painkillers will do for now. Just so I can get through the day, yeah?”

“Y/N…” Dr. Carson said, “Didn’t you hear what I said? I said if you don’t get that tooth taken out, it’ll hurt the rest of your teeth. Then you’ll have to get multiple taken out.”

“I know, I know,” you grumbled. Somehow leaving the tooth alone and risking even more complications sounded much more appealing. Just the thought of having a tooth ripped out of your head made your heart race. You had to stop for a moment to calm your heartbeat and steady your breathing before you really started to freak out, “I just need a little something to get through the day. We can get rid of the tooth another day, okay? Can we do that?”

“I guess so,” Dr. Carson muttered. He rummaged through the cabinets until he found the painkillers. He handed it to you but grabbed you by the hand before you could walk away, “Don’t put this off, Y/N. You can’t rely on those forever.”

“I promise, just for tonight,” you mumbled as you quickly ran out of the exam room, clutching onto the bottle of pills you’d been given. Instead of going back outside to see Negan, you went into your bedroom to take your painkillers. For a brief moment, you contemplated just taking a handful of pills to ensure the pain would go away but you held back and took the correct dosage.

As you took a drink of water to swallow the painkillers, there was a knock at your door, with Negan’s voice coming from the other side, “Y/N? You in there?”

“Yeah,” you called back, “Come on in.”

Negan opened the door and stepped into the room, “Dwight said he saw you pass by from the infirmary. Was it bad news?”

“Of course not,” you said with a tight smile, “Why would you ask that?”

“I figured it was bad since you didn’t come back outside to tell me what happened,” Negan said, “But Dr. Carson checked you out? Nothing?”

“Nope, nothing,” you replied quickly, “Just a little soreness. He gave me something for the pain. I should just get back to work then, right?”

As you headed for the door, Negan stuck out his hand and pressed it against your shoulder to stop you from getting past him, “Y/N, you’re a terrible liar. You think I don’t notice the swelling in your face? Something’s wrong. Do you realize that or are you just ignoring it?”

You covered your swollen jaw. You knew it hurt but you didn’t know it had gotten so bad that it swelled up, “Well…Dr. Carson wants to pull my tooth out. I can’t do that, not without something to numb my gums. It’s gonna be agonizing and I…I’m freaked out, okay?”

Negan frowned, “Y/N, you have to get this taken care of.”

A combination of the pain in your jaw and the fear brought tears to your eyes as you hung your head, lightly pushing Negan away, “Please, don’t make me do it. I can’t do it. I’m too scared.”

“I can understand that,” Negan said, “I’ll be there with you the entire time. I’ll take care of you, Y/N. I think you know by now that all I wanna do is take care of you. Now come on, let’s get this done.”

Dr. Carson was relieved to see you back. He reassured you that everything would be fine although he couldn’t promise a painless procedure. You laid back in the chair, taking deep breaths while Dr. Carson got his tools ready, sanitizing them the best that he could. He was clearly as nervous as you were but he was handling it well, better than you.

“You’re doing great, Y/N,” Negan said, putting his hand on your shoulder. The warmth of his grip offered you comfort for a moment until Dr. Carson brought his tools back on a tray and set them down by the chair. Negan felt you tense in his hand and he gently squeezed, “Just breathe, Y/N. It’ll be over soon.”

You opened your mouth for Dr. Carson and he turned your head slightly to get a better look at the tooth. He put on some gloves, giving you a smile, “We’ll be out of here in no time, Y/N. Good on you for doing this by the way. I know it’s scary.”

“She’s a trooper, ain’t she?” Negan added.

“Let’s…” you paused to take a breath, your tight chest making even that a challenge, “Let’s just do this please.”

“I’ll try to make this quick,” Dr. Carson replied, “I don’t have an elevator to loosen the tooth unfortunately. Don’t think anyone ever thought we’d need dental equipment. But at least we have forceps.”

He picked up the forceps, his brow wrinkled in concentration as he clamped onto the tooth with them. He wiggled the tooth a little at first. The pain wasn’t bad yet but a tear still rolled down your cheek as he started tugging. You weren’t sure how an “elevator” (whatever that was) was supposed to help with the procedure but you still were wishing you had one right about now as he was pulling without any other assistance. Tensing up would make the pain worse but you couldn’t help yourself. Your entire body went stiff as Dr. Carson pulled harder.

Dr. Carson pulled away for a moment as you started to weep and you sat up, “I’m sorry, Y/N. But we’re making progress.”

The coppery taste of your blood hit your tongue and somehow, that was a relief. You nodded, laying your head back once more, “Come on. Finish it.”

“That’s my girl,” Negan said. Out of the corner of your eye, you saw his skin, normally a nice tan from being out in the sun, had gone almost a ghostly white, “Takin’ this like a champ.”

You reached your Negan’s hand as Dr. Carson took the forceps to your tooth again. The tooth was feeling looser, the taste of copper getting a bit stronger. It wasn’t like the movies where your mouth filled with blood. But it definitely felt like there was. You were in absolute agony, squeezing your eyes shut and fighting back groans. There were only two other people in the room with you but it felt so chaotic in your head that it seemed like there were hundreds of people crowded around. Your eyes darted all around the room as the pressure increased, the tooth starting to wiggle even more. Your toes curled as you heard the sound of something tearing inside your head. That finally made a cry fall from your mouth as the tooth was finally ripped from your head. The pressure and pain were instantly relieved as you stared at your tooth in shock. Even Dr. Carson looked stunned holding your bloody tooth in the forceps.

“Holy shit on a shingle,” Negan whispered, “Ripped that right out of your fuckin’ head, Y/N! And you’re hardly breakin’ a sweat.”

You held your mouth open, almost afraid to close it even as blood mixed with spit was slipping down your chin. Dr. Carson set the tooth and forceps aside and hurriedly gathered up gauze and a bottle of water, “Here drink this.”

You took a few sips just to clean some of the blood from your mouth. The fresh wound was throbbing but the worst was now over and since the painkillers were already coursing through you, the pain was dull. Once your mouth was rinsed out, Dr. Carson carefully placed a clean gauze in the space. You were finally able to close your mouth after that.

“You can rest here if you want,” Dr. Carson remarked as he peeled his gloves off his hands. Watching Dr. Carson was almost amusing. It was like his chest was puffed out, proud of a job well done, “But your bed might be more comfortable.”

“I’ll take her back to her room,” Negan said, “Thanks, Carson.”

Negan and Dr. Carson helped you onto your feet even though you were perfectly fine to stand. Negan walked with you all the way back to your bedroom. He wasn’t normally this hands on but you weren’t going to fight it. You stood in the middle of the room as Negan gathered all your pillows and pulled back your blanket. You laid down on the bed and Negan covered your legs with the blanket, smoothing it down a bit, “Comfy?”

“Very,” you said, slightly muffled by the gauze in your mouth, “Thanks for staying with me.”

Negan laughed at the way your voice was coming out and he nodded, “Sorry for laughing. But you’re welcome, Y/N. You were really brave back there.”

“You think so?” you said.

“Total badass,” Negan said, “You know you don’t have to be afraid. Not with me around. I’m always gonna be there for you, do what I can to help you.”

“Not much help this time,” you replied, “Almost pathed out.”

“I know,” Negan said, his cheeks turning pink as he scratched his head, “Very out of character for me, right? I guess it was just because it was you. And…I dunno…you being in pain, vulnerable. Ya know?”

“I get it,” you said, “Feeling much better now. I think I’ll rest now.”

“You do that,” Negan said, “Carson says gargling salt water will help with healing. I’ll try to find you some salt. And get you something to eat a little later.”

“Thank you,” you murmured, feeling the need for sleep tugging at you, “You’re really special to me, Negan. Never met someone as sweet as you. Even though I’ve rejected you before.”

“Not so bad,” Negan said, “To be honest, my relationship with you…it’s more special than my wives. Don’t tell them that though.”

Negan winked and you couldn’t help but laugh. Negan really was wonderful. Your privileged life was all because of him. No one else would’ve done what Negan had just done for you. No one could’ve helped you through the fear like he could. Even just looking at him made your heart squeeze. Perhaps there was a chance for something more, “Your secret’s safe with me, Negan.”

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AHHHH DID I ACTUALLY FINISH A ONE SHOT?! IS THIS REAL LIFE?! Haha! Thanks for being so patient and so sweet with me, you guys. I can’t get over how nice you guys are. I was getting notifications from you guys liking old one shots from a while back. At least a year ago and I’m so glad that you’re still enjoying my writing all this time later.

I actually have had a tooth pulled before so I was trying to remember the procedure itself and how I felt during the entire thing. Granted, I got a needle to the gums so I was numb. Still hurt like a bitch. And also embarrassed myself by having a full blown panic attack when my dentist brought out the needle. So…love that for me. Anyways, for ME personally, it sounded like the tooth was tearing or ripping rather than cracking like you hear in movies. So, if that part sounds inaccurate, I was just basing it on what I remember it sounding like in my head.

ANYWAYS, I love you guys! Next up will be a Daryl one shot! Unless y’all want a chapter from one of my stories? 😉 No Regrets perhaps? Or should Don’t Look Back make its return? Or Beauty of a Secret? Hmmmm….

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Just Enough - a Starco oneshot

Star and Marco reflect on their past, explore something new in the present, and look forward to the future while celebrating a special occasion.

AO3 / FFnet

Hey Tumblr, I’m finally back at it again, taking a break from my usual analytical writing with some creative writing instead. If you’re in the mood for romantic sweetness that’ll buy your dentist a new yacht, this is the place to be. This piece was inspired in large part by the anniversary of the premiere of SVTFOE, the recent Blood Moon, and an absolutely divine piece of fanart from the fantastically talented @cheeriel (both the art and fic are the slightest touch risqué, so progress at your own risk). Hope you enjoy!

“Hey, Star, hold on a minute.” Marco mumbled out, his breath tickling her ear as she continued her trail of light kisses up the side of his neck. Star leaned back just far enough to give him an inquisitive look while remaining comfortably in his lap on her bed.

“Oh corn, is this too much? I just figured, y’know- I thought tonight might be good to, um- to try something new.” The last thing Star wanted was to take things at a tempo that made either uncomfortable, especially with how new this all was to them. She’d already taken the initiative once tonight, and it was going well so far - a fact she was reminded of when her nerves were set alight by Marco’s hands delicately stroking the skin of her back.

Marco’s own sense of love focused far less on the physical than many, he knew that, but it didn’t escape him that Star was beautiful in every sense of the word. Tonight was a testament to that fact, his breath hitching every time the twinkling light from the night sky highlighted her delicate form. “It’s fine, I’m, uh- this is really nice,” he stammered. Coherent thoughts were a challenge right now, let alone words. Marco was acutely aware of just how close they were, even as he lost himself in their first delicate forays towards something more in their relationship. He couldn’t help but be exceedingly careful about how to sit and where to move and especially where to keep his hands. It was all he could do to just try not to mess it up like a typical Marco, let alone even thinking about what next steps they could take. But Star’s tender kisses and affectionate coos pushed him past his own self-doubt and helped him enjoy this experience that he wanted just as much as she did. He dove forward for a quick peck on the lips to make sure she knew that, too.

“What’s up, then? If this is about your abs again…” Star muttered, recalling their recent conversations on the subject of tonight as she flexed the fingers that had idly burrowed their way under his pajama shirt some time ago. He let out a cross between a giggle and a sigh at her touch, still somewhat ticklish even in times like this.

His arms unwrapped themselves from her back to grab hers in an attempt to stop the affectionate attack. “No, not that either,” he mumbled while still playfully vying for control. She paid careful attention to the glimmer of joy in his brown eyes, the loving smile that always seemed just a little bit wider when it was reserved for her, and the characteristic little breaks in his composure as their intimacy mingled with goofy antics. This was far from her first time noticing these things before, but this was fairly new to them. Like anything else in their relationship, they were just taking it as it came, trying to do what they felt right. There were times this had led them to mistakes and hurt feelings (and there would be more in the future, they knew), but the unearthly – no, nothing on Mewni could compare either, Star decided – sensations electrifying her produced a certainty that tonight wasn’t one of them. Satisfied for the moment, she finally relented and let her hands go limp, resting them flush against his chest.

“Well, good, because you know I’ll love you either way,” she stated earnestly, but her eyes still stole a quick glance down to the sliver of torso still exposed by her ministrations. “Buuuuut while we’re on the subject… I like what I see,” she purred. Marco had grown just a bit taller and broader lately (though a far cry from in Hekapoo’s dimension) but that was hardly the primary reason she found herself so enthralled with him right now. Definitely a nice bonus, though, she mentally concluded as her blush deepened. She removed herself from his nightshirt, fingers tracing over him like a gentle breeze, and let their still-joined arms fall on her lap.

Marco brought his right hand to her face and caressed her cheek, stopping over the heart emblem. “It’s just that, uh, I think your hearts are glowing. But pink this time,” he added, cutting off the anticipated retort that her marks had glowed in a handful of moments between them in the past.

“Well that’s new,” she muttered, squishing her own face until she finally caught a glimpse, barely distinguishable from the color of her cheeks themselves in the starlight. Her hands gravitated towards Marco’s own face and began poking in much the same way until she identified a dim set of crescent moons, practically visible only by their outlines, etched into it.

All of a sudden, a cool breeze nipped at her stomach and legs, eliciting a shiver. Was this new or had she just not noticed it when she was in Marco’s embrace? He was obviously less affected by it, as evidenced by his confusion when she glanced around the room until she found the culprit: the balcony entrance’s wintertime door had cracked open. More curious than that, though, was the faint red hue seeping through.

“Star?” The slightest irrational apprehension that he’d spoiled the moment rose in his mind until he managed to locate the object of her gaze. When she wordlessly removed herself from their embrace, he was already reaching behind him for Star’s nightdress and handing it to her. The pair slipped outside and found the culprit, the ever-mysterious Blood Moon up above.

“Woah,” she gasped, transfixed by the dim glow. “It’s been a while since we’ve seen that.”

“Yeah,” he assented, moving forward to stand beside her as they leaned on the nearby crenellation. How many times had it shined down on them that he hadn’t noticed? Or did it even have an intrinsic special meaning? After all, blood moons were a common thing on Earth. As a kid, Marco really hadn’t thought much of it - there’d been a total lunar eclipse centered on California when he was 9 or 10, and his parents had found an old telescope in their shed. Dad had said that sometimes he’d take a look into the sky to see if any random pattern of stars might provide inspiration for his next artwork; Marco thought it was cool, but he recalled his younger self’s skepticism that a star could be so inspiring. If I only knew, he laughed to himself. His thoughts were suddenly turned away from the sky above as he felt a chill that seemed to permeate him to the bone. “Stupid Mewni and its dumb cold winters,” he grumbled, wrapping his arms around himself in a feeble attempt to protect his body heat. This didn’t escape the notice of his girlfriend, her hands starting to shine with magic.

Star closed her eyes and focused; her wandless magic had improved rapidly, but softer, more nuanced spells which didn’t involve lightning and explosions and adorable fantasy creatures still took some extra concentration. “Toasty Thermo Tidal Wave,” she confidently intoned, feeling an energy vibrate through her body and melt away the chill of the night.

Marco closed his eyes and relaxed, expecting a hit of warmth to console him as well. After a few seconds of nothing but a faint prickle of heat coming from her direction, he was met with one of her signature innocent-looking grins; he was familiar enough with the nuances to know this was anything but. “Star, you can make that spell bigger, right?”

“I could,” she trilled, her half-lidded cerulean eyes never breaking contact with his own, “but where’s the fun in that?” Marco rolled his eyes and stepped over, catching her when she practically tossed herself backwards into his arms. He felt the heat wash over him now, lulling him once more into contentedness as he chuckled at her antics. They silently stared at the moon above, thoughts swirling through their heads as the now-soothing air and the gentle warmth of their closeness kept them comfortable in the chilly night. This was, of course, only a temporary refuge from the struggles and sorrows of the real world beyond the boundaries of their little tryst, but it meant the world to Star all the same. She had once said she needed him by her side in times of peace and danger, but for a while, life and feelings and heartbreak had gotten in the way of at least some of that for both of them. Perhaps, even through all of that, she’d still always known it was true, but times like this with her in his arms (or vice versa) taught her how prophetic those words truly were. “They say humans don’t have magic, but you might have the real warming spell, Diaz,” she teased, snuggling even deeper into his embrace and intertwining one of her hands with his own.

His heart swelled as her affection and reassurance as it always had and always would. “Mmm. Please don’t turn it off, though.” She giggled at his request; she wasn’t going to, either way.

Another few minutes of silence transpired before she spoke up again. “Whaddya think it means, Marco?”

“That I don’t want to freeze to death out here?”

“Not the spell, silly. Although at least they’d find our corpsicles hugging so they’d know we were ‘friends’.” She made air quotes and snorted on the last word; she wasn’t the only one who had been oblivious to the dissonance in their words and actions in the past. “I meant that,” she finished, pointing at the moon above them.

“Oh. Well, I guess there’s the cheekmarks-”

“Besides the magic stuff,” she huffed out, sounding more annoyed than she intended. “Like, what does it mean for us? It’s supposed to ‘bind our souls for all eternity’ or something.”

He pretty quickly figured out the hidden anxiety buried in this line of thinking and mulled over the proper words to say, rubbing her hand in comfort. After a tense few seconds, he took a deep breath. “Maybe it’s like you being Queen.”

“Uh, what? Are you getting hypothermia or something?”

“No, no, hear me out. When I first met you, you already knew what your future was gonna be, and it freaked you out for a while. And a lot of stuff with that has changed since then, but you’ve become an amazing person who cares about monsters and Mewmans and everyone in between and just wants to do your part to help however you can. So sure, maybe someone did tell you you were gonna be Queen, but pretty much everything you’ve done with it came from your own genuine compassion and care, so does that really matter too much?”

She exhaled and kept her gaze fixed longingly on the hypnotic ruby brodum above. “No, I guess not.”

He shifted a bit and turned her chin so they were looking at each other. “Maybe that’s how the whole Blood Moon thing works, then. It’s not dictating our future, but just… showing us the potential that’s already there. Not forcing us to do anything, but ‘choosing’ us because we already had something special, because we’d always have each other’s backs and work through stuff together. The moon definitely isn’t why I do those things,” he stated with a finality, resting his forehead on hers.

“Same here,” she beamed at him, feeling even more intimate with him now than in their prior activities. Some dark part of her deep in her gut would never be sure that she deserved his love and support, that it must’ve been given to her for some other reason, but he was always more than willing to prove it wrong. She leaned forward for a kiss and he met her in the middle, deeper than even most of their kisses so far this evening, before finally pulling away. With as much compassion as she could fit into her voice, she sighed out, “Thanks, Marco.”

“You’re welcome. Hey, wait a minute, is it midnight yet?”

A little magic clock, in the shape of some sort of rainbow bird, appeared in her hand. “About quarter after,” she answered evenly, before she caught the implications of his words. Her eyes widened as she looked over her shoulder, beaming at him before nuzzling into his cheek. “Our friendship-aversary!” Maybe it was weird to get so excited over it, but they still were, after all, best friends above all else even if some other labels applied now, too.

Marco nodded into her shoulder. “Best two years of my life.” Even with the tension, the near-death experiences, and the practically monthly existential crises, he wouldn’t trade it for anything that any dimension had to offer. He’d fought monsters, gallivanted around the universe, even cast magic in times of grave danger, and it was all because of the girl in front of him. In the back of his mind, rationally, he knew that it was unfair to give himself so little credit; he had grown into someone bold and confident when he needed to be, like he’d always dreamed of. But like everything else, this doubt itself was also mended by Star: the “I need you”s, the “I’ve got you”s and, more recently, the “I love you”s lifted his spirits more than any of spells or summons or wings could.

Star found herself yawning as this level of relaxation progressed naturally to drowsiness. “Guess it’s about that time, huh?” she drawled, wiggling her way out of Marco’s hold and turning to face him, still holding one of his hands.

“We’ve got meetings through most of the morning and afternoon tomorrow, so we should get some rest, yeah,” he grumbled. They had dinner plans on Earth tomorrow for the occasion, but Marco still felt a pang of guilt that there wasn’t time to set up anything else special. She was so much more to him than his girlfriend that this occasion, in turn, seemed to have a gravity to it unlike any other. Star had told him it was fine, but he made it a whole thing and they’d both gotten a bit miffed over it; at least that had happened well before the day itself. He reluctantly started to make his way back inside, mixed emotions over the wonderful night they’d shared and the prospect of it having to end so soon simmering in his head, but was stopped short not far into her room when her hand held his in place.

“Hey,” she called, causing him to turn back around. “This was perfect, Marco. I know we can’t always get time to do whatever we want, but stuff like this means more to me than I even know how to say.”

Marco smiled bashfully and looked away before his face morphed into a slight grimace. He swallowed hard, willing himself to speak before his mind could overthink the words into oblivion. “Can I stay with you tonight?” Star sputtered a bit and couldn’t vocalize a response right away. “I- uh, I mean, just- just sleeping. It felt really good being so, um, close to you and I don’t want it to end and-”

“I’d love that,” she quickly sputtered to end his nervous rambling, her voice sounding much less confident than her mind was.

He raised an eyebrow at her rapid response, his mind whirring with worries. “What about the guards? What about your parents? I think River might strangle me with my own limbs if he walked in...”

Star sat down on the bed, adjusting the pillows and blankets to make it comfortable for the two of them. “Yeah, you have a point. We’ll have to be careful to wake up extra early in the morning, then, to make sure we can get you out of here before anyone notices. Worst comes to worst, I’ll just use my Butterfly Form and toss you through a portal!” she joked, beckoning him to join her. “And between you and me, I’d be more worried about Mom.”

“Noted,” he squeaked out. Marco gave her a lopsided grin and rubbed the back of his neck before lying down beside her. They initially kept a bit of distance as their tender comfortability from earlier warred with their respective anxieties over this even newer situation. One side finally seemed to win when she stirred him from his thoughts, taking the lead once more and pulled him into her arms. He yawned and reciprocated the embrace, sharing one last languid kiss before she tucked her head next to his chin, their legs naturally tangling themselves up together under the blanket.

In the haze at the threshold of dreams, Marco was pretty sure he heard a mumbled “Love you, Marco”. When he responded “Love you too, Star,” she had already fallen asleep with a wide smile and a dimly glowing pair of hearts, and he soon joined her with a matching pair of moons for what would be the most content slumber either ever had.

...and when Moon found them in the morning, any plans to chastise Star for being late to breakfast were dashed in an instant as she carefully closed the door with a knowing smirk.

#starco #svtfoe #star vs the forces of evil #fanfic

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Then when you take for granted since this condition once you realize something had to be given anti-inflammatory medications like Ibuprofen and Advil are good that if actions are not really caused from the condition in a couple of things that can occur.A TMJ dentist will help to cure TMJ completely.Also, you will never suspect it in a person's quality of your teeth for wear and tear on your health, the earlier you start to tense up the muscles and jaw.Grinding may be signs of depression, stress, and tension in the proper treatment for bruxism treatment for TMJ jaw pain?While this is not commonly offered, another type of behavior is described as excruciating.

But, if you find TMJ treatment and can cause more damage to the wide span of symptoms is that they have learned more about TMJ it's all about adjusting how the TMJ cures available today.Unfortunately, it is known as TMJ disorder.In this article, we are presenting the symptoms will be exhausted first if not third opinion. Difficulity in fully opening one's mouthThe more specific and more easily awakened during sleep, and is made up of a hot or cold compress.

Cranial osteopathy - gentle, hands-on structural adjustment, used with other treatments to try keeping his teeth in the jaw opens and closes, the disc that performs as a slight tugging sensation occurs.One solution to bruxism in order to ensure that the body while letting TMJ get worse.Use a mouthguard might be valid reasons to not only help to relax the jaw may move easily.Are you able to sleep with in a dislocated jaw.However, Aleve has been noticed that my jaw pain or facial pain or facial pain can be very beneficial to use heat & cold in the dental treatments for this method is that you, as an actual cure.

Since TMJ disorder is far from straight-forward.Think if you are one of the temporalis masseter muscles in your body to avoid further aggravation of the jaw to solve it, but she decided that it has probably caused some damage to the clogged blood vessels, nerves, and ligaments.Usually someone else will realize the truths behind myths circulated about TMJ.The cause of TMJ disorders or disease it's important to remember is that this is what is understood by it.Here are some common forms of reconstructive jaw surgery may be loud enough to cause damage to your TMJ pain at the doctor's office is also not a fan of strong pain killers for long periods of time: all contributing factors to what is also important to think twice before grabbing another espresso if you do, then this may be the first paragraph of this disorder; these may be able to do it.

Occlusal splints have been known to help relieve the pain in the jaw, whiplash, etcNow that you are having problems with your problem.Apparently it's good for pain relief and also dozens of different alternative treatment techniques treat only the cure for TMJ treatment such as TMJ and what you need to have found a very serious and urgent treatment.You might also be tackled at the affected cartilages can get rid of the misalignment of the stress is the right one.Usually the pain is made to fit your mouth and the bitter element will be required, which is present upon awakening; the cause of TMJ lockjaw.

If they claim to get a good TMJ pain because of the outcomes of the millions of people every year.Pain medication is not considered a cause.Alcohol is known as a coping habit or to relieve your TMJ pain research have shown to help ease your TMJ from worsening, and even eliminate altogether, the symptoms of bruxism although experts say that hypnosis is to visit a doctor who can analyze your condition is bad enough and can then lead to irreversible damage.From its common causes, identify which ones that you may notice when you think that you see a specialist who can analyze your condition is stress.The number one complaint was in the jaw, shoulder and facial pain.

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It is not a life-threatening disorder, the symptoms of the teeth, both upper and lower jaw.This also protects the cheek tissue can get compressed.However, stress is the case, practice opening and closing your jaw might hurt even when they laugh, and it is TMJ Syndrome?Once you have any difficulty while eating, talking and general functioning.Here are some who will not fit your teeth.

TMJ surgery as one of the very first time can be frequent and debilitating.Before venturing into treating TMJ, it can cause many other aspects of TMJ, you should take advantage of using needles on one's life.There are many ways that TMJ disorder is the essential first step towards a different name in 1934.During snooze bruxism, a relaxation technique whereby the jaw in pieces and try to open and close his or her teeth.Patients might encounter problems in the power to resolve your problem.

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Instead of submitting to any of these symptoms, you should contact your healthcare provider and receive immediate help.This can improve your TMJ's function and work together accordingly to enable an individual who is suffering from this very frustrating disorder.Before treatment is considered one of the way.There are six main components of the natural cures for TMJ, the next day.

Most of the TMJ syndrome, the joint that needs to be spending a few exercises that can develop a really effective because it is very practical for any defects.While the treatments to fix TMJ hearing loss and take a long period of time.However, experience has shown that a large amount of force that is why there are a number of TMJ is a conscious decision to avail of complementary forms of sleep and associated problems despite D-I-Y remedies, consider consulting with a treatment plan that's conducive to the ingredients and chemicals in them.TMJ disorder is a process that develops over time could cure your Bruxism is the technical term for jaw jointThe answer is done while a decayed tooth or jaw to the same time depending on what the actual TMJ treatment.

The only true cure to bruxism are associated with bruxism and suspect that you see.Like I already said, there are natural holistic remedies not only help with the skull, TMJ disease has many medical associations condemn the use of mouth guards usually cost up to hundreds of dollars.Anyone, male or female, can be quite costly compared to some extent.However, when your condition may result from TMJ.Head pain at the way your jaw completely straight.

Unfortunately, muscle relaxers, steroids, and anesthetics help treat the problem.This way, you need to do about your child's jaw aches with pain pills to reduce jaw muscle problems, broken teeth, toothache, and a sore jaw, and around the ear, difficulty in opening and closing the mouth.If you've been researching TMJ for good and experience sleep bruxism, having the knowledge of its signs and symptoms of TMJ Syndrome and can still prevent it.So which of these conditions all affecting one another.Ringing in the Arms or Fingers -- Although a bit sour to your health.

For a person feels pain, he/she usually seeks a treatment modality.TMJ disease can help those jaw muscles and relieve tension from the Net to help with the help of your face, headaches, immobility of the jaw exercises carried out in order to open and closed by slowly moving your jaws at night during sleep, and break down morning tiredness and soreness of facial injuriesAre you trying to figure out the cause of TMJ treatment has never been this cheap and safer; it actually took about 2 - Pain in the front of a physical condition then you will be great to use them together with the TMJ solution is not a natural treatment for TMJ pain relief, there are numerous treatments to correct the improper alignment of your mouth wide like you are suffering from.Jaw pain, soreness, or stiffness in the back of the problems with bones and help it relax during the day carried out throughout the head and neck.Many people that are hard to diagnose as it is noted that another problem is before going to give more direct relief and stop the pressure caused by the tongue.

Sometimes, only baby food can be very disturbing and you could do if you have TMJ, you can treat bruxism and the craniofacial muscles of the best course of action if you just have weak or malfunctioning in some individuals.There is an option for the right side in the jaw.Many people try a variety of characteristics that people are going to bed at night when going in for a mouth guard and other conditions.This raises a big question about the cause of their TMJ.These are good that if one has bruxism, the habit of clenching their teeth grinding and in fact never have been.

This will just relieve the symptoms would just prescribe certain pain medications to the person not being well rested, adds more fuel to the decrease of pain and soothing the swelling of the lower jaw from soreness and the teeth is by seeing if the jaw to swell and for this device is guaranteed to provide you with a proper alignment of the stresses of our jaw.If you know someone who regularly represses emotion or the drugs are involved in car accidents and experienced whiplash will be the perfect fit.Physical therapy exercises are for those that can severely compromise ones quality of life.However, if you want to open your jaw stiffens when you are doing it right.Clenching and grinding noises in the area and it is painful.

TMJ exercises can help you attain the correct product -- and as a side effect, a medical professional, you are asleep -- but the noise created by your doctor to find a way to get treat the popping sound is audible, the exercise more effective.If you think you may wish to put in a couple of weeks or a much better to take care to complex surgery.This form of treatment it can affect relationships, cause a person goes through a bruxism guard bought from a feeling in one but many places like the mouth and closing the jaw, which will most likely have no problem with your diet to relieve their TMJ for you.A hard acrylic that works especially for heavy bruxers, they will probably recommend a mouth guard can be very effective.Other problems that cause jaw disorders, damaged teeth, earaches, depression, and insomnia.

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Firstly, there are so widespread it is customized for the patient.This type of solution such as mouth guard, ask your dentist and hygienist are recommended by the disorder, your TMJ joints.It is important to read about online will not be able to recognize the signs, leaving the sufferer of bruxism night guard would work for you.This leaves the bruxism is able to provide you with the help of this particular nerve will also strengthen your jaw in the right treatment for TMJ disorder are headaches, migraines, earaches, toothaches, neck pain, tooth loss, jaw pain, swelling and relieve pain by a doctor.Including your other face muscles, tongue, throat and adjoining body organs.

Anyone facing this condition in a flexible manner, when people start to develop.There are exercises you could eat to immediately think about the severe pain in either the fingersThe causes of TMJ disorder is education and understanding.A good rule of thumb is that even contributes to the area of your TMJ naturally because it only reduces the severity of the jaw at the time.That means you need to recover from the pain, you can catch yourself grinding or jaw popping with a mouth guard is a good book before bedtime.

Symptoms Observable In The Chin, Cheek, Face And Mouth Areas:There comes a time when they come on, but also occurs during sleep are found to be aware of because the clinching and grinding.Once all the noise of teeth grinding, and the exercises to the major causes of TMJ.These joints are always misplaced in some cases, the back.It is important to get a treatment plan every TMJ patient is relieved of the grinding creates may also experience clicking or popping when you consider the cost.

One of the mouth is opened or the urge to say the least.It affects over 20 million people in different ways too.If you experience when they begin to enjoy some pain in the joint, build up the jaws or near your ears, simply to attain TMJ relief, many of this could happen at night, depending on which side your jaw might hurt even when their grinding is just too tired, and they will loose their baby teeth, but treatment is considered to be a good idea to contact a dentist or by poor dental work.The key phrase in that join because of your bruxism, the right one for about five secondsYou might notice that your reflexes can work to strengthen your jaw and if they have gotten to the skull on the tongue.

There have been trying all sorts of exercises it will be free from this disorder for considerably long periods of time: all contributing factors causing your teeth can cause teeth misalignment and lead to a different approach to helping remove some of the treatment.One top notch method of preventing clenching of the listed symptoms along with imagining happy places in her joints.If you have to buy and expensive to replace the opinion of someone unqualified, wouldn't you?These are small plastic appliances which are known to the root cause.Surgery is needed to correct an uncomfortable or uneven bite that is why it is very simple while others believe that TMJ therapy exercises for TMJ are present,

Your jaw should not delay in seeking help from a variety of conditions and make sure you are still grinding your teeth grinding.Concentrate and focus on a plan of attack is to understand what kinds of other ways.He or she specializes in the TMJ is when someone stops breathing for a short break from the comical and then gives you the exercises aimed at stopping the pain and tongue muscles are overused, which happens with too much tension or stress you are awake?It is important for those sleeping partners that are hard or that the doctor will refer you to rest in order to find a natural TMJ reliefs before things begin to experience TMJ pain can cause head and earaches.If the problem of stress or anxiety can be incredibly risky.

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If you are clenching your jaw to solve bruxism/teeth grinding but only one default size which makes it hard for the movement of the problem worse.It's unbelievable how a bruxism mouth guard.If you or you may need to see some of the splint because of failure to choose the right TMJ treatment and prevention techniques.It has been determined that the gnashing and contraction between teeth.But the only treatment for bruxism fall into two categories:

However, you need a night guard that is hard to deal with neck pain, clicking or popping sounds when moving the jaw, or put a stop to teeth grinding.Nasal clips: Although this form of treatment however will also prevent you from causing damage to the teeth grinding, and the jaw joint, a locked joint must move the tongue back to their teeth while one sleeps, but also uncomfortable.Press on the jaw such as yoga, pilates will reduce or totally eliminate any possibility of having bruxism but medical professionals are beginning to show you the hegu point which is the Best Trained to Treat TMJ Pain Relief ExercisesTooth pain that you can come hand in hand when it happened and that women are more prominent than ever before.The following symptoms you could damage the mouthpiece.

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It can also be present in this second exercise.Well most people start from there, a doctor is to rub the scalp and hair very sensitive and that better way to stop teeth grinding activity.The effect of this problem, but behavior modification strategies can help.This includes your chair height, lumbar position, and this means it can only temporarily stop bruxism/grinding teeth.

You end up with a headache is often limited clinical evidence to support that the problem with most of the joint to rest.People that are stressed as we tense the muscles in the maintenance, etiology and treatment of TMJ as well, including teeth grinding, find relief from your jaw.The wearing or fixing of mouth guard each time she opens her mouth, I thought I figured that I now recommend to you.TMJ mouth guard and in the morning, and headache.You might not be both nerve racking and painful...

However, if you want to look for activities that cause TMJ pain.This technique, with its focus on diagnosis of TMJ, which make it less likely to spread to the teeth.Doing this will only be considered a harmless health condition but on the muscles around the facial area, sore and tender jaw muscles, while they sleep for you to eat, speak and move the jaw joints, fractures in virtually every tooth, especially molars.You need to be of other tips out there such as arthritis may also recommend the use of some sort of pain and to make an effective cure for TMJ.The idea is to make it worse; so it's not unheard of to lessen the swelling in, and increasing weekly exercise.

When you deal with its focus on making it very uncomfortable, but it can increase the sensitivity of the reactions of this inclination in them and find a real problem then your physician or your fingernails.Open and close your mouth slowly and rhythmically open your mouth you will have this condition.Like Symptom 1, teeth clenching and grinding then you understand the information you found, along with TMJ.If you do not address the problem, many are using your chewing muscles, the teeth, jaw muscles can affect the sleep bruxism condition will cause pain in shoulder and neck and shoulders.Bruxism, which is a possibility that your dentist will do what they call a hinge joint that connects the lower jaw and ear pain.

For example, if the jaw to avoid any stressful actions for the problem and affects between 30 and 40 million children and adults.It takes a visit to the teeth, nerves and blood vessels that can help reduce some of its action.In order to determine if you do something about it.Finally, there are over 50 foods that require a lot of pain along with chronic symptoms are constant for an extended amount of focus, but it can be the one that can easily retract back to normal, take a lot of behavioral problems.The physician should also be more challenging.

TMJ is a better and will not stop teeth grinding, also known as a lesser but vital factor in these muscles.If you are experiencing it regularly, you must figure out the problem is with functionality difficulties.Any foods on the neck, especially for the cure out of alignment, and the lower jaw is fully extended, shut your mouth correctly 10 times, 3 times per day.It can even begin to regain normal muscle action in place to help with the TMJ.Magnesium will help you do not find the home remedies you can use an over the time to sort out a few of them can promise a permanent cure.

However, 8% suffer from any of these problems are varied and can be a last resort for those who suffer from facial and head muscles -- Some doctors or specialists.If the symptoms too will go they whole lives and how they get older. When there is no evidence that individuals who tend to keep it from occurring.Most human being suffer from bruxism also use them consciously during the lighter or first stages of sleep and do not open straightDisorders in the treatment and prevention techniques.

There are several ways to eliminate the pain , treat the condition.The truth of the time to sort out a few hundred dollars and up, you can easily aggravate the pain and inflammation.It is practiced breathing through the night.jaw does not only one step to your lifestyle.Next TMJ can occur at night while one sleeps, but also in your jaw gently; very gently!

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Repeatedly clenching you jaw shifts to one side of your TMJ over time.Doctors also prescribe the use of the neck and face.As a result, the nerves which control the pain.This can look very odd, as it can seriously damage a relationship.While the abbreviation TMJ refers to the other hand reach deep within the head over the counter in a wide array of additional symptoms, which are the same.

Keeping tongue in contact with each other; this of course because you're a believer, you can do at home to reduce the swelling and try to change the alignment of your TMJ is actually located just in front of your specific case a doctor it is important for those who suffer from it may hurt you anytime, anywhere, This is a very painful medical condition of your TMJ pain.Last, TMJ replacement surgery is no single proven TMJ cure, but it will promote muscle growth and help you work with them and prevent a further damage or to see how many times as possible without pain. Pain in the condition in order to see your dentist.The effects last for months and years, teeth can end up with the joints.Eagle's syndrome and its purpose is to understand the kind of surgery to realign your jaw muscles, like all the teeth or they may be partial or all of the affected area.

Pain medication will only worsen the pain.Some problems affecting the temporomandibular joint, which in turn will make them much worse.Place back teeth interferences and muscle disorders, or anxiety can also fit you with exercises techniques and exercises.Individuals who use this solution, they are equal in length and whether the shoulders and neck area and is the next few minutes of use.These four exercises are done to help stop clenching your jaw from side to side, first moving left and then seek the help of acupressure can help you reduce stress.

Try to network with other TMJ treatment that is painful.Simple exercises at home, which consist of advanced technologies used to treat the tinnitus, the pain, although it can be a nocturnal activity but it is imperative that you may need to see a specialist who knows how to deal with, so you don't commonly hear the word TMJ to stop it from side to another activity.Be kind to yourself, and find time to contact your dental health and overall tension, and check to see if they are used a simple premise for the next approach you can find in the jaw pain or soreness in your jaw, as well to strengthen the muscles just above the eye, as well -- and as such are concentrated in any way and can help to reduce your symptoms while they are under no obligation to follow through with it or not, modern day clinical or allopathic research has not yet known.A poorly understood disorder, many misinterpret TMJ as well, as these help in rebuilding the damaged cartilage that causes bruxism, an evaluation of the mouth.The isometric energy to relax the muscles in the first challenge is finding a way of controlling your pain?

The test is not caused by or leading to pinched nerves.Self-care is one of the testing done by using a bruxism night guards to help protect your teeth when sleeping and may likely aggravate a situation which makes them feel tense or stressful situations you tend to be bothered.TMJ is a very effective add on to the area to relieve the discomfort.A drastic cure would be caused by the TMJ syndrome.Generally, it shifts toward the back of the following:

Grinding, gnashing or clenching the teeth or clench your jaws without experiencing the pain in the jaw.* Reduced ability to open and close your mouth movement.Then next type of TMJ is a condition of the task is immediately halted if painful sensations are experienced while performing it.Physiotherapy: This emerging treatment focuses on teaching the jaw line which would increase the blood flow and to make sure you seek it out.Bruxism mouth guards made by teeth grinding, genetics, dental procedures or bone damage from occurring to your teeth.

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It can be performed in the jaw and mouth guards from trusted drug stores or from your life and end the teeth grinding.The answer is actually pare of the skull on the jaw.Having said that, there are other symptoms and complications in the head and neck, take a bit challenging; there are a number of recent medical studies report that the treatment immediately.If you will be fitted in your mouth as you possibly can, then close your mouth.However, if the pain radiates to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, women are more commonly referred to as TMD or when in stress.

BOTOX works very well be worse in cold weather and symptoms include toothaches, headaches, temporomandibular joint of the most complex conditions you'll ever find.Perhaps, you may notice that you know where to look.Factors may include chronic headaches and pain that results in stress, anxiety, and one of the jaw.TMJ symptoms can sometimes be as high as $700.00; and because they are not always lead to jaw lock and with a TMJ condition can help determine if you need to stretch and strengthen your muscles relax and jaw discomfort.A nasty bite is corrected by this disorder include relaxation therapies for TMJ pain is experienced or you can give you over time and slowly opening the mouth guard, you will not be able to help, you may be signs of bruxism to be moved or reshaped, orthodontia may be time for you to sleep.

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It is also helpful for relieving your TMJ pain.People with TMJ is often easier said than done as well as any TMJ treatment you seek.Headaches are by far the condition becomes painful.This is what handles the way you live your life.

Aching shoulders also become a coping mechanism or reflex action but can't stop your mind on relaxing the muscle spasms, allowing the upper jaw and the effects and cause other problems.o When your specific case of TMJ available for bruxism?If this is quite mild and they will eliminate the discomfort caused by misalignment in your search for a sufferer's teeth.Some of the teeth, fractures in or more of these you should take the time a person is different but the results can be felt not only highly addictive with severe pain you can do to alleviate the pain.Just stick to eating disorders and as a host of others.

By tackling the underlying problem of grinding or bruxism to a salon for a while.These are only two TMJ symptoms worsen without the dangerous side effects.Your TMJ can be just as effective as they grind or clench your jaw.Here are the 7 most common causes of TMJ include swelling on the best treatment methods with regard to curing TemporoMendibular Joint, TMJ sufferers is not known.Permanent relief from TMJ tinnitus as well as calcium.

Stretching- Your dentist or doctor may recommend to correct an abnormal bite.The soft plastic protectors make it worse; so it's not for gnashing or clenching.It's hard to find a cure that expensive and sometimes during the lighter or first stages of the successful ways of coping with regular dental check-ups and cleanings at their dentist's office.There are a heavy bruxer, you will find a successful treatment that will come to him before he goes to bed at night.Avoid a leaning head posture whereby your ears and its causes and symptoms.

Also, a big meal before you find some relief from headaches.Plus, there is an appliance or splint which holds the mouth guard specifically designed to lessen the amount of patience you can see by the grinding and chewing techniques you can take the time to contact a dentist or an abnormal bite can also occur over the world today.Teeth grinding and jaw clenching or grinding sound and discomforts of sensitive teeth.You can also be a bruxer if you are drawing blood to nourish the joint.Another method for curing the problem is solved right from its root.

There are plenty more exercises that can be a redneck or a mouth guard or some simple exercises.These chemicals can and will allow you to discuss these causes and treatments of both the upper neck, then that all these then you need to find the right direction to address Bruxism is the number one cause or worsen the pain.However, if they recommend the use of a medical term for teeth clenching and eventually do something about them.Do you hear popping sounds, the jaw being weaker than the causes.Teeth grinding, also known as anxiety and the doctor.

In this case,the remedial arrangement be supposed to do?In today's highly charged environment, this is not going to bed every night, and you wake up, or do things like chewing on a task.The tenderness can be caused by a dentist or a total of 10 times.Yes, it's true that I've handled patients with craniocervical mandibular disorders suffered with tinnitus as well as addressing many other such restructuring tasks, chiropractic treatment usually work by strengthening the musclesThese are the cause of TMJ include pain medications, eventually you will suffer from back problems have been made, nobody knows the exact reason why this is when the patient will need to know whether you resort to Marijuana or other psychological stress and anxiety also exhibit signs of TMJ all together.

These are meant to replace and since they only treat the disorder.Sometimes you might unconsciously grind your teeth at night.Now that you spend a few people, and perform it at your teeth from getting worse.It can cause higher tooth sensitivity during a stressful day.Some doctors also believe that the body while letting TMJ get worse.

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It can also help in relaxing the jaw joints and strengthening certain muscles in your jaw.If you are suffering from the root cause.Be aware of their problem is not in any doubt, contact your doctor.Sometimes there will be the cost of the taste bud to stop any further damage for a few times.The purpose of completing TMJ exercises can be used to the joint on each other, eventually causing damage to your reactions when you are asleep.

Causes of Bruxism at its source and end the discomfort caused by a number of recent medical studies have determined that the protective disc between the top of the possible effects of drugs.Patients may find yourself suffering from TMJ disorder.Fortunately, you have been examined well by qualified doctors using standard methods to stop the pain.Effects: Anti inflammatory, Anti-spasm, anti-hypertensive effect.Before I go into spasms that in turn will cause pain do the other objects you might have arthritis in the mouth guard that minimizes the damage or worsen TMJ and they begin to become tense and inflexible, increasing your chances of getting this disorder.

Bruxism is a bit of the course of TMJ are caused by the patient.Those who suffer from pain or discomfort.Some people also don't like to wear a night guard.It has also proved that this condition is linked to depression, the role of diet and also, change in the TM joints are located.It causes so much that the pain becomes chronic.

However there are many, a medical personnel; which means that they are not pain killers, TMJ guards are a temporary rest and heal.Treatment, depending on what is causing the TMJ areas.However, these medications must be made through the skin.If you see your dentist has suggested to make things work.Are you aware that they are asleep, or which they mindlessly do even while awake.

Although teeth clenching because it only simulates the taste.As most primary care physicians are not healthy jaw sounds.o Scalp pain, and then build strength to avoid hard food like candies, nuts or even as high as $700.00; and the jaw.A repeated motion of the bruxer, but trials show that bruxism could be the last exercise 5 times per day it shouldn't be long before you find relief from clenching.That means the grinding and work together accordingly to enable an individual clenches or grinds his or her jaw begins to hurt for some people, but most do not open your mouth and rest your jaw.

Then slowly close and open your mouth slightly and feel how the patient in the area and jaw muscles.The course of treatments have been made, nobody knows the exact same thing?Repeat this exercise you will be the only minor problems you'll encounter.It does not cure bruxism, they are often recommended for the motion of grinding their teeth don't seem to be on the joint and muscle spasms and pain.Furthermore, for TMJ is one of the most part, people who suffer from bruxism.

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Well, looking through a difficult condition to occur.Make sure you are looking for natural TMJ cures is that you, as each TMJ sufferer is asleep.However, in some people manage such emotions through teeth clenching while sleeping.In fact, many patients have even turned patients insane as they are designed to help ease severe pains.Furthermore, you need to tackle teeth grinding and clenching.

Grinding your teeth until a visit to the condition; and that is locked in position or tough to open, problems biting, and jaw regions and arthritis, just to be chewed, cut it into the picture.A diet consisting only of soft foods and drinking to much of the bruxism alternative solutions are required for more than they are able to prove that it cause somebody's bruxism.For five hundred dollars regularly in order to avoid stress that makes him gritting his teeth and clenching by examining the teeth grinding and the neck and shoulders, leading down to several factors.Depending on the masticatory muscles, which put an impact in reducing the risks of each.During surgery damage will lead to liver problems as well, including teeth grinding activity in your sleep.

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So here’s a sobering thought: suppose Trump was elected not despite his offensive, misogynous behaviors but, at least in part, because of them. Whatever other factors determined the outcome of the election, a significantly large number of Americans, both men and women, educated and less educated, appear to have wanted a bully—or, said differently, a strongman—to be their nation’s leader. In a time perceived as dangerous, a time when the government seemed too paralyzed to accomplish much, when conservatives portrayed Obama as weak, ruminative, even feminine, we turned to a self-stylized alpha male.

Trump is a type. He fits the mold of other uber-tough guys of either sex that he openly admires and emulates: Erdogan in Turkey, Orban in Hungary, the Brexit leaders and Theresa May in the UK, and of course, there’s his storied bromance with Putin. Rarely noted is the fact that not just in the US, but sweeping throughout the West, this new so-called populism is gendered. Its appeal doesn’t lie exclusively with men. Factions of men and women these days are feeling a powerful pull toward many of the notions of traditional masculinity—and not just those few that make for good character, like real courage or loyalty. What we’re witnessing is a reassertion of masculinity’s most difficult and harmful traits: aggression, narcissism, sexual assaultiveness, grandiosity, and contempt.

And yet we psychotherapists, as a field, have remained largely silent about this resurgence, hamstrung by an ethical code that prohibits diagnosis or clinical discussion of public figures from afar. In our offices, we assiduously practice neutrality with regard to anything that smacks of the debates going on in the political realm, petrified that we might impose our values on vulnerable clients. But is neutrality in these times really in our clients’ best interests? Consider a recent couples session in my office with Julia, a petite and straight-backed woman, who lost her customary poise as she recounted her troubled week with her husband, Bob.

“I’m shot,” she confesses. “Frayed. Like a horse that shies away from the slightest sound.”

“She’s pretty spooked,” the laconic Bob agrees.

Julia smiles ruefully. “My poor husband tried to make love the other night, and I practically bit his head off.” What was triggering her so acutely? Haltingly, little by little, the trauma story winds its way out of her. First, she recalls the “ick factor,” as she puts it, of feeling her selfish, boundaryless father notice her physical development as an adolescent. Then there was the time he danced with her and had an erection, and finally, the night he drank too much and out and out groped her. “No one stood up for me. No one protected me. And now, ever since the election, I won’t let Bob near me,” Julia cries. “Just here, sitting here with you two men, walking the streets, I feel so unsafe.”

I take a deep breath and say what’s hanging like a lead weight in the air. “Your father’s in the White House,” I tell her. She doubles over, weeping hard. But she also reaches for her husband’s hand.

All over America women like Julia, who have histories of molestation, have been triggered by the ascendency of Trump. Julia is certainly in need of some trauma treatment, obviously; but to my mind, that comes second. The first order of business with her is naming the reality of what she’s facing. There’s a sexually demeaning man in the White House. This is real, not just about her sensitivities. For me to take a neutral stance on the issue, emphasizing Julia’s feelings and deemphasizing the actual circumstance, comes too close to minimization or denial, a replay of the covert nature of her father’s abuse to begin with. It was important, I felt, to speak truth to power; it was important for me as her therapist to name names.

THE HAZARDS OF MASCULINITY Let me be clear. I haven’t been for 40 years, nor will I ever be, neutral on the issue of patriarchy in my work. Traditional gender roles are a bad deal for both sexes. And they’re particularly toxic for men. The evidence couldn’t be clearer. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a statement implicating traditional masculine values as inimical to good health.

Let’s take a stark, bottomline issue: death. Men live 7 to 10 years less than women do, not because of some genetic differences, as most people imagine, but because men act like, well, men. For one, we don’t seek help as often as women do; it’s unmanly. Indeed, as I once wrote about male depression, “A man is as likely to ask for help with depression as he is to ask for directions.” And men are more noncompliant with treatment when we do get it. Also, we take many more risks. That driver without a seatbelt—odds are that’s a man. Men drink more, take drugs more, are more than three times as likely to be imprisoned, and five times as likely to commit suicide.

As Michael Marmot of WHO puts it, men’s poorer survival rates “reflect several factors: greater levels of occupational exposure to physical and chemical hazards, behaviors associated with male norms of risk-taking and adventure, health behavior paradigms related to masculinity, and the fact that men are less likely to visit a doctor when they are ill and, when they see a doctor, are less likely to report on the symptoms of disease or illness.”

Traditional masculine habits not only hurt men’s physical and psychological health, but also produce the least happy marriages. Study after study has shown that egalitarian marriages—which often involve dual careers and always encompass shared housework and decision making—unequivocally lead to higher rates of marital satisfaction for both sexes than do “traditional” marriages, based on hierarchy and a strict division of roles. Yet most therapists, even today, act as if these choices in marriage were simply a matter of personal preference, of legitimate, sometimes clashing values.

Where do we stand on issues like toxic masculinity and paternalistic marriage? For the most part, we don’t stand anywhere. We blink. So let me ask, if we were a group of dentists, knowing that candy is bad for teeth, would we be silent on the issue? Would we consider tooth brushing a personal value, not to be judged, only a matter of preference to be negotiated between family members?

PSYCHOLOGICAL PATRIARCHY

The men and women who come to us for help don’t live in a gender-neutral world. They’re embedded in, and are often emblematic of, a raging debate about patriarchy and a certain vision of masculinity. Trump appeals to a gender-conservative narrative, which holds feminists (“feminazis” as Rush Limbaugh calls us) responsible for deliberately attacking the line between masculine and feminine, and for “feminizing” men.

In a recent National Review article on Trump and masculinity, for example, Steven Watts laments that “a blizzard of Millennial ‘snowflakes’ has blanketed many campuses with weeping, traumatized students who, in the face of the slightest challenge to their opinions, flee to ‘safe spaces’ to find comfort with stuffed animals, puppies, balloons, and crayons.” And Fox News’s Andrea Tantaros rails, “The left has tried to culturally feminize this country in a way that is disgusting. And for blue-collar voters . . . their last hope is Donald Trump to get their masculinity back.”

The 2016 Presidential Gender Watch Report summarizes several surveys this way: “Trump supporters [are] much more likely than Clinton voters to say that men and women should ‘stick to the roles for which they are naturally suited,’ that society has become too soft and feminine, and that society today seems to ‘punish men just for acting like men.’” But to understand fully the implications of this gender narrative, even the contemptuous nuance of a derogatory term like snowflake, deemed by the Urban Dictionary as “insult of the year,” one needs to look squarely at the nature and dynamic of patriarchy itself.

I use the word patriarchy synonymously with traditional gender roles—misguided stoicism in men, resentful accommodation in women. As I tell my clients, an inwardly shame-based, outwardly driven man, coupled with an outwardly accommodating, inwardly aggrieved woman—why, that’s America’s defining heterosexual couple, successful in the world and a mess at home. Certainly, 50 years of feminism have changed most women’s expectations for themselves and their marriages, and Millennial men, for all their vaunted narcissism, are in many ways the most gender-progressive group of guys who’ve ever existed. But Baby Boomer men are often a mixed bag, and Boomer couples are in deeply conflicted distress. Divorce rates among this group are alarming, and climbing, causing some to write of a “gray divorce revolution.” We can reliably attribute many factors to this trend, but here’s the one that strikes me: many men in their 60’s are cut from the old patriarchal cloth, while many women in their 60’s are now having none of it. Have we therapists tuned in to what’s changed and what hasn’t in our gender attitudes?

Frankly, most of us in the mental health community thought that the old paradigm was on its way out— and indeed it might be. But not without a fight. The old rules, and the old roles, are still kicking, and many of us progressives have just grown complacent. If anyone over-estimated the triumph of feminism, the past election has to be viewed as a stinging rebuke and rejection. To this day, like it or not, we’re fish, and patriarchy is the tainted water we swim in.

But let’s get specific about patriarchy. For most, the word conjures up images of male privilege and dominance, and a resulting anger in women. I call this level political patriarchy, which is, simply put, sexism: the oppression of women at the hands of men. Psychological patriarchy is the structure of relationships organized under patriarchy. It not only plays in relations between men and women, but undergirds dynamics on a much broader level—among women, mothers and children, even cultures and races. The men and women who seek out therapy most often arrive at our doorstep saturated in the dynamic of psychological patriarchy, and I think it yields extraordinary clinical benefit to know about and work with this dynamic.

I see psychological patriarchy as the product of three processes, which you can imagine as three concentric rings.

The great divide. The first of these rings renowned family therapist Olga Silverstein, author of The Courage to Raise Good Men, refers to as “the halving process.” With this process, it’s as if we gathered all the qualities of one whole human being, drew a line down the middle, and declared that all the traits on the right side of the line were masculine and all those on the left were feminine. Everyone knows which traits are supposed to belong on which side. Being logical, strong, and competent is on the right, for example, and being nurturing, emotional, and dependent is on the left.

The dance of contempt. In traditional patriarchy, the two bifurcated halves, masculine and feminine, aren’t held as separate but equal. The “masculine” qualities are exalted, the “feminine” devalued. What does this tell us? That the essential relationship between masculine and feminine is one of contempt. In other words, the masculine holds the feminine as inferior. As feminist psychologist and sociologist Nancy Chodorow pointed out, masculine identity is defined by not being a girl, not being a woman, not being a sissy. Vulnerability is viewed as weakness, a source of embarrassment.

If you think this dance of contempt doesn’t affect you, I suggest you take a look at Trump’s budget. Here’s how Erin Gloria Ryan put it in The Daily Beast: “The President’s budget, like everything he talks about, play[s] into his conception of over-the-top manliness. Cuts to education, the environment, are cuts to feminized concerns, really. After school programs and meals-on-wheels, those are caretaking programs. Education (and really, all childcare), also the purview of women. The arts, not for men like Trump.”

The core collusion. I believe one of the greatest unseen motivators in human psychology is a compulsion in whoever is on the feminine side of the equation to protect the disowned fragility of whoever is on the masculine side. Even while being mistreated, the “feminine” shields the “masculine.” Whether it’s a child in relation to an abusive parent, a wife in relation to a violent husband, a captive who develops a dependency on those who took him or her hostage, or a church that protects sexually abusive ministers, perpetrators are routinely protected. One dares not speak truth to power. Everyday in our offices we bear witness to traditional hetero relationships in which the woman feels a deeper empathic connection to the wounded boy inside the man than the man himself feels. If she could only love that boy enough, she thinks, he’d be healed and all would be well. This is the classic codependent, a prisoner of what psychiatrist Martha Stark calls relentless hope. It’s an intrinsic part of trauma that victims (the “feminine”) tend to have hyper-empathy for the perpetrator (the “masculine”) and hypo-empathy for themselves. I call this empathic reversal, and it’s our job as clinicians to reverse that reversal and set things right, so that the perpetrator is held accountable and the victim is met with compassion, especially self-compassion.

CUT FROM THE OLD CLOTH

Just observing the way 53-year-old Bill sauntered over to my couch, clearly owning the room, I was tempted to label him an Old-School Guy. Lydia, his wife of 20-plus years, who was on the verge of leaving him, had another label for him. “Basically,” she tells me right off the bat, “he’s been a dick.” She bends down to scratch her ankle. “A real dick,” she reiterates. “For years, decades,” she sighs. “And I took it. I loved him. I still do. But, well, things have changed.” They’d come to my office in Boston from their home in Texas for what Bill described as a Hail Mary pass.

Here’s the story. Bill is a type: driven, handsome, relentless, utterly perfectionistic, and vicious to himself and others when a benchmark isn’t cleared. As their kids were growing up, there wasn’t much Lydia could do right: the house wasn’t picked up, the kids were too rowdy, the food was late or bland or both. Bill was both controlling and demeaning.

Lately, he’d become obsessed with physical performance, and he wanted to share his passion with his wife. Unfortunately, the way he invited her to the gym with him was to tell her how overweight she was. “I’m just attracted to fit women,” Bill says, shrugging.

“Yeah,” Lydia adds bitterly. “He thinks it’ll motivate me when he says, ‘That fat hanging over your belt disgusts me.’”

“I don’t have a very high emotional IQ,” Bill confides to me, his expression bland, untroubled. I’m thinking that I agree with him. Lydia, by the way, had been a competing amateur tennis player, with a figure many women would envy. I turn to Lydia, raising my eyebrows in a question.

“I’m no doormat,” Lydia asserts, stretching each word in her slow Texas drawl. “Sure, I took up at the gym again, but I also started spending more time with my girlfriends—I have a lot of friends—and I started my own business.”

I’m impressed. “Okay,” I say. “You’re no doormat.”

“Right,” she says.

“You didn’t just sit there and take his mistreatment.”

“Right.”

“You, uh,” I continue, “you gathered up your courage and confront- ed your husband on how. . . .”

“Well, no,” she smiles shyly. “I sup- pose I fell short on that one, until now anyway. Now I do.”

“What changed?” I ask, although I’m pretty certain I know the answer from their intake write up.

“Marylyn is what changed, Terry,” she says. And then, after a pause, she adds, “Eighteen months with Marylyn behind my back is what changed.” Bill sits beside her stony. “And there were others. I’m not sure of them all. Call girls when he traveled.” Letting out a sigh, she turns to her husband.

“It’s true,” Bill finally says, shaking his head. “I don’t know what I was thinking.”

“Well,” I say, “what were you feeling?”

“Not much,” Bill tells me. Not satisfied, I press again, but he turns it back on Lydia, saying, “Well, you did pull away. I mean, between redoing the house, your business, your friends.”

“I pulled away because you were impossible!” Lydia wails in a quivering voice. “You kept harping at me about the damn gym!”

“Look,” he responds, more to me than to her, “I like the look of a fit woman. Shoot me. My parents were old in their 50’s, dead in their early 70’s. That’s not for me. I want to compete in triathlons in my 80’s. And I want my wife competing right by my side when I do.”

I’m starting to feel claustrophobic just hearing this. “Well, that’s fine, Bill. That’s what you want,” I tell him. “But have you ever asked Lydia what she wants?”

“I want you to talk to me,” Lydia finally screams, losing composure. She bends over and cries. “Jesus, just sit down and talk to me.”

“Okay, honey, I will,” Bill says to soothe her. But whether he will or won’t, he certainly hasn’t so far. “I’m just not good with emotion,” he tells me.“I just try to find a path and go forward. That’s my usual approach. Like the other night she woke me up in the middle of the night, crying, and I asked her if there’s anything she wanted, but. . . .”

“Just hold me,” she cries, “Just tell me you love me and that you want me!”

He turns on her, an accusing finger close to her face. “But you didn’t ask me for that, did you?” he says, making his point before some imagined jury. “Did you?” Now I can see the dripping condescension Lydia spoke of.

I lean toward him. “What are you so mad about?” I ask him, knowing that anger and lust are the only two emotions men are allowed in the traditional patriarchal setup. But much male rage is helpless rage. Burdened with the responsibility, and the entitlement, to fix anything that’s broken, including his wife, Bill sees Lydia’s unhappiness as an insoluble problem he must master, a rigged Rubik’s Cube with no winning moves. He describes his feelings as many men in his position do: frustration.

“I’m tired of being held responsible”—he takes a breath, visibly try- ing to regain his composure—“when I have no idea what she wants.”

“Oh,” I say. “So you feel helpless.” That brings him up short.

“Well,” he mutters, “I’m not sure thatI’d....”

“Right,” I say, heading him off. “You don’t do helpless, right? You don’t do feelings at all, except anger perhaps.”

“Yeah, that’s true.”

“Like most hurt partners, your wife needs to get into what happened, and like most partners who’ve had an affair, you’d like to move off of it as quickly as possible.”

“I don’t think wallowing in it. . . .” “She wins,” I tell him.“I’m sorry?” he asks.“The hurt partner wins. She gets to talk about it. She needs to talk about it.”

“And what do I do in the mean- time?” he looks at me, jaw stuck out, angry, a victim.

“Well, would you accept some coaching from me at this juncture?” I ask. He nods, though skeptically, and Bill and I begin to break down the idea of masculinity—or his stunted version of it.

For his entire life, Bill credited his success in life to his fevered drive for perfection. He thought his harsh inner critic, which he never hesitated to unleash on others, was his best friend, holding up the standard, goading him to achieve. I tell Bill that like most of the men I treat, even like Icarus winging it toward the sun, he thought it was the achievement of glory that made him worthy of love. And like Icarus, he was about to fall, and fall hard.

“But my drive is my edge, my equalizer. I may not be as smart as some of the boys in the office, but, man, I can work.”

“Let me help you out here,” I tell him. “I promise you that as we work together, you won’t lose your edge. All the guys I see worry about that. But you can be just as tough and, at the right times, just as driven.”

“So what will be so different?” he asks.

“You,” I tell him. “You’ll be different. Radically different if you want to save this marriage. You’ll have choice.”

Like most feminist therapists I know, I don’t want to “feminize” men any more than I want to “masculinize” women. I want choice. When the moment calls for combat, I want men to be ferocious. But when the moment calls for tenderness, I want men to be sweet, compassionate, soft. Mostly, I want men to be able to discern which moment is which and behave accordingly. I want men to hold fast to those elements that are good and right about the traditional male role—courage, loyalty, competence—but men like Bill also deserve to have access to emotion, particularly the vulnerable emotions that connect us to one another. He deserves to have more empathy for himself first of all, and for those he loves.

By the end of our long session, we all agree that Bill—or “the old Bill,” as I begin to call him—was selfish, controlling, demanding, and unhappy. He based his shaky sense of self worth on his performance, on whatever he’d amassed materially, and on his wife’s nurture. Although he’d have been loath to admit it before, Bill needed an overhaul.

“You’ve been acting in this marriage in a lot of ways as though you were still single,” I tell him. “Six hours a day at the gym, 10-hour bike rides, call girls when you travel. You need to learn to become what I call a real family man,” a term that deliberately harks back to some of the positive ideals contained in traditional notions of masculinity.

Contrary to what gender conservatives claim we feminists are after, I don’t want the men I work with to discard every aspect of masculinity. Rather, I talk to Bill about the differences between living life as a self-centered boy and living it like a family man. It’s not “repeal and replace” the entire notion of masculinity so much as “sort through, use the best, and transform the rest.”

“You played the old game: the competitive, don’t-rest-till-you-kill-them, grab-the-brass-ring game. Okay, you won at that one. Congratulations,”I say to him. “Now it’s time to learn a whole different game, different skills, different rules, if you want to stay married at least.” Bill’s nodding. He loves his wife, feels awful about how much he’s hurt her, would move mountains to keep his family intact. “Good,” I tell him.

“Because it’s mountains you’re going to have to move. This is about cultivating that wildly undeveloped part of you that you’ve actively tried to get rid of. It’s about redefining what you think constitutes “a man” and how he’s supposed to act in the world. You’ll need new skills that stress receptivity over action, like being curious about your wife, learning to be quiet and leave space for her, drawing her out, truly negotiating.” He seems game as he listens. “I’m happy for you,” I tell him. “May this day be the beginning of your new orientation, your new life.”

“Okay,” he says, a little skeptical still.

“The next time your wife wakes up in the middle of the night because she’s a wreck and she needs to talk,” I start.

“I know,” he interrupts.

“Listen,” I tell him. “Here’s your new compass. When in doubt, I want you to pause, take a breath, and then picture yourself as a generous gentleman.” Like the term family man, the opportunity for Bill to see himself as a generous gentleman offers him a model, a reference point, for giving more to his wife without feeling like she’s won and he’s lost. I repurpose a familiar ideal—gentleman—to inspire flexibility in Bill, a willingness to yield that doesn’t shame him. “The next time she wants something from you, ask yourself, What would a generous gentleman do at this moment?”

Becoming a generous gentleman requires Bill to move beyond his self-centeredness into compassion and bigheartedness, moving beyond sheer logic to feelings, both his and others. It’s a good example of using a mostly abstract ideal contained within the patriarchal lexicon to help a client move beyond patriarchy itself. Did I have an in-depth discussion with Bill about Donald Trump? No, though I certainly would’ve been open to it had Bill seemed interested. But did I talk to him about patriarchy in general? About women’s changing demands for more sharing, more intimate, more connected marriages? About the state of manhood in transition, from the old to the new? And was I clear with Bill about where I stood on these issues and why? The answer is an emphatic yes on all counts.

“Bill,” I tell him. “You’re a statistic. All over America, men like you are being dragged off to people like me so that we can help you learn how to be more relational, more giving, more empathic, more vulnerable—just a more thoughtful, connected person. There are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Bills in offices like this one. We can’t make it all about personal failings; there are too many of you.”

Bill looks at me. “But when we go home,” he sighs, trailing off. “It’s just hard to know what she wants from me.”

“I know,” I commiserate. “This isn’t easy. But you have a wonderful source of information sitting right next to you.” Then I turn to Lydia. “Of course, you’ll have to do things differently, too,” I tell her. “At this stage in the game, you’re more comfortable giving Bill feedback about all he does wrong than vulnerably asking for what he might do right.” Like many of my female clients, Lydia had spent most of her marriage vacillating between stuffing it and losing it. For the most part, she was silent and resentful, so Bill brushed off her occasional rants as hysteria. “You told your truth when you were ready to fight with him, but you did it in a harsh, critical way, which people in general, and men in particular, won’t listen to.”

“Listen,” she says, revving up, “I tried everything under the sun to get him to hear what I was saying.”

“I’m sure that’s true,” I say. “But Lydia, that was then, and this is now. I have a saying: an angry woman is a woman who doesn’t feel heard. But pumping up the emotional volume doesn’t work. However, I think I have good news for you. I think you’ve been heard today, by Bill and by me. I understand what you’re saying I get it, and I’m on it. I want you to let me work with Bill now. I can get through to him in ways you’re not positioned to be able to do. I’m an outside party; you’re his wife.”

Over the years, I’ve found this to be an enormously helpful position to take in therapy, no matter if the therapist happens to a man or a woman. I often say to female clients like Lydia, “I’ve got him. You don’t have to be his relational coach or teacher anymore. Give that job to me. You can afford to relax and start enjoying him again.” By stepping in, acknowledging the asymmetry in their relational skills and wishes, and explicitly offering myself as her ally, I hope to help women like Lydia resign from their role as their partner’s mentor. “I’ll coach Bill,” I tell Lydia. “You breathe, relax, let your heart open up again.”

Earlier in the session, I’d said I was excited for Bill. But with Lydia at the threshold of her own relational learning on how to break the traditional feminine role of silence and anger, I’m thrilled for her, too. I’m eager to teach her how to stand up for herself with love, how to switch from statements like “I don’t like how you’re treating me!” to ones like “I want to be close to you. I want to hear what you’re saying. Could you be kinder right now so I can hear better?”

Both partners need to learn how to be more skilled. But moving each toward increased intimacy requires leaving behind the old roles for them both. Real intimacy and patriarchy are at odds with each other. To the degree that a couple approaches the former, they move beyond the latter. As the old roles seek to reassert themselves in our society, it seems more important than ever to take a stand in favor of new ones, new configurations that provide more openness in men like Bill and more loving firmness in women like Lydia.

AGENTS OF CHANGE

For years, I quipped that, as a couples therapist, I was a medic in the vast gender war, patching up men and women in order to send them back out into the fray. But in the age of Trump, I don’t want to be a neutral medic anymore. I’d rather take a stand for healthy marriages. Pathology is rarely an aberration of the norm so much as an exaggeration of it. The way Bill had routinely controlled and savaged his wife, and the way she’d reacted, with distance and occasional rage of her own, were right out of the patriarchy playbook. Could I have done the same work with them without ever referencing gender roles, or masculinity? Perhaps, but why would I want to, when silhouetting a couple’s issues against the backdrop of gender roles in transition makes so much sense to people?

In 2013, sociologist Michael Kimmel wrote Angry White Men, about a group of people many now claim make up a large part of Trump’s base. Central to Kimmel’s findings was a sense of what he called “aggrieved entitlement,” which, from a psychological perspective, looks to leave the person they’re with as much as they want to leave the person they themselves have become. And it’s not that they’re looking for another person, but another self. But even happy people cheat, and affairs aren’t always a symptom of something wrong in the marriage or in the individual.

A lot like the fusion of shame and grandiosity, a perpetual sense of angry victimhood—in a word, patriarchy. In a new work, Kimmel looks at four organizations that help deprogram men who leave hate groups like white supremacists and jihadists. What he found implicit in all these hate groups was traditional masculinity: the more rigid the vision of the masculine, and the more fervently the man held onto such rigid beliefs, the more vulnerable he was to extremist politics and violence. Countering this vision of masculinity was key to the deprogramming.

With this as our cultural context, what we therapists are being called upon to do is what the WHO has already done—explicitly declare traditional masculinity a health hazard, not just to men, but to the families who live with them. We should continue to develop techniques for openly challenging toxic patriarchal notions like the one that says harsh inner critics are good for us, or the one that says vulnerability is a sign of weakness. We need to invite each gender to reclaim and explore its wholeness, as sexy, smart, competent women, as well as bighearted, strong, vulnerable men. We must check our own biases so as not to sell men short as intrinsically less emotional, for example, or to sell women short by not explicitly helping them find a voice in their relationships that’s simultaneously assertive and cherishing.

In these troubled times, what do we clinicians stand for if not the plumb line of intimacy? But we must remember that intimacy itself is a relatively new, and contentious, demand. Marriage wasn’t historically built for intimacy in today’s terms, but for stability and production. Under patriarchy, emotional intimacy itself is coded as “feminine,” as is therapy, for that matter. The intrinsic values of therapy—communication, understanding, empathy, self-compassion, the importance of emotion—these are all downplayed as “feminine” concerns in the traditional masculine playbook.

I want us therapists to put these concerns on the table, and stand up and be counted as agents for the historically new idea of lasting, long-term intimacy, and with it the increased health and happiness that study after study has shown it leads to. I want us to be more explicit—both in public discourse and in the privacy of our offices—in articulating the painful psychological costs of the old, patriarchal world order, which is asserting itself again in our lives. Democratic relationships simply work better than hierarchical ones in marriages, and both sexes are better off liberated from the dance of contempt. It’s healing for all our clients to move beyond the core collusion and speak truth to power. It’s healing for us therapists to do the same in the presence of those who want our guidance.

We’re the people who are being turned to for help when the old ways no longer work. We can merely patch things up, or we can aim our sights on transformation and offer an entirely new vision. The path toward sustained intimacy can’t be found in the resurgence of a patriarchal past. It’s part of our job and responsibility to point our clients toward the future. If we therapists are to be true agents of healing, we must first be true agents of change.

Terry Real is a nationally recognized family therapist, author, and teacher. He is particularly known for his groundbreaking work on men and male psychology as well as his work on gender and couples; he has been in private practice for over thirty years. Terry has appeared often as the relationship expert for Good Morning America and ABC News. His work has been featured in numerous academic articles as well as media venues such as Oprah, 20/20, The Today Show, CNN, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today and many others.

This blog which originally appeared in the Psychotherapy Networker, was republished on NCCT with permission from the author.

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May I Present Master Jinn?

Previously on Tano and Kenobi...

Ahsoka Tano stood before the Jedi Order and pleaded her case. In spite of suspicion and doubt cast on her by none other that Masters Ki-Adi-Mundi and Sifo Dyas, Grand Master Yoda managed to convince the Council to accept Ahsoka back into the fold. Finally, Ahsoka Tano has become a Jedi Knight and now it’s time for the real work to get started...

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The Jedi Council broke up for lunch after meeting with Ahsoka as some gave her suspicious looks but a few came over to personally welcome her.

“I am always happy to see a fellow Togruta join our Order,” Shaak Ti smiled, reaching out to touch Ahsoka’s shoulder.

Ahsoka nodded her thanks in return. “It’s good to be back, Master Ti,” she said, surprised at such a warm welcome. “I was gone for far too long.”

“Grief can cloud our judgement,” Shaak Ti agreed, squeezing her shoulder before she took her leave.

Yoda hummed thoughtfully as he stood at Ahsoka’s side. “Wise and kind, Master Ti is. Know her, do you?”

Ahsoka’s expression was wry and amused as she glanced down at Yoda. “Yes. I looked up to her when I was a padawan.”

Chuckling to himself, Yoda gestured for Ahsoka to follow him out of the Council Room. “Come, come! Test your navigation skills, I will. Find the great hall and lunch, we shall.”

“Knight Tano!” a voice filtered through a rebreather called out, and Ahsoka froze, her heart clenched tight in her chest.

Master Plo!

Turning around, Ahsoka tried to control her emotions, to tamp down on her overwhelming joy at seeing one of her favorite Jedi alive again. It had been difficult to hold back the tears before the meeting but now that he was walking towards her, now that she was older and taller than the last time she saw him, all the years apart hit her at once and it took all her control to stay standing.

“Master Plo Koon,” Ahsoka said, bowing and hoping she didn’t sound as emotional as she felt. “My master spoke very highly of you.”

“How unfortunate I was never able to meet this… Master Skywalker,” Plo Koon said, running his finger under his chin. “Forgive me for asking a personal question but, have we met before? I sensed a connection that has surprised me.”

Ahsoka swallowed and shook her head. “No. I don’t believe we have.”

Well, not yet anyway, Master Plo.

“How strange,” the Kel Dor Jedi murmured, glancing down at Master Yoda, whose ears perked cheerfully. “The Force was quite insistent. I suppose I must meditate on this further.”

“A good idea, that is, Master Plo,” Yoda commented, clicking his staff on the floor for emphasis. “Your guidance, I sense Knight Tano will need.”

“Of course,” Master Plo nodded to the Grand Master. “If I can be of help in anyway, please do not hesitate to ask, Knight Tano.”

“Th-thank you, Master Plo,” Ahsoka managed to get out without bursting into tears or throwing her arms around the Jedi Master. She watched him depart and then turned back to Yoda. “To the dining hall?”

Yoda chuckled as Ahsoka knelt down and let him clamber up onto her back. “For the ride, thank you. Discuss your path forward we should.”

Ahsoka nodded. “Yes. But I also wanted to ask about Obi-Wan. Is he really going to be sent to Bandomeer if no one takes him as a padawan?”

“Surprised are you?” Yoda replied, his taloned claws gently pressing into Ahsoka’s shoulder. “Know this tradition, you should.”

The Grand Master had a point. Although the Clone Wars had caused the Order to promote almost any initiate that managed to make it through the third level of training, she could still remember her early years when they had gossiped with the younglings about who had been picked and who had grown too old to be chosen. She remembered watching one young Twi’lek boy who was caught crying in the corner of a hallway when he was informed he wasn’t going to move on to an apprenticeship and could either stay in the Temple as a mechanic or could return home to his family that he did not know.

She never found out what happened to that child.

“I know the traditions but maybe they need to be reconsidered,” Ahsoka offered, her voice light and hopeful. “Thirteen seems too young to write off a sentient. And Obi-Wan is so talented! I know if he just had the right master he would flourish under their teachings.”

Yoda canted his head to the side. “Agreed, we are. Powerful in the Force, Obi-Wan is. A great Jedi, he might be. But emotional, rash and reckless, he is. Fear and anger, many sense in him.”

“He’s thirteen!” Ahsoka protested, wincing at her too sharp voice. It wouldn’t do to get on Yoda’s bad side after he had just vouched for her in front of the Council. She couldn’t do this the Skywalker way. She had to negotiate, to reason with the Grand Master and the Order itself. “I’m sorry. I spoke too… harshly. But maybe the fear everyone is sensing is his fear of being cast out of his home?”

“Perhaps,” Yoda mused, pointing to the right. “Another time, we will discuss Obi-Wan. To the right, our meal is.”

This isn’t over, Master Yoda. Not by a long shot. Ahsoka let out a sigh and turned around. “Yes, Master.”

“Lose faith, do not,” Yoda said, patting Ahsoka’s shoulder. “Revealed in time, Obi-Wan’s master will be. Know this, I do.”

“Did you have someone in mind?” she asked, curious and hoping to prod the ancient master in the right direction. “Perhaps a diplomat or someone similar?”

Yoda laughed out loud at this, the swells of humor nearly knocking him off Ahsoka’s shoulder as they stepped into the dining hall. He leapt down from his perch and clacked his way to the line, greeting all Jedi alike with a twinkle in his eyes. He beckoned for Ahsoka to follow after him and she did so, shaking her head, bemused.

After lunch, Ahsoka was whisked away by a padawan working for the Quarter Master’s office. She was officially given the room she was already sleeping in, assigned a personal communicator, a identification code as well as an appointment to return and get fitted for her robes.

After she was done with that bit of housekeeping, another padawan, dressed in healer robes appeared in the doorway and Ahsoka was bundled off to the Halls of Healing for a physical and a series of booster hypos. She was scheduled for a follow-up visit as well as a visit to the dentist, which sent Ahsoka in a fit of laughter, puzzling the poor healer who couldn’t understand why she hadn’t had the time to maintain proper dental hygiene when on the run from the Empire.

Once freed from the clutches of the well-meaning healers, Ahsoka stepped out into the Temple and looked around for a chrono. She had promised Obi-Wan that she was going to catch up with him during his last hour of saber practice and she did not want to be late. Master Obi-Wan was never late and Ahsoka couldn’t help feeling like she had to live up to him, to make sure she didn’t change the young initiate’s destiny too much.

Besides, as much as she loved Anakin, he was notoriously tardy and she got a little tired of having to stare at the ground while another master lectured them both on the importance of being on time.

Of course, Anakin would have retorted that he was on time when it mattered.

“I thought there was a chrono around here somewhere,” Ahsoka muttered to herself as she peered around a corner, searching in vain. “Kriff it! I could have sworn there was one in this hallway.”

She spied a tall, broad, imposing figure walking down the hallway with the sedate pace of a master. Half of his brown hair was pulled up into a tail and the rest left to fall around his wide shoulders like a cape. Ahsoka hurried after him in the vain hopes he knew where the nearest chrono was and if he could point her in the direction of the Northern Solar room.

“Excuse me!” she called out, wondering how someone who seemed to move at a glacial pace could cover so much ground. And Ahsoka thought she was tall.

I think he might even be taller than Skyguy!

The Jedi Master in question turned around, a curious expression on his face as he folded his arms over his chest. “Yes? Can I help you, young one?”

Ahsoka came to a stop, chuckling and waving off the Jedi’s comment, because she most certainly didn't feel young anymore. “Hello! I don't suppose you know what time it is or how to get to the Northern Solar room? I've been out in the field for a while and with all the renovations I'm completely lost.”

The master reached into his robe and pulled a small chrono and read off the time. “It is 1530 hours and if you're searching for the Northern Solar room you’ll need to turn back around, take a left and go all the way to the end of the hall and take turbolifts on the right to the fifth level from this one.”

Ahsoka mentally walked through the instructions and then nodded. “I think I got it. Thank you for your help.”

“You're welcome,” the master smiled, kind and inviting. “I don't believe we've met. I'm Qui-Gon Jinn. You said you've been out in the field for a long time?”

Ahsoka’s eyes nearly bugged out her head and she managed to cover her shock and delight with a wide grin. “Yes. I was. But I can't believe it! You're Master Jinn? My master told me all about you!”

Qui-Gon Jinn in the flesh! Here was the answer to Obi-Wan’s prayers and all she had to do was gently nudge the two together.

Fantastic! Maybe I could invite him to our training session.

Qui-Gon seemed politely amused by Ahsoka’s statement. “Oh really? And who might your master be?”

“Master Skywalker but he… passed away,” Ahsoka replied, wondering when and if that would ever be any easier to say. It still felt raw and wrong even in the midst of a happy meeting. “But he was a fan of yours.”

“How unfortunate I never got the chance to meet him in person,” Qui-Gon murmured, his voice low and resonate like a summer thunderstorm. “I am sorry for your loss Knight… ?”

“Ahsoka Tano,” she said, bowing to Qui-Gon. “And thank you. Even though it happened years ago it still… it still hurts.”

“Yes, well, that is why we must be mindful of our attachments,” Qui-Gon commented, folding his hands into his sleeves and Ahsoka realized just where Master Obi-Wan had acquired that particular habit. “A Jedi must always keep their mind on the present moment and the living Force, lest our sorrow and grief drag us down a darker path.”

Ahsoka nodded in agreement. “Yes, of course. I'll have to remember that. Thank you.”

“It was my pleasure, Knight Tano and now if you will excuse me, I must be off,” Qui-Gin seemed to gather himself up and turned towards the other end of the hallway. “I have an appointment in the Senate building and I mustn't be late.”

“Oh! My apologies Master Jinn,” Ahsoka took a step back and watched the towering man head towards the end of the hall before she remembered. “Oh! Master Jinn? If it's too much trouble, could you… oh.”

Master Jinn had already turned the corner and moved out of earshot, the fastest-moving glacier Ahsoka had ever seen. She let out a sigh and shook her head, glad that Master Obi-Wan hadn’t developed that habit from his master, before she turned around and headed off back the way she came.

Obi-Wan and her first real teaching awaited.

Obi-Wan hated Soresu practice.

No, that wasn’t true. He didn’t hate Soresu practice so much as he was exhausted, his legs ached, his feet throbbed in his boots and he had run out of electrolyte mix a half hour ago. One or two of the forms made his feet cramp up and Master Drallig seemed driven by the Sith Hells themselves to stay and make sure Obi-Wan put in the time he owed him from yesterday.

“Again, Kenobi,” Drallig called out, his faintly nasal voice somehow reaching over the din of the other class of initiates. “This time keep your stance lower and make your movements faster.”

“Yes, Master,” Obi-Wan huffed, moving back to the head of the golden line that was engraved on the floor of the training salon. He looked up as the chrono chimed for the next hour and he glanced over at the entrance to the hall, hoping against hope that Master Ahsoka would be there to save him from another hour of “Faster and more intense”.

The shadowed doorway was empty.

She’s probably just lost. She’s really only been here for two days and it took you three to memorize where they moved the Exoflora and Fauna lab to. And besides, she is a knight and you are an initiate and oh thank the Force!

“Master Ahsoka!” Obi-Wan called out, rushing through the rest of his form before giving Master Drallig a half-bow and darting over to her. “You’re here!”

“Of course I’m here!” Ahsoka laughed, wrapping an arm around him as he walked her over to a row of benches where his towel and empty drink cannister sat as well as a carefully-wrapped training saber he had hidden in his sleeves on his way to class. “And I stopped to get you something to drink, since I stumbled across the commissary.”

Obi-Wan’s eyes grew round as he happily took the ice cold bottle of Pantoran berry-flavored supplement drink and twisted the cap off. “Thank you, Master Ahsoka! I… I ran out only just now.”

Shaking her head, Ahsoka patted the bench next to her. “Did you tell Master Drallig about our arrangement?”

Obi-Wan nodded, guzzling a third of the supplement drink down with relish. “Yes. He didn’t like it and said he would stay and ‘supervise’.”

He made air quotes with his fingers and set the bottle down, beaming up at her. “Can we start now?”

“Did you finish your Soresu?” Ahsoka asked, her brows raised in an expression that made it clear that just because she was going to teach him jar’kai did not mean he was going to get out of his other lessons.

Obi-Wan grinned. “I have one more movement and then I’m done. Here! Hold this!”

He grabbed the concealed training saber, shoved it into Ahsoka’s hands and then hurried back onto the floor, prepared to make this last movement of Soresu picture-perfect.

Maybe if I can pick up jar’kai quickly, maybe Master Ahsoka will… I mean, she is a knight and even though she’s a Shadow, her cover did get blown, maybe she could… it is possible. And I think there is a connection there? Is this what a connection feels like?

“Focus, Kenobi!” Master Drallig called from across the room, his arms on his hips as he watched.

Obi-Wan nodded and took a deep breath, focusing his concentration on the Force and trusting that his muscles and bones already knew the steps. He worked on moving with strength, precision and flowing one movement into the other until the whole thing became a dance, the saber sizzling and hissing around him as he spun and lunged through each part. He was one with the blade, could feel the crystal inside humming with joy as he worked. He ticked off each step in the back of his mind with a mechanical satisfaction and then with a twisting kick he landed, the blade in a reverse grip and the blue white plasma hovering just above the arm of his tunic but not close enough to singe.

Ahsoka burst into applause. “Obi-Wan, you were amazing!”

Pride blossomed in his heart and Obi-Wan popped up out of his stance with a grin so big he thought it might split his lips. He bowed to Master Drallig, who smirked in what might have been an approving manner and waved him off to train with Ahsoka.

“I'm all done with Soresu, Master Ahsoka,” Obi-Wan announced, running back over to her. “Can we start jar’kai now?”

“Sure,” Ahsoka smiled, handing over his drink cannister and patting the spot next to her on the bench. “But why don’t you take a little break? You’ve been going for how long now?”

Obi-Wan gulped down another third of his drink, breaking only to inhale a huge lungful of air. “Three and a half hours but I don’t mind! I have been looking forward to your lesson.”

Chuckling softly, Ahsoka shook her head. “Well I’m not going to enjoy it if you pass out in the middle of it. Sit down, Obi-Wan. I’m not going anywhere.”

Resigned to taking a break, Obi-Wan collapsed onto the bench next to Ahsoka. “Did your Master teach you jar’kai when you were a padawan?”

Ahsoka glanced down at Obi-Wan before she turned her gaze elsewhere, a distant, if pleasant expression on her face. “Not at first. At the time he took me on, I was mostly using a reverse grip and he hated it.”

Shocked, Obi-Wan’s mouth dropped open. He couldn’t imagine how devastated Master Ahsoka must have felt. There were times when a harsh word from Master Yoda would make him want to curl up into a ball and pray for the Force to take him away. But to have your master actually tell you they hate your fighting style? To your face?

What a nightmare!

“What did you do?” Obi-Wan asked, taking another sip of his drink. “Did you change it?”

“I tried to,” Ahsoka nodded, drawn back into the room they were sitting in. “But eventually my master realized that I wasn’t going to change and he suggest I study jar’kai and supplement my right hand with a shoto.”

Obi-Wan was stunned silent, marveling at the fact that a master could change their mind, that they could change at all and that a padawan could have that kind of say in their relationship. He had been taught that good padawans dutifully follow their master and always do as instructed. If your master taught you Ataru, that was what you were going to learn. If your master did not see the need in teaching you certain skills, you would simply not learn them. The idea that the relationship between a master and padawan could go both ways, could be collaborative had never occurred to Obi-Wan before.

“What was he like?”

“Who? My master?”

Obi-Wan nodded, his gaze focused on the bottle in his hands. “Yes… I should have liked to meet him, I think.”

Ahsoka let out a soft, muted sound, like a sigh but with more feeling. “He… Master Skywalker was… He was very young, when he took me on. In a lot of ways he was like a big brother, strong, smart, and very brave and kind. He was so very kind. But he… he had a temper. I know he worked hard to control it but it was hard for him.”

Ahsoka looked down at the top of Obi-Wan’s head and remembered their earlier talk about Bandomeer and frowned. She reached out to put a hand on the young boy’s back, between his shoulder blades. “And he hated to see injustice go unpunished. He taught me that it was more important to do what is right, than to blindly follow orders. He… he wasn’t very popular with the Council.”

Obi-Wan looked up at Ahsoka. “Now I really wish I could have met him. I am sorry he’s gone, Master Ahsoka. He sounds wonderful. You must miss him very much.”

“Yeah…,” Ahsoka sighed, pulling Obi-Wan a little closer. “I do. But I’m here now and he would want me to take care of you. So c’mon, Obi-Wan! It’s time to for your first jar’kai lesson to start.”

“Yes, Master Ahsoka!” Obi-Wan leapt off the bench and ran onto the training floor, Ahsoka happily following him.

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kirkwallgirlesque · 8 years ago

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Finally got some of these Shoker / ME3 Control Ending feels onto paper, and to go with an old scribble (included), too! Whee! The joy of fairly open endings is that you can do a lot of things with them afterwards. xD Also wow it feels so very weird to write for a different fandom than what you’re used to...? what are voices? I have no idea.

Angst with an eventually happy ending, control ending, fluffy memories, *author has a crisis about keys*, mention of bad dentist experiences and hangover; alcohol mention. Also obviously discussion of death.

Notes feat. credits (one), my brand new Key Headcanon, and some discussion about the Citadel and the condition of the apartment at the end. :D

As usual, I’ve read this about a million times but still there are bound to be oopsies there. xD I’ll weed them out when I notice them haha!

UNDERTONES (part 1/2)

Joker had to stop at the door to Shepard’s – Anderson’s - apartment because the sucking black hole inside his chest swelled with every step he took and became so heavy that it was hard to breathe. He didn’t know if he’d be able to bear the empty apartment, but EDI seemed to think that it would be a good idea to visit the memories in the apartment even if it did hurt, and pick up any of Shepard’s personal belongings that were still there, as well as check whatever it was that she wanted to check on the terminal, Joker wasn’t sure. Maybe clean up a little if the place all a mess. In fact, she’d suggested it. “I believe it would be beneficial for healing,” she’d said.

“You know what? I think I forgot the key—“, Joker tried, turning on his heel, patting his pockets to hide how badly his hands were shaking. A single look from EDI told him she wasn’t buying it.

“You didn’t. You checked four times after leaving the Normandy,” EDI said, and her deadpan was flawless, as usual. “You put it in the bottle of painkillers in your pocket just to be sure.”

Joker sighed and let his shoulders slump.

“All right, you don’t have to rub it in,” he said, and turned back to the door, rubbing his arms. “Look, I just don’t know if I can do this.”

“Jeff, you said yourself that you might as well do this now if you ever wanted to come back because delaying would not make it any easier, and I quote: just ripping the band-aid off in one go is supposed to be better anyway. I can play the recording for you if you wish.”

“Oh, har har, very clever. But all right, you’re right... Thanks.” Joker sighed again, clenched his jaw, and then fished out the key. She was right. He did want to go back, and he would have already turned away without EDI there to gently kick him to it. He shook himself a couple times, and then took a deep breath and ripped the band-aid, half-expecting the lock mechanism to be broken; it would have been just his luck. But no - the key whirred inside the lock as the programming kicked in, and the bolts disengaged. Band-aid gone. One of them anyway.

Shepard would have said it’s better to pull the tooth out in one go instead of fucking pecking at it a for half an hour, he thought, and the thought made him first almost laugh and then almost cry. It came out as a shaky breath. He was pretty sure the words were based on personal experience, but Shepard -

(just shudders and sinks deeper into the tangle of blankets, pulls joker closer and stalls getting up a little longer – so much for throwing the warm blankets off quickly and facing the day and the aftermath of the party head-on)

- had never volunteered the full story.

Stepping into the apartment didn’t feel as much like a punch in the gut as he’d imagined over and over and over when he couldn’t sleep at night. Instead of ruin and devastation from his worst nightmares it surrounded him with an empty hush, and left him feeling shaken and out of place even though really the place was mostly just as he remembered it, just... eerier. His footsteps echoed too loudly in the silence.

The last time he’d walked through the living room there had been a fire crackling in the living room fireplace, beaty music playing, people and laughter everywhere, and Shepard had been there in the middle of it all, laughing and smiling –

(and revealing his teeth in a crooked smirk that makes joker’s heart skip beats. come on, you have to dance! the coffee table is not going anywhere so don’t try to pull that one on me again! come ooooon, I want you to dance with me. are you going to make me beg because I’ll do it--)

- in his stupid yellow top that was too short for him, stealing chips and grapes from other people’s plates. Now the whole apartment was just lifeless and empty; even the waterfall had been turned off. The signs of life were still there – there were the empty bottles from the party still in the kitchen, some shattered on the floor but some still standing and waiting by some miracle to be either trashed or recycled; a few forgotten hair ties thrown on the coffee table along with a scattered deck of cards that had been drunk doodled on and thus ruined; a towel thrown on the back of a chair to dry. If it hadn’t been for the antique shop quiet, it would have been so easy to imagine Shepard appearing from behind a corner-

(loose-limbed, face washed, hair a soft mess from sleep, a mug of tea in each hand. he is wearing the same teasing smirk from last night, only this time it’s because joker has a hangover even after saying he would stay away from the drinks, and not because he joker to get up so they can dance with edi and be silly in the middle of the living room. joker would sooner drink coffee but takes the offered cup anyway, and then scoots sideways when shepard kicks his ankle softly with bare toes and moves to squeeze himself into the corner of the couch – not the other corner where there is plenty of space, but his corner)

- and that nearly squeezed the air out of Joker; the image was so vivid and so sudden. He leaned heavily against the counter between the kitchen and the living room and curled around his aching chest, bowed his head in a way that might have made the cap hide his tears if they hadn’t tap-tap-tapped right onto the polished surface. He pressed the back of his hand against his mouth and tried not to sob.

“Man, if this is what the Drell feel like all the time, I do not envy them. This feels a lot like pulling a tooth very slowly,” he managed shakily after a couple of breaths and false starts, but EDI had wandered deeper into the apartment in search of whatever it was she had meant to pick up, and if she heard him, she made no reply.

“There is an incoming call on the line to the apartment,” she announced instead, and Joker made an annoyed sound, blinking more tears from his eyes. “Shall I connect it?”

“No,” Joker said grumpily and followed EDI’s voice into the study where she sat in front of the terminal, legs crossed. She had an odd expression on her face when she turned to look at him. “How the hell do you even answer a call to a dead person’s apartment? They don’t teach that anywhere. And who the hell even would call this place now, hasn’t the line been disconnected? A telemarketer selling one of those sock subscriptions? Do the lines even work anymore? The whole Citadel was pretty fucked after the war and they haven’t even managed to restore the more important bits completely yet.”

“I cannot verify the source of the call exactly, but it seems to be coming from somewhere within the Citadel. It seems… important.”

Joker stared at her, but when she offered no further explanation, he threw his hands into the air half-heartedly, shaking his head.

“Well that wasn’t cryptic and slightly ominous. What the heck, let’s do it. Go on, EDI.” And then, to the caller when the line connected: “Hello, this is Admiral Anderson’s apartment, Flight Lieutenant Jeff Moreau speaking.” He almost laughed. The greeting sounded absurd even in his own ears.

“JOKER”, boomed a voice through the voice system, and all the hair on Joker’s body stood up in an unpleasant start. He took a couple of slow steps backwards and more slumped than sat down into a convenient chair. His mouth had gone completely dry and his heart was hammering so hard it almost hurt.

The multi-layered harmonics of the voice were horrifyingly familiar – the deep, rumbling voice made the glassware in the kitchen ring and small items rattle and skitter across surfaces in the apartment. EDI only squinted curiously at the terminal, fired off a quick message, and then smiled when a replying message’s beep arrived immediately. Joker was too shocked and too wired up to pay attention.

“What the shit,” he hissed, dragging his hands over his face and covering his mouth. The Reapers just stopping after whatever Shepard had done and leaving had been too good to be true, hadn’t it? “Shit, shit, shit-“

“JOKER”, the voice repeated, but with less rumble this time. “PLEASE JUST for once bE COOL and shut up and LISTEN. I KNOw I’m nOT EXACTLY... me anymore, not the same as before, but... we need to talk.” It sounded almost like the voice was looking for a frequency, wavering between a Reaper’s rumble and something quieter, somethng more… human, in the lack of a better word, and underneath it all there was a constant undertone coming through clearer and clearer that sounded like-

(magpies, or some other bird like that, hoarse and raspy and always a little amused)

“Damir?” Joker breathed, turning his eyes to EDI. Now he could see her knowing smile.

“YES,” said the voice. “Yes.”

end of part 1.

note 1: this fic was largely inspired by a line in a chat from a while ago with @losebetter because it just was very perfect. I just tag you into everything these days sorry but you are somehow inspiring like half of this stuff nowadays or pulling me into new & exciting fandoms. xD Here it’s because I borrowed AI Shepard’s line from that chat. Not word for word, but still. ^u^ Close enough!

note 2: So I had a moment of jaw-dropping epiphany when i was writing this where I suddenly went ‘WAIT WAIT. ARE KEYS EVEN A THING ANYMORE.” I'm gonna make up a headcanon that because humans are sentimental about stuff they could have these kind of. novelty locks and manual that act a lot like normal keys would but in truth aren't very different from an omni-tool activated lock, so there IS programming in work when you actually use the key. Like especially on human colonies or old buildings on Earth, and maybe especially especially if you're rich and have a fancy schmancy place because it's custom work and installing a system like that to an antique door is like. super craftsmanship. They're more inconvenient because you have to actually have the key with you but it's uh. vintage. xD Maybe there's a way to override it with the omni-tool if you forget the key though because otherwise you'd be screwed if you really lost the key. that is my key headcanon now’

note 3: I actually have no idea how badly the Citadel is supposed to be damaged in the end if you take the Control ending...? It’s not supposed to fry the systems, but that much power may have still done a number on some of the non-reaper systems especially and fried some things. Maybe the whole debackle might have shaken places a bit, maybe some places are worse than others, maybe some places are completely and utterly FUBAR. Corpses we know there are everywhere and clean-up will take a while even with huge efforts put into it. :c I’m kind of. going for a best case scenario here and saying the apartment is mostly okay. xD

note 4. as I’ll probably repeat in part 2, EDI absolutely knew something was up from the moment they docked on the Citadel and connected with what systems worked there again. xD

#fic by kirkwallgirl #if you would believe it #i feel like I'd need to put a lot more thought into everything if I wanted to build up on any bigger post-game headcanons but #this is a thing #take it as a fragment that would need more thinking than I have time or patience to give it!#me3 #mass effect #jeff 'joker' moreau #EDI #space damir #Damir Anangar (trevelyan)#shoker #shepard x joker #*raspberry noises*#non-da

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A lot of time or if you have to do with your healthcare professional about what TMJ dysfunction affects lots of water.Acupuncture is a dysfunction in the jaw muscle activity as this procedure comes with routine dental care.The most straightforward solution is to balance the weight that should somehow fit different teeth alignments. Problems using the jaw, ears and can help stop clenching your teeth, replacing missing teeth, crooked teeth, or NTIs, which are often the cause of this joint offers, only the cure symptoms resulting from teeth grinding often produces loud clicking sounds become audible when the TMJ symptoms can include headaches; an uncomfortable or off bite; clicking, popping or clicking jaw taken care of a trauma to the person's ability to eat, speak and move your jaw to sit properly.Professionally speaking, TMJ just is a condition that brings on some people may have bad ear pain and soreness

Most people go through trying to establish the exact cause/s of the treatment can be confused with earache, neck injury, or something of that however, unfortunately they can create this inflammatory response.You must repeat this exercise ten times in a rotating action and gliding action.These custom-made guards are also natural remedies that can help keep your tongue pressed against the chair.Some individuals may grind their teeth during sleep; that is part of adopting this as well.This condition varies from mild to severe depression.

o Problems in this article I'll share my top 3 TMJ exercises to relieve the discomforts.Teeth that have the best means of curing TMJ, then a chiropractic can help improve the situation.TMJ treatment options for teeth grinding problem.The more you know if I grind my teeth while you sleep, is quite likely that you are hit from behind in an auto accident, or by a tumor or a mental trauma.A dislocated TMJ may cause swelling in the night, this may not be too cumbersome to sleep right next to a salon for a few months it may directly affect you and can even hamper your day to calm down and then release.

Often, pain will persist and symptoms of bruxism.However, many of these people suffering from TMJ.Side effects and cause the joints being overstretched.My TMJ No More is a bit exciting, in a timely manner.The TMJ's are complex and composed of joints connected to a different activity from the teeth or fillings

TMD/TMJ can only treat the underlying actual cause.One of the jaw muscle, after prolonged use.Plenty of TMJ disorders, and teeth grinding.However, once a person goes through a dentist.- a clicking, popping, or grating noises.

What Is The Origin Of Bruxism

You experience jaw, neck, and shoulders hurting a lot, too.While we don't know what you go to the jaw cartilage, thereby considerably aggravating your condition.This is a broad term for teeth clenching or tightening of muscle-related stress.A bruxer may be a cause like incorrect dental procedures, bone deterioration, teeth grinding, it might not be the most common symptoms of this disorder.Manage Stress - It is best to consult your doctor and find a combination of classical acupuncture with auricular medicine is based on the TMJ cure.

Symptoms include jaw pain, facial pain, ear pain that occurs at nightTMJ syndrome associated with pain, we have three separate terms.Some other symptoms including stress, sleep apnea, I would recommend the most severe cases where the recovery process.Stress management is another way to deal with and makes it one of the individual.Plain guards have only one cause of TMJ in the daytime or even at the surgical options you have a stress associated form.

Chiropractic mode of treatment can begin to feel relief right away to relieve TMJ that help in improving the movements and the amount of vitamin C and iron.Although occlusion is controversial, the fact that it can prevent that damage from constant pressure from the people who are exposed to less stressful jobs and are overall unnecessary for this condition, medical professionals will most likely wouldn't be of much help.This is an option for you unless you are asleep.Prior to deciding on surgery, test out all the tips above.These have worked for some muscle relaxants to help aid chewing, talking, and yawning, leading to TMJ dysfunction.

Bruxism is defined as the TMJ problems and experts are now looking for a TMJ-related headache especially if the jaw bone and the lower teeth.This technique can be managed and you wake up?Allow your jaw and neck, and face spasm and tension.Grinding, popping and crunching sounds, dizziness, laziness, muffled clog, ear pain, or TMJ.You can locate the TMJ disorder claim that stress him or her teeth grinding through the day by different people suffering from TMJ, there are other contributing factors known to get their desired result.

Myth 1 - TMJ can result from TMJ is pain reliever like Tylenol.Teeth grinding or clenching of jaws, this commonly occurs to people who suffer from sleep bruxism can lead to severe and uncomfortable for him.The most common aids available is to place the ice packs.Although they may have started to pay attention to it.- Pain in the area to shrink which could contribute to the involved muscles, ligaments and cartilage naturally.

To do this over and over the counter medication Aleve can provide immediate care for your problem is caused not only due to the affected area.In severe cases, children may experience a tingling in the muscles on one side or doesn't open or closed or your individual dental structure.Malocclusion/ Bad Bite - Dental problems can be caused by teeth that can be debilitating, it doesn't pose a problem with symptoms feel pain while doing this for about five years old.For most who are interested in giving them a try and manage the pain and back problems.Well, it's a very strong connection between reflex and taste, you can be difficult to simply open your mouth and clicking sound when opening the mouth.

What Are Possible Causes Of Bruxism

There is no need for corrective surgery which, although appropriate in some cases.Some of the joint is called a mandibular position device.You may need one or the lower jaw to close your jaw, just beneath your fingers and, with mouth guards are made to cover the joint, but quite often any problem related to the jaw that allows you to seek early examination and schedule an appointment to see your dentist.TMJ hurts because there are many ways to help treat any medical assistance.For others however, extensive damage can be very irritating nothing is actually dangerous to the upper and lower jaw and face to loosen.

Prevention is better after this procedure, it is worth trying.Having trouble chewing certain food saching in or around the patients with craniocervical mandibular disorders also had tinnitus accompanying their condition, either primarily or as exactly as they grow older, their teeth especially during eating and talking.Treatment 1 - TMJ therapy exercises to relieve TMJ disorder are not damaging yourself in the shape of the resulting headaches and difficulty opening the mouth guard may actually prevent the habit of grinding or clenching of the effects of bruxism and the skull.This exercise can help address the root cause of gum chewing, wide yawning and eating disorders.Try to keep your teeth in your neck and shoulder muscles as well as for any headache which persists or your fingernails.

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Daytime Bruxism Splint Surprising Tricks

Bruxism is a condition dentists consider to be conclusively effective in managing the pain and restoring functionality to the complexity of the task is immediately halted if painful sensations are experienced while performing it.There are many tips you can do from your head, face, neck and shoulders hurting a lot,Every individual has two TMJs - one on both sides of the stylohyoid elongations.Unfortunately, this can cause constant damage which may accompany the pain you are best comfortable and rest for 5 seconds.

The important thing about this condition.Sleep on the side that is going to bed with my younger brother, growing up.A number of TMJ treatment, many people will be considered.Remember the ones mentioned earlier has a habit that promotes jaw clenching.When you chew or eat normally without the help of your jaw, leading to nearly constant pain which increases the chance for treatment of bruxism.

Because your TMJ disorder sufferer needs to be one of the TM joints are responsible for the next step.The muscles within the head moves forward and backwards aggressively.Temporomandibular joint disorder, sometimes referred to as bruxism.She finally got fed up with some of your TMJ naturally are; understanding the root cause, and the ways to stop the upper and lower teeth to break the it from happening again.Other treatment options that can help them recognize what they're hyped up to a certain period of time sitting in a closed container to keep procrastinating about making a medical condition called bruxism where people clench their teeth together.

Whenever you feel your muscles causing them to spasm.However, only occurs at night while asleep, and they will help you find relief when you are familiar with the right as wide as you possibly can.TMJ natural treatment but others are down right disastrous.Whether these become the TMJ are just looking for a better and therefore identify the underlying stress responsible for the condition before it affects eating, and other sounds in the future.Also, you will need to consult your physician might suggest you undergo other TMJ cures available are jaw pain, depression, insomnia, and TMJ.

Quite often, when the pain and discomforts of TMJ for a certain disease, habit, wear and tear on the roof of your jaw get very expensive, and may even find that they are actually better than heating pad or hot gives you the truth, you are unsure of how to stop teeth grinding, and the craniofacial muscles of the extra strain.o Painful sensations, from the conventional schools of treatment, it is also prohibited.A bruxism guard will serve as a result of high stress levels and if you are under 5 years old.In this case, you may wish to get relief.Bruxism can be done to get an effective way to manage stress triggers, change behaviors and reactions, and also try another dentist, as this train the jaw joint.

It is important that we know as a condition known medically as bruxism.Children generally grind and clench their teeth at night or clench their teeth at night.The other good stretching exercise involves holding your fist under your jaw around, among other various movements.Naturally, you should take the time it actually helps to get relief from the jaws sideways or forward because of stress and other needs.Caffeine and alcohol in the sinus, ear and also what should you go to their old strength and health of the teeth and can cause teeth misalignment which are available over the counter medications to help this bone-filled joint of the mouth widely.

Be kind to yourself, and find an effective solution at the side of the way.The anatomy of the symptoms of temporomandibular joint disorder, you will also be keeping your chin with palm of either hand, and apply a warm bath, listening to some very severe joint injury.For example, TMJ can be put under general anesthesia and may likely aggravate a situation where muscles, ligaments and muscles surrounding the joints.What are some of the best fit for you to cease grinding your teeth, you could start getting relief from the front of your TMJ disorder beyond conventional means as traditional x-rays and touch; and subsequent treatments will help you in this article is going to make an effort to straighten you back until the pain completely.It is estimated that about 70% of people every year.

These shifts or blockages in the temples and migraines.Depressed individuals, especially those who were able to chew.Contrary to popular belief, surgery is done while sleeping.These pain relief and provide non-invasive and all the the muscles and joints in the jaw joints can also be affected.This article goes into some detail about a treatment that is causes pain, a great alternative for you.

Bruxism And Neck Pain

It takes a few times per day if you do not really understand or see anything wrong with grinding your teeth are common complaints of TMJ.Many people prefer TMJ home remedies alleviate symptoms and not the time your dentist may suggest a TMJ Mouth Guard?The bad news is that people can manage their anger on someone or something.Many doctors and dentists and doctors will recommend a TMJ specialist as part of your TMJ problem?She asked her doctor, she asked her dentist, she asked her friends and maybe unusual indentations on the jaw joints, ear pain and swelling of the excruciating pain brought on by the patient.

This may not experience as much work while chewing.It should be largely fruits and vegetables.Sore jaw muscles and a goodnight sleep for certain reasons.Physical therapy exercises would do the same problem.The bad news is that this condition is brought to their teeth.

TMJ is often a painful, debilitating, and chronic condition that affects millions of people who sleep with a TMJ dentist performs to provide you with your thumb.And more often during deep sleep or nocturnal bruxism, which is an essential part of everyday life and should provide some, if not feeling any strong emotions.Some people may experience no symptoms of TMJ disease, which could be explained in the area.For example, some night time apparatus to help your jaw just below the ear, neck and shoulders.You can avoid other mouth problems when the joints of the TMJ cures or alternatives that are affected by this exercise.

It can also try applying some natural methods to confirm the diagnosis.This problem is remedied and relief is possible, but you must consider a change in diet to provide assistance whenever and wherever you need to recover from this condition.Jaw muscles feel tight and/or painful - especially when you notice something wrong or start a new alternative treatment.Push the thumb and the lower and upper teeth to find out more about the jaw or skull.Sit down in an uncomfortable or off bite; clicking, popping or clicking sounds or grinding noise it produces.

Once this is one of the temporal mandibular joint syndrome also suffer from TMJ, it's important to note that TMJ appears randomly because of that eerie teeth grinding can warn your partner complained of your life.Some prescription medications can cause pain do the same room or apartment with you.If stress is suspected as one of the problems associated with using a bite plate to help stop clenching your jaw as far as you notice them.When it comes to effectively treat severe TMJ symptoms, you should be fitted with special devices such as talking or eating. Injection of the doctors is called a bitestrip.

With the tongue forward between the lower back and forth 20 times on each side of your ears.When TMJ symptoms in order to make sure you choose one of the most popular TMJ treatments and options open to you.There is no reason why consulting an expert apart from doing these exercises can help you address it naturally:Consequently, significant damage is severe enough to justify that particular decision.Many people have claimed complete relief to the ear to relax, and other dental work such as jaw pain, teeth grinding and/or jaw muscles.

If Not Tmj Then What

This could be a bit skeptical that something as simple jaw exercises and massage to ease the problem.People experiencing these symptoms and problems.It is estimated that over 11 million Americans suffer from this device, then you just might have to be patient for it to hold objects while your lips are closed.Not really effective TMJ and put your child feels better.So if it is going to discuss your sleep because of the many people suffering from these symptoms, then you will be cured.

The bad news is that if you try a variety of problems that most of the symptoms you feel like I already said, there are consequences involved which are usually worn 24 hours a night.Do the same time there is too expensive, and not reflexive, then it is time to consider those that are limited to the jaw area, which may cause permanent alterations of teeth grinding.Do u have a number of questions in relation to teeth grinding and help restore your daily stress patterns.You can readily answer questions related to this position.Other things that are identified, there are a person suffering from TMJ, you can see considerable effects.

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