#or whether the sound is a more permanent alteration because of the now-lack of teeth

[saint--claire]

It's been a long few days, but Beans is now thriving in her new role as a 2.8 kilogram baby gummy shark 🦷🦈

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Fade - I

The sequel to Scars

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 ||

Genre: Angst | SoulmateAU!

Word Count: 10100

With your soul mark gone and your heart permanently scarred, was it possible to ever find happiness again?

They say that time leads to change. With time, people would alter their appearance, their tastes or attitudes. You had changed. Over the last five years, your hair had grown longer and had been coloured. You had moved away from your childhood town into a larger city as the job opportunities were promising. Your body had changed. Your face had become sharper, more mature, and that ugly scar that had been burned into your chest had faded away, leaving behind little trace of its existence.

But the scars you bore within your cold, dead heart, those would never change. Ever. Because those scars were permanent. Those scars would last a lifetime.

Your hand rose to wipe away the steam that stuck to the bathroom mirror, revealing your tired and emotionless face. A deep sigh blew past your lips, the sound dissipating into the splattering noise of the shower as you stared blankly at your reflection, taking note of your darkened eye bags and the light wrinkles that had formed across your forehead, telltale signs of a person who had suffered in the past.

Yes, your scar was gone, faded with time, but the emotional trauma had circulated throughout your whole body and manifested its way into your physical appearance. Even if they didn’t know your story, a stranger - if they looked closely - could deduce that you had gone through something adverse, something that continued to affect every day you were still alive.

But could you really call yourself alive?

Your heart was dead. Gone were the times that it would race whenever you felt nervous or excited. Gone were the times when it would send dopamine rushing through your veins, allowing a smile to curl its way onto your lips. And gone were the days when it would flutter at the sight, the sound, or the touch of someone you loved. Now, it was simply an organ that would pump blood through your body, nothing more.

The tips of your fingers lightly brushed your cheek and you tilted your head upwards slightly, as if trying to inspect how much of your past was written onto the skin. They trailed down to your neck where you could feel your unwavering pulse, then down to your right collarbone, brushing against the ghost of your destroyed soul mark. You could feel an energy emanating from the near spotless area as the light pink lines whispered to you, reminding you of what once was, of what could have been.

You sighed again before dropping your hand to your side, unravelling the towel from around your body and stepping into the steaming shower.

You emerged from the bathroom after an eternity, entering the living room now dressed in a navy blue dress with an open back and a skirt that ended at your mid thigh. Normally, you would consider yourself quite stunning in this particular garment, but now it felt a little too tight around your curves, a little too revealing with its lack of material down your spine. It was a manifestation of your discomfort with the event that lay ahead, because you knew it was worthless.

Light makeup adorned your face. You didn’t feel bothered enough to apply an entirely flawless and glamorous look, just concealer, mascara and some light contour. The waves of your curls framed your face perfectly, but you didn’t feel particularly attractive or pretty. In fact, you were completely indifferent towards your appearance. Sighing again, you hoped that your apathy towards yourself wouldn’t affect your behaviour later tonight, even though you believed it to be worthless, you didn’t want to make a bad impression.

The noise of the television which you left on filled your ears as you sank yourself into the plush pillows of the couch, checking your phone for any new messages. Mumbling voices and jumbled words filled the atmosphere as you mindlessly read over your newly received texts.

Can’t wait for tonight!

I’ll see you soon :)

You mentally groaned and locked your phone, trying to conclude whether or not this was a good idea. Countless times you had tried this, casual dates and the occasional hookup, but in the end, it all meant nothing. There was nobody who could relate to you, let alone even connect with you on a basic level. Perhaps your indifferent attitude and reluctance towards attachment played a part in your unsuccessful love life, but then again, most of your dates seemed to consist only of smug playboys and desperate men who would abandon the date the second they discovered you weren’t their soulmate.

It hurt knowing that you were now simply a past time for strangers for nothing more than a single night. They still had a purpose. They were still searching for their true loves, their other half. You were simply an object to satisfy their desires for love when they felt lonely, and you let them. Why? Because what else could you do?

You honestly didn’t know why you bothered. Was it to satisfy your concerned parents? Was it to make yourself seem normal? Or maybe, deep down, you were foolish enough to still believe that Fate still had a plan for you. But you would never admit to that. It would make you more pathetic than you already were.

This was probably your punishment. For half your life you had allowed yourself to remain closed off, leaving those around you unaware of your emotions, leaving him unaware of your emotions. Pretending not to care at all when you really cared too much. And now, it didn’t matter if you opened up, because nobody would listen. You doubted if you yourself even cared about you.

He never cared about you. He was the reason you were in this predicament. All because he was selfish and too blind to realise that all he ever needed was right in front of him. A bitter taste settled in your mouth as your throat began to tighten, holding back sobs as the events of the past flashed through your mind.

The jarring sound of a loud voice yelling from a commercial is what finally snapped you out of your trance. Inhaling a deep breath, you forced those thoughts back into the shadows of your memory before swallowing the small lump that had formed in your throat. You switched off the television, grabbed your phone and made your way to the front door where you slipped on a pair of plain black heels.

You caught a glimpse your reflection in the hallway mirror as you retrieved your purse, eyes now slightly bloodshot and watery. Allowing yourself to give yourself a once over for just a moment, you determined yourself acceptable and swung open the front door, hoping your eyes would return to normal during the taxi ride to the restaurant.

***

“I had a really great time tonight,” you said with great force, a small smile decorating your lips as you tried your absolute best to seem genuine. It was a routine you went through every single time, yet it still felt like a chore.

“Me too,” replied your date, beaming at you with the same strained disinterest.

It was a shame, you thought, that such a perfect date could be ruined in an instant at his discovery of your lack of soul mark. This was what you were cursed with, the inability for another living person to love you simply because you refused to allow your own soulmate to. Fate was cruel and unforgiving, it seemed.

“How did you come here?” he asked. “Did you need me to drive you back home?” At least he had the courtesy to offer. After you politely declined, he still insisted on calling a taxi for you and waiting by your side. But as you climbed into the backseat of the cab and shut the door, you watched his face collapse into a mild frown of disappointment. The taxi sped away from the curb, and you watched his slumped body wander down the sidewalk, grumbling every step of the way.

Your bottom lip was sucked into your mouth as you unconsciously chewed on the flesh. Head leant against the cool window, again, you questioned yourself why you bothered. Every single date you went on left you unfulfilled and miserable as every single date was a reminder that no one would ever truly love you. Why would anyone settle for an unmarked, damaged woman like you when they knew that someone better, someone perfect, was out there waiting for them if only they searched hard enough. You were simply a hurdle on the track, an obstacle in the way of someone else’s happiness.

A deep pain settled within the pit of your stomach. Slowly, it began to spread through your veins like venom, poisoning every nerve it encountered. Your body felt hot and your lungs were as heavy as lead, like you had been engulfed by molten rock and left to drown within it. The pain was hot, and you felt like you were about to combust.

As much as you tried to choke down your sobs, you couldn’t stop the tears from pouring from your eyes. You sucked in a shaky breath through your gritted teeth, hoping that the pressure in your chest would stop any sound from escaping. The salty liquid pooled at your waterline, causing black droplets to drip down your flushed cheeks as the tears mixed with your makeup.

You felt completely and utterly helpless. Your only hope of true love had been stripped away from you and there was no way you could ever get that back.

You thought you’d find comfort in telling yourself that it was Sehun’s fault, that it was his selfishness and stupidity that led to your forsaken life. There wasn’t a day that went past in the last five years without you cursing him, screaming at the heavens in an angry rage, wondering why he did this to you. Every day, you hoped that he was as miserable as you were.

But now, you couldn’t find it in yourself to blame him, not tonight at least. You hadn’t even seen him since the wedding, the very same day you left, and yet you cursed him for something that you had done. It was your lack of actions that led him to make the decision that would ruin your life.

It was your fault too.

And you hated yourself for it.

Your heavy head fell into your hands and you pressed them to your tear-streaked face, muffling the sounds of your quiet sobs of agony.

“Are you okay back there?” asked your taxi driver in a somewhat uncaring manner.

You took a deep breath and let out an unsteady sigh before replying. “I don’t want to go home anymore,” you said, voice cracking. “Please drop me off at the nearest bar.”

Through the small overhead mirror, you watched the driver nod his head. Your eyes adjusted, focusing on the background of the reflection. You saw yourself, curled into a ball, pressed onto the side of the car with black lines running down your face. The taxi began to turn away from your route home as you scrubbed your cheeks and under-eyes with your sleeve, wiping away the evidence of your suffering.

It wasn’t long before the cab screeched to a halt in front of a dimly lit curbside. Across the road, you could see the yellow glow of light flooding onto the sidewalk from the building that stood behind it, and you assumed this was the bar.

After handing over a wad of notes to the driver, you unceremoniously clambered out of the back seat and onto the road, slamming the door behind you. The noise of gravel against tyres filled the air and soon dissipated as the taxi drove away, and you made a beeline straight towards the light like a moth flying towards a light bulb.

You ignored the bouncer at the door and headed straight for the marble countertop that the bartender was lazily wiping down. The only available spot was between a group of tipsy, laughing girls and a dark-haired man who was hunched over the tabletop. You slid in between the bodies and sat yourself down, immediately ordering five shots.

The multitude of voices and the clinking of glasses began to blur together into white noise as the alcohol slowly corrupted your system, turning your mind to mush. You couldn’t completely get rid of the pain that had consumed your entire being, but you sure as hell could dull it. And the more drinks you had, the more the pain seemed bearable.

Soon, you could hardly lift your head. And when you were finally able to in order to check to time, you realised that almost three and a half hours had passed since your date ended. Your pulse throbbed, echoing through your skull, the noise deafening but still not enough to drown out the ever-present hum of pain within you. You groaned, immediately regretting doing so as it felt like a thousand fire ants had been feasting on your oesophagus.

You stretched out your arms which had become numb from the weight of your head, shaking away the pins and needles. You rubbed your eyes and glanced around the area. Through your still slightly blurry vision, you noticed that most of the patrons had left. Sighing softly, you returned your elbows to the countertop, propping up your head once again. You blinked lazily, the spinning of your mind mixed with the ache in your chest delayed your movement from the sheer exhaustion. Your head slipped slightly from your left palm, causing it to turn to look to your left. The dark haired man from earlier was still there, his face hidden by his arms which were crossed against the countertop, surrounded by an audience of empty glasses.

“Here,” said a voice from in front, and you slowly turned towards the sound. You were met with the sympathetic face of the bartender. You blinked dumbly before looking down, seeing her hand pushing a tall glass of water towards you. “You look like you could need this.”

“Really?” you slurred, reaching for the glass. “What do I look like exactly?” you muttered without thinking.

“You look…” hesitated the bartender as you took a swig of your water. “Lost,” she finally said. You returned the glass to the table and stared up at her inquisitively. “I see it all the time, especially on him,” she continued with a quieter voice, gesturing to the slouching man in front of you. “He’s been coming here almost every day for two months, and he always has that look.” The man didn’t seem to react at the bartender’s words, and he remained in his stationary position slouched against the countertop. He resembled a corpse, stiff and unmoving, the life completely drained from him.

The bartender slid another glass across the marble bar, and you watched the water slosh around as it hit the side of the man’s arm before stopping. She leaned over and spoke to him, he stayed unresponsive despite her hand being placed on his forearm. “The bar’s closing in around ten minutes sweetheart,” she muttered before catching your eye, delivering the same message to you. You nodded, acknowledging her statement, before she disappeared into a staff cupboard with a pursed smile on her lips.

For a solid minute, you were blankly staring at the door where the bartender exited as you tried your best to form a coherent string of thought. Your hand drifted to the right side of your chest, fingers skimming your collarbone as you pressed down onto the area, unconsciously trying to soothe the burning sensation that seemed to linger. Movement within your peripheral vision caught your attention, and you looked to your side to see the man lift his head for the first time this evening.

The first thing you noticed were his eyes, coloured a deep brown. However, they were bloodshot, cold and lifeless, glazed over by the remainder of his tears. They were slightly obstructed by the strands of black hair that stuck to his forehead in clumps. His jaw was clenched tight, giving him a permanent scowl which at this point felt quite non-threatening. He must’ve been either incredibly drunk or incredibly tired, because the fatigue and weariness were clearly evident.

You observed him attempt to push himself up from the bar, his arms shaking from their previous lack of movement before they were stretched out in front of him. His fingers carelessly drummed against the marble as he looked down at them, either in deep thought or the exact opposite. The latter was deemed true when his head suddenly dropped to his left side in a drunken stupor, consequently revealing more of his neck to you.

And there you saw it. It was unmistakable. The blistering was significantly less apparent, but the redness still surrounded the pink bumps of clumped skin and tissue of which was indisputably his soul mark, more correctly, the remnants of it. Although only a small portion was peeking through the hem of his shirt, you instantly knew what it was.

Your hand unconsciously flew back up to your own faded scar, the memories of agony returning to haunt you. Images of you thrashing around on the bathroom floor of your old apartment flooded your mind, and a chill travelled through your figure at the horrid recollection. You moved your fingers to the right side of your neck, tapping against the area where this man’s soul mark would have been.

“It must’ve hurt,” you mumbled into the air, but the dark haired man heard, and his head rolled back upwards so he could meet your eye.

“What?” he rasped, the exhausted scowl still dominating his expression.

“Your mark,” you answered without thinking, and you reached up and leant forward to point at it.

The man’s arm slowly rose to block your gesture before he rudely swatted it away. “What would you know,” he snapped. Even though his voice was wavering from the alcohol, you could still decipher the bitter tone.

You scoffed and glared back at him. “More than you think.”

“So you know what it feels like to be burned alive?” he shot back. “What it feels when a sharp iron rod that’s been heated starts-”

“Carving lines into your skin?” you finished for him in a deadpan tone. He narrowed his eyes in suspicion as your fingers wrapped around the collar of your blue dress, tugging the fabric off your right shoulder. “I’ve been there. You’re not special.”

The man squinted and leant forward, his head tilting to one side as his eyes inspected the light pink lines of smooth scar tissue that decorated your torso. A circle with four perpendicular crescents and teardrop tails.

He raised his hand and gently skimmed the right side of his neck with the pads of his fingers, hissing when he pressed too hard, a spike of pain to shooting out from the still sensitive skin. His eyes focused on your mark. “Does it still...hurt?” he asked.

You chuckled through your nose for some reason, gaze suddenly dropping to the floor. No, it didn’t hurt physically, but emotionally?

The recollection of all these suppressed memories filled your mind with weight, and the alcohol had drained the remaining slivers of energy. Your attention was brought back to the throbbing of your pulse against your skull, the noise filling your ears once again. You sighed. Why were you discussing your past with this stranger who was just as inebriated as you were? It would only lead to more memories resurfacing, bringing the pain along with it, and that was the last thing you wanted.

You honestly wish you could forget everything, wish that for once, you could feel nothing. For the last five years there had always been a constant ache buried within your chest, and even before then, there was always the pain of your unrequited love. For once, just once, you wished that you didn’t have to suffer. For once, you wished you could be happy.

A wave of cold washed over you as these thoughts devoured your senses. It felt like you had suddenly been shoved into a fridge, causing you to shiver. You breathed deeply once before looking back up at the dark haired man, who was halfway through chugging his entire glass of water. He was finished within seconds.

“You’re good at that,” you said dumbly. Normally you wouldn’t be talking to someone like him, and you had just asked yourself what the point was. But the alcohol continued to repress the filter between your brain and your mouth.

“I’ve had a lot of practice,” he deadpanned, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand.

Yikes. He definitely wasn’t going about this in a healthy way. But you couldn’t blame him, you had gone through a similar phase during this stage.

“Who were they?” you suddenly asked. “Your soulmate I mean.” The question that crossed your mind had you wondering what kind of relationship he had, and how badly the removal must have affected him, assuming that he was the one who wasn’t aware of what his other half intended to do.

He sighed, looking down at his hands that were nervously fidgeting in his lap. “I don’t know,” he croaked. “I’ve spent my whole life looking, waiting, but I never found them,” he breathed, swallowing the lump in his throat before continuing. “I guess they never wanted to find me.” His hand ran through his hair as his lips pressed together, jaw tightening with anger. “What kind of perfect match did I get that they would want nothing to do with me,” he choked through gritted teeth. “They’ve never even met me.” That last sentence was barely a whisper.

You found yourself staring at the top of his head as you digested his words. He was slouched over, completely still albeit for his hands which were rubbing against each other, still fidgeting. His tale of woe spawned some sympathy within you. He had no one to blame, there was no face to the person who had caused him so much adversity. He was completely lost, having to cope with his loss alone.

“What about you?” he muttered without looking up. “Who was yours?”

Subconsciously, you sucked your bottom lip into your mouth and bit down, focusing on the sting in your mouth rather than the one in your dead heart. You felt that familiar heat rush through your body, a knot forming in your stomach as your lungs turned to lead once again. With a hushed voice, you forced yourself to provide the answer.

“He was my best friend.”

And in an instant, the alcohol you had consumed was rendered obsolete. The usual pain returned and increased tenfold, consuming your whole body with grief. Everything was coming back. Your childhood memories of living next door to Sehun, your primary school memories of friendship, your memories of longing and want. And of course, everything that came after. Yuna, the night your scar was scorched off your chest, and the wedding, your feelings of anguish came back to haunt you, as well as the look on Sehun’s face when you left the venue, full of hurt and confusion.

You swallowed. You should be used to it by now, the constant torment. But somehow, those memories always seemed to hurt you, no matter how much time had passed.

After lifting your head to look at the man, you realised that he had sat up, and he was staring right at you. His lips were parted, as if in slight awe, and his glossy brown eyes contained a river of sympathy and shock that shook you to your core. He could tell that you were suffering. That you had been for a long time. And the way his shoulders were now slightly raised indicated some sort of shame, that maybe, he didn’t have it worse.

It wasn’t long before the bartender returned, politely asking you and the few remaining patrons to leave. The dark-haired stranger offered to share a cab, and you accepted. The two of you clambered into the back seat of a taxi and drove away into the depths of the late night shadows.

Nothing was said during the ride, only the soft breaths of either of you being the only sound that filled the air. You assumed that he had fallen asleep. But just as you were beginning to drift off yourself, his deep voice cut through the atmosphere, reaching your ears.

“Does this get any better?”

You locked gazes with him, preparing to tell him the truth. And the truth was, no, it didn’t get any better. But you saw his quivering eyes, the light of passing streetlamps highlighting the small spark of hope that still remained within him. A spark of hope you had lost long ago. You couldn’t bring yourself to destroy him so easily. Instead, you uttered the only answer you could.

“I don’t know.”

***

Stuck. That’s how you would describe yourself. Trapped within a bubble of misery as each day passed with the same routine. Wake up, go to work, go home. Your life was in a permanent state of stasis. There was the occasional time where there would be outings with your friends from work, another few failed dates, or the trips to the bar where you would drown your feelings with hard liquor. Much like you did two weeks ago.

You hadn’t seen the dark haired man since he climbed out of the taxi and you watched him stumble across the road into what you assumed was his house. Still, you wondered about him, about how he was dealing with his situation. Perhaps he was still at the bar, drinking to numb the pain. Or perhaps he was resilient enough to push past his hardship and learn to accept his fate. You had tried this, but it was impossible. Still, you wished that was the case, at least for him. You didn’t want anyone to go through the torture you had, and you hoped that maybe he would be lucky enough to find purpose without his soul mark.

Today was yet another day that disrupted your usual routine. Your car had broken down, and you had stayed late at work, meaning that you had to take some obscure bus route in order to get home. It was summer, so the sun had just begun to set when you stepped off the first bus in your journey. There was a short walk to the next bus stop down a road which for some reason, looked oddly familiar.

You strolled past small shops and cafés half filled with people, casually watching their interactions. In one, you spotted a couple seated across from each other, sharing a slice of cake. There were wide smiles printed onto their faces, and their hands were interlocked. You felt a twinge of jealousy spike from within. They were yet another reminder of what you could never have, and you certainly didn’t need any more of those. You snapped your gaze away and down to the pavement, watching your feet step in front of the other as you silently made your way to the bus stop.

Halfway down the road, consumed by your thoughts, you swore you heard someone calling out to you. A soft “Hey! Hey!” echoing in the distance. It wasn’t until you felt a strong hand on your shoulder that you finally looked up.

It took a moment for his face to register in your mind, but there he was, the dark-haired man from the bar, standing right in front of you. His chest was heaving up and down from how much he had been running to catch up to you, indicated by his chest stretching his plain black shirt before collapsing back inwards. His plump lips were parted as he panted, and you thought they resembled the shape of a heart. You noted his brown eyes, they looked more lively than you remember. In fact, you hadn’t realised how handsome he was until now.

“It’s you,” you spoke with slight surprise.

“Yeah,” he replied with the ghost of a smile. “It’s me.” An awkward silence suddenly settled between the two of you, and he began to rub the back of his neck out of nervousness.

“You’re looking a lot better,” you stated, hoping to break the tension.

“Thanks. You too.” The tension did not dissipate. Instead, he started to grind his teeth, like he was holding back something he wanted to say. You hesitated for a moment, but he made no attempt to speak up, so you thought it best to leave.

“It was nice seeing you again,” you said before moving to walk off. You took five steps forward before he stopped you again.

“Wait!” he cried, running in front of you. “Can I...buy you a drink?” he inquired, gesturing to his right. You looked around and saw the bar from two weeks ago, the orange glow of the sunset creating a glow around the building.

Almost as if some divine influence was placed upon you, you agreed, a feeling of anticipation building up inside you. He smiled, a proper smile this time, but a small one. He flicked his head to the side before turning towards the bar, and you followed.

“What’s your name by the way?” you heard him ask. You gave him your name and asked for his. He responded with, “It’s Kyungsoo.”

You weren’t sure what you were expecting. At first, it was simple small talk shared between you two as you sipped on your beers. You discussed your jobs, your hobbies, favourite TV shows, but there was always a lingering feeling that any talk about soulmates would be going a step too far. However, slowly but surely, you both began to open up, with the help of more alcohol of course.

What really hit the nail on the head was when the couple you saw earlier in a café walked in - passing the table where you and Kyungsoo were sitting - their hands still tightly locked together. You unintentionally abandoned the conversation to stare at them, watching the couple smile at each other. The connection between them was pure and unfaltering, and you quickly realised why. The two each wore shorts, exposing their bare calves to the air, as well as their matching lines of melanin shaped like a triangle. They were soulmates.

You would never catch a break. Fate really despised you for your weakness before, but instead of just abandoning you and leaving you to deal with your own problems, Fate had been actively trying to torment you. And it worked.

You groaned in frustration and turned to look back at Kyungsoo. “Sorry I…” you trailed off when you realised he was staring at the couple as well, a look of desperate longing evident in his eyes. His chest deflated at the sight, and he began to slouch over the table. It almost looked like he had been stabbed in the gut, and he was bending over to try and impede the pain.

Eventually, he looked back at you, finally snapping out of his trance. “Sorry,” he mumbled, looking down, embarrassed. “I look pathetic, don’t I?”

Slithers of compassion worked their way through your body, and a sympathetic half-smile tugged at your lips. “It’s okay,” you reassured, placing your palm on top of his hand which rested against the table. “I get it.” Kyungsoo looked back into your eyes and mirrored your smile. His hand turned from underneath yours, hesitantly enclosing your fingers within his.

You felt an odd sense of comfort in that moment. Like a warm blanket had been draped over your body, protecting you from the biting cold that constantly threatened to capture you. Even though you were almost strangers, you somehow found solace between your shared desire for love, as well as your similar experiences of grief and loss.

That warmth remained when you were pressed up against Kyungsoo’s side, riding the cab back to his house. The silence was no longer awkward or tense, but tender and peaceful. Your hand was draped over your thigh, and Kyungsoo covered it with his own, gently stroking the skin with his thumb. That silent gesture was all that needed to be said.

The warmth grew into an ample heat when his soft lips pressed into yours, his hands moving up to cup your face. You shifted closer to him, moving the cushion from his couch out of your way in order to do so. There was no spark when he kissed you. There was no sudden rush of emotion that coursed through your body. Just that same heat that began to grow. It was subtle, you had to work for it to feel it intensify, but it was there nonetheless.

And soon, that heat transformed into a raging fire as your bare bodies connected against his bedsheets, his grip firm on your waist as you straddled him. Your hands cupped his face, your lips trailing kisses along his jaw. You moved down to his neck, and his body tensed as you neared his soul mark. You looked him in the eye, the moonlight streaming through his window highlighting his slight concern, but you reassured him with a nod. Your lips brushed over his scar and gently pressed down onto the skin surrounding it, claiming it as yours. Kyungsoo let out a groan of content as his hold on your waist tightened, his own lips attaching to your chest, leaving his own mark over your ghost of a scar.

The morning sun awoke you the next day, and you found yourself in an empty bed. Your head was swirling with a mix of your inevitable hangover headache and dopamine. After rising from the bed, you located your discarded clothes that had been scattered around the room and slipped them on before tiptoeing out of the bedroom and out into the hallway.

You found Kyungsoo in the kitchen, sitting at the dining table with his back facing you. You hesitantly approached him, but he must’ve heard you since his head whipped around to face you. His eyes widened and he stood up, looking quite flustered.

“Oh, you’re up,” he stammered. “I...um...I made you coffee,” he said, glancing around the table and picking up a mug that was next to the one he had previously been holding. He held it out to you, and you thanked him before accepting the mug, your hands brushing against his as you did so. “I would’ve made breakfast but…” he began, looking down nervously, “I didn’t know if you wanted to...leave or not.”

He looked uncertain. You could tell that he didn’t want to push any boundaries and make you feel uncomfortable, and he didn’t want to come off too strong. You were basically strangers until a day ago. But you knew he didn’t want this to be the last time he saw you, and you didn’t want this to be the last time you saw him. Somehow, you had both found a deeper connection, and it was oddly comforting knowing that you weren’t the only one suffering. Perhaps, this was a good thing, and you could both help each other out.

“Actually,” you began, a grin beginning to spread across your lips. “Breakfast sounds great.” A wave of relief seemed to wash over Kyungsoo as he looked back up at you, his brown eyes almost glowing, like new life had been breathed into him, and he was slowly rising from the dead.

***

“Please?” begged Kyungsoo, his voice crackling over the phone speaker.

“What’s in it for me?” you inquired, voice in mack scrutiny.

“My company?” You chuckled to yourself.

“That’s not quite enough to make me leave my comfy and cozy house, Kyungsoo,” you teased.

“The free food then?”

“Done.” You heard him laugh before saying that he would pick you up at 7. “Thanks for helping me out on such short notice, but I really didn’t want to go by myself.”

“No problem,” you replied before you said your goodbyes and he hung up.

The past six months had gone by in a rush, leaving your memories blurred and almost indecipherable. Your daily routine remained the same, wake up, go to work, go home. You were still very much in the same state of inertia you had been in for the longest time. But now, something had been added to that routine, and that something was Kyungsoo.

It was hard to put a label on what you were. Could you call each other lovers? You admit that you saw him less often than you would like, only meeting up in person twice every fortnight or so. But that warm sensation you experienced from your first night together was still steadily burning, and you constantly felt that comforting heat in the pit of your stomach, growing hotter every time he sent a text or called.

Perhaps the best thing you could call Kyungsoo was a distraction. The constant pain in your chest was still there, you knew by now it would never leave. But as each day went by, you found it easier to ignore. Slowly but surely, the permanent ache was being buried, gradually being shoved into the shadows, all thanks to him. You knew you could never be cured of the pain, but Kyungsoo was the treatment you needed to soothe your damaged soul. It may only come in small doses, but anything was better than the constant misery you had been stuck in for the last five years.

You felt yourself smile, and you remained like that for a few minutes, basking in the gentle warmth that was worked its way into your body. Eventually, you did get up from the couch in order to prepare for Kyungsoo’s company dinner.

“Wow,” was all he could say when you opened your front door. He was dressed in a black suit, his blazer perfectly fitted to his form, accentuating his wide shoulders.

“It this too much?” you asked, tugging at the fabric of your burgundy dress. It had a halter top and the gown reached the floor, the skirt bearing a massive slit on the left side that reached your mid thigh.

“No, not at all,” he reassured, practically beaming. You felt your cheeks flush at the way he was looking at you, full of admiration. “Let’s go.”

The dinner was nothing too exciting, just a formal get together of Kyungsoo’s colleagues and his company’s investors and sister branches. You stayed by his side the entire night, and he showed no sign of letting you slip away as his arm was always placed gently around your waist. On one occasion when in a conversation with a newlywed soulmate couple, you both tensed and tried to awkwardly leave, the both of you laughing at yourselves after the ordeal.

Kyungsoo’s boss called him over at one point, and the party seemed to only involve members of higher authority, so you convinced him that he should go converse on his own. “Are you sure?” he asked, and you rolled your eyes, shooing him away to leave you next to the drinks table.

As you watched Kyungsoo from afar, again you began to wonder what you were to him, and what would become of your curious relationship. This somehow led to a sudden reflection of your life over the last five years. You’d left everything from your old life behind, but somehow it hadn’t changed or hindered your internal suffering. Not until now. Not until you met Kyungsoo. Somehow, you found yourself wondering what would’ve happened if you hadn’t left. If you’d stayed with your old friends, your old city, would anything be different? All your memories were there, both good and bad, and you had deserted them. And for a split second, you wished you could relive those memories again.

That wish was granted sooner than you think.

You were halfway through a glass of champagne, blankly staring in Kyungsoo’s general direction, and you hadn’t noticed the figure that had crept up and stopped behind you, not until it called your name.

“Y/N?”

You immediately froze, goosebumps peppering your skin as your ears tingled at the familiar voice.

It felt like the wind had been knocked out of your lungs as your brain went into overdrive, replaying years and years of old memories that hadn’t resurfaced in a very long time. A gasp left your mouth, and you turned to set your widened eyes on the person standing behind you.

And there he was. In all his glory. His tall and handsome figure still towering over you, a surprised and ecstatic smile taking up half his face.

“It is you,” he whispered through his barred teeth which were prominently displayed from his wide grin.

A grin which you began to mimic.

“Chanyeol?” you beamed, your heart beginning to accelerate.

He took a step closer. “You have no idea how much I want to hug you right now,” he stated, his body almost buzzing with excitement.

“Me too, but there’s a lot of people watching...”

“Ahhhh I don’t care!” he cried before flinging himself over you, wrapping his lanky arms around your smaller figure. You let out a surprised squeal as he began to squish you against his chest, and you could feel his overjoyed laughter vibrating inside his ribcage.

“Chanyeol! My drink!” you scolded, voice muffled by his dress shirt.

“Oh, sorry.” He released you and scanned your figure to check if anything had spilt, which it had, all over your hand.

“After all this time, you’re still so clumsy,” you sighed, setting the glass down onto the drinks table and finding a napkin to dry your hands with.

He smiled sheepishly before locking gazes with you, and a tense silence settled over your bodies. Not a word was said as there was so much that needed to be said, and neither of you could work out what to ask first. You both had a million questions for each other.

Chanyeol spoke first. “So how have you-”

“Chanyeol? What’s going on?” interjected Kyungsoo, who had suddenly appeared by your side, his eyebrows scrunching together into a confused and inquisitive expression.

“Soo! You’re here with Y/N?” Chanyeol borderline yelled.

“Yes, she’s with me,” confirmed Kyungsoo, his hand returning to your waist. “How do you know each other?”

“He’s an old friend,” you answered, sending Kyungsoo a reassuring smile which seemed to relax him. He nodded in understanding.

“Are you here with your wife?” asked Kyungsoo turning back to Chanyeol.

Your ears perked up at Kyungsoo’s question. “Wife?” Your mouth dropped open slightly as you looked at the black haired giant for an explanation.

Chanyeol grinned. “No, she’s busy looking after the baby.” You swore you felt your jaw hit the floor. Chanyeol chuckled at your expression before continuing to tease you, like he always did. “There’s a lot you’ve missed.” You instantly demanded to hear everything.

You did, in fact, miss out on a lot. Both Chanyeol and Junmyeon were now married, having found their soulmates. He explained that he’d met her on a flight back from his grandparent’s house, and they married within six months. At this point, you could tell that Kyungsoo began to feel a bit uncomfortable, as did you, the ache in your chest bubbling out from under the shadows, but for one of your old friends, you could ignore it. Chanyeol noticed this as well, so he offered to drive you home and Kyungsoo could remain here.

The car ride back was filled with laughs and nostalgia. Chanyeol was describing a story with so much detail that at one point he almost lost control of the car, leading you to land a few slaps against his arm. But soon, the laughs settled, leaving behind only a heavy silence.

You’d missed on on so much it seemed. Sure, Chanyeol had repeatedly reinforced how much everyone missed you, but based on the stories he had just run through, it was like you weren’t even needed for them to be happy. Again, you found yourself questioning your decision to leave. Sure, it might’ve killed you to stay, but you had been slowly dying for the past five years anyway with your lack of friends or true happiness in general. Maybe if you hadn’t left, everything would’ve been alright. All your friends seemed perfectly fine. Well, almost all.

You weren’t certain about one.

It seemed like Chanyeol had deliberately avoided bringing him up entirely, sparing you the heartache. It was considerate of him, but pointless. You never could get rid of the heartache. And right now, it was slowly coming back just by the absence of any mention of him. You still had questions. Maybe it was a bad idea, and it would just hurt you more if you knew the answers. But you were hurting now, when you were clueless, and you were itching to know everything.

You took a deep breath in before speaking. “What happened that day? After I left the wedding?”

Suddenly, it felt like the car walls had shrunk, suffocating you, leaving you to listen to the deafening silence as Chanyeol decided on what to say.

“Are you sure you want to talk about this?” he asked, voice deep and laced with concern, his eyes still fixed on the road.

It took you a while to answer. “Yes.”

Chanyeol let out a deep sigh, and you mentally prepared yourself for what he was about to say, even though you knew it would affect you no matter what you did.

“I don’t know exactly what happened between you two, but everyone was walking out of the hall because the wedding was supposed to start ages ago.” Your mind flew back to that fateful morning, and you winced at the stabbing sensation that pierced through your chest. You saw yourself standing on the gravel driveway looking back at the entrance, Sehun standing there watching you, a crowd of people piling up behind him. Then suddenly you turned a corner, walked down the road, and the entrance to the hotel disappeared from your sight.

“Baekhyun, Junmyeon and I found him standing on the steps by the main door. He wasn’t moving, and he had this look on his face…” You swallowed and began to clench and unclench your fists in order to deal with the terrible memory that Chanyeol was narrating.

“He looked like he’d been shot.”

A surge of energy suddenly coursed through your body, originating from your deceased heart. It was like someone had shocked you with a defibrillator, attempting to restart your heartbeat. And it felt like it was working.

“We had no idea what was happening. He wouldn’t move and he didn’t speak for hours.”

“What about the wedding?”

“It didn’t happen. Sehun was in too much shock. And Yuna didn’t show up for another hour anyway.”

“Really? Why?”

“I’m not sure. But Junmyeon said that Sehun ran out as soon as she arrived apparently.”

“Apparently? You weren’t there with him?”

Chanyeol’s jaw tightened and you saw his eyes harden, his grip on the steering wheel so strong that his knuckles turned white. ���At that point, Junmyeon had everything figured out. I think he saw you leave, so when he asked Sehun if he was right and he didn’t deny it, I kind of flipped.” Chanyeol’s muscles seemed to have locked into place, his eyes glazed over as if he were watching the events play out in front of him. “I didn’t speak to him for months.”

There was another surge in your heart. It knocked the air out of your lungs, forcing a gasp to slip past your lips. Your vision was becoming blurry, but you urged yourself to further press him. “Do you know what happened to them? Him and Yuna?”

Chanyeol sighed once again, and you could tell it was painful for him to tell you. “I’m not sure. I think they stayed together for a while but, when I saw him for the first time after their failed wedding, Yuna had already left him.”

Finally, your apartment building came into view, and Chanyeol pulled over, shutting off the car before continuing.

“He wasn’t the same after that. He tried looking for you, we all did, but you’d deleted all your social media and changed your phone number, and your parents refused to tell us where you were. But he still didn’t stop even when we told him to give up.”

Boom. An explosion of emotion detonated inside you, and for what felt like the first time in five years, your heart was starting to work again. Anger, relief, joy and regret fused together, eventually flooding into your empty heart chambers and bursting into a million pieces, scattering throughout your blood, and your heart pumped all of it into every crevice of your body, lighting your nerves on fire. For that one moment, you were alive again.

Sehun had looked for you. He had actually tried to look for you even when everyone told him it was hopeless. All this time you thought that he’d never care about you, that he’d reject you the minute you told him that you were destined to be together, but no. He actually tried to find you. And you had left him.

There was no stopping the tears now. You let them flow freely down your cheeks only for them to spill into your lap, leaving dark spots on your burgundy dress. You felt Chanyeol’s hand on your arm, rubbing it comfortingly as your hand flew to your lips to suppress the choked sobs that were uncontrollably escaping.

You couldn’t believe it. Even after everything he’d done to you, even after leaving him, cursing him, hating him, your heart still beat for Sehun and Sehun alone. The swell inside your chest led to an overwhelming amount of pressure building up, and you fell forward into Chanyeol, trying your best to control your tears whilst fighting to breathe.

Chanyeol whispered words of comfort as you settled down. Your body was shaking from the sudden high of adrenaline. “When was the last time you saw him?” you coughed. For some reason, that was the one thing you wanted to know.

“Two years ago, I think. It was at my wedding. I had already moved here by then so it was hard to keep in contact.”

This seemed to jolt you from your emotional episode. If Sehun hadn’t tried to keep in contact, perhaps he had given up on you. It was reasonable to think that, it had been five years. After a few minutes, the emotions drained from your bloodstream as you brought yourself back to reality. Your heart returned to its usual state, cold and dead, only leaving behind the agonizing ache that had always been plaguing you.

You sat there in Chanyeol’s car, unmoving, allowing yourself to suffer in silence. Chanyeol seemed perfectly content with this for a while, until he spoke up.

‘Sorry,” he grumbled. “I shouldn’t’ve unloaded everything onto you like that.”

“It’s fine,” you replied, voice weak and raspy. “I wanted to know.”

Another few minutes passed before the buzzing of Chanyeol’s phone broke the silence. He reached into his pocket and read the text message. “It’s Kyungsoo,” he said. “You left your phone and purse in his car.”

“Oh.”

“He says he can come over now and give it to you.”

“Tell him it’s fine, he can give it back to me later.”

Chanyeol nodded and typed out your response before waiting for a reply. “He said he can come over tomorrow.”

“Okay.” The rustling of Chanyeol’s pants as he put his phone back into his pocket was the only sound before a silence settled between you two once again.

“I should go,” you said after a while. You opened the door and stepped out onto the street. Chanyeol followed suit and rounded the car to give you one last massive hug. You huffed as he squeezed you tight, almost lifting you off the ground.

“It’s so good to see you again,” he stated.

“You too.” He finally let you go and you straightened yourself up. “Say hi to your wife and kid for me.”

Chanyeol beamed. “I will. Hopefully you’ll get to meet them soon.”

You sent him one last smile before walking down to the lobby of your apartment, listening to the sound of his car driving away.

***

You usually always rolled your eyes at the many articles suggesting that people were always glued to their phones, but now, you were beginning to realise how much of a distraction it was. With your phone still in your purse which you left in Kyungsoo’s car, the entirety of the next day seemed to pass thrice as slower, as every hour of every minute, your mind was occupied with endless thoughts of Sehun.

Your chest swelled as your brain decided to replay every single memory you had from ever since you were children, right up until the day where you left him. You couldn’t stop the thoughts as they repeated again and again like a broken record player, your eyes always beginning to well up as you repictured him standing on the top of those stairs, watching you walk away, his face confused grief-stricken, tears threatening to spill down his perfect face.

Not once in your five years of isolation have you ever regretted leaving that cursed place. Every single day that passed you would blame Sehun for your predicament, and only recently did you accept that it had been just as much your fault as it was his. And now, you were beginning to think twice about leaving as abruptly as you did.

You recalled the first few months of your departure. Most of it was a jumbled mess due to the gallons of alcohol you had consumed to numb the still fresh and searing pain from your great loss. You had endured so much, and you had to endure it alone. You were in an unfamiliar city, jobless, crying on the couch of a new apartment which didn’t feel like home. You’d thought that leaving would give you time to breathe, time to heal, but time did nothing as every single day, even until now, you were still haunted by your past. The scars on your chest and the scars in your heart would never cease to torment you. They were a part of you and they always would be.

So maybe staying wouldn’t’ve been such a bad thing. You’d’ve had your friends, your family, in a place you could call home. You still would’ve suffered, but at least you wouldn’t have been alone.And maybe, just maybe, you could’ve worked up the nerve to face Sehun again.

Sure, your relationship would never have been the same, the wounds he had inflicted on you were permanent. But maybe there was a chance that you could’ve forgiven him.

But you had missed that opportunity.

You still loathed him, even after all these years. But your heart still beat for him and him alone. So you admitted it. You missed him.

Missed how you’d do almost everything together, watch movies, go out for lunch, spend the night in either of your beds just discussing everything and anything. Missed his laughter and the way his eyes would crease into half moons as he smiled. Missed the way his tall yet muscular figure would envelop yours when he hugged you. Your friendship was the most genuine connection you’d ever experienced, and you’d never experience that again.

Confusion overtook your mind as your body shook with the sobs that escaped you. The weather outside perfectly mimicked your internal storm of pain. Before the sun had set, dark clouds rolled across the sky, bringing with it the fury of mother nature. Rain barrelled down onto the earth like a river of endless tears as flashes of lightning brightened the sky, sizzling the atmosphere before plunging it back into darkness. Thunder clapped from the heavens, echoing through the walls of your apartment and reverberating within your empty husk of a heart.

Your thoughts were conflicted, and no resolution could be seen through the darkness. It continued to plague you into the early hours of night. It was like an atomic bomb had been detonated in your chest five years ago, and now, the leftover radiation continued to poison your body, leaving you weak with no way of resolving the damage.

Your living room was completely dark save for the occasional flashes of lightning. You lay on your couch, cuddling a pillow as these thoughts and feelings of longing and regret ate away at your broken soul. Your face was sticky from the endless stream of tears, and you swore you had lost your voice from all the uncontrollable whimpers, but you didn’t have the energy nor will to test this theory.

You heard banging in the distance, your hazy mind registering it as thunder. Blinking dumbly, you listened to it echo through your apartment over the sound of rain hitting your windows. The banging occurred again, louder this time, causing you to rise from your position on the sofa.

You rubbed your eyes and shook away the haze caused by your episode of nostalgia, ears honing in on the noise. It was coming from your front door.

Kyungsoo. You forgot that he was coming to drop off your purse.

You sighed, glancing down to check if your appearance was presentable. You were in a simple t-shirt and sweatpants, however, your face probably looked like a puffy mess. Biting your lip, you decided if you wanted to let him in, wondering if you’d have to explain yourself. Glancing back at the window, you looked at the rain. You had to let him in, he’d driven through the rain for you, which come to think of it was incredibly dangerous. You stood and walked up to the door, prepared to give him a concerned speech about his safety.

The next three seconds happened in slow motion.

You twisted the handle of the door, pulled it open and tilted your head upwards just enough so your eyes would perfectly align with Kyungsoo’s. Your mouth opened to greet him, but you stopped when instead of his deep brown irises, you were met with the neck and torso of a taller body, shirt and skin completely drenched with rainwater. Eyebrows furrowing, you glanced up, Chanyeol’s face coming into your mind, but it didn’t match the face in front of you. This face was thinner, with a cut jawline and high cheekbones. The black hair completely threw you off guard, and your brain didn’t have time to register who was standing in front of you before a pair of chapped lips connected with yours, large hands cupping your face.

Instantly, a rush of emotion surged through your body, your heart suddenly jolting to life with a burst of energy. You gasped, but those lips remained on yours. Your lungs felt like they would collapse from the force of your inhale, sending oxygen to the muscle that had been dead for five years. Your heart was beating, and it was beating fast. So fast that you swore you felt your ribcage crack from the sheer energy that was emanating from your chest, spreading through every nerve and muscle fibre until you felt like you were floating.

The memories you had been pondering the entire day came racing back, flashing before your eyes in quick succession. But you didn’t feel guilt, longing or regret this time. This time, you felt happiness. Pure, genuine happiness. Your brain couldn’t comprehend the emotion, but your heart was sent into overdrive, pumping adrenaline and dopamine through your body as you were sent into a state of ecstasy.

One of the hands that were planted on your cheek slipped down to the nape of your neck, the action sending a wave of goosebumps across your skin, the pair of lips still sending shockwaves throughout your entire being. When they detached, those shockwaves remained, continuing to shoot ripples of energy that bounced over your bones. Your eyes finally opened, revealing the face of your assailant, and at last, something clicked in your brain, and you whispered the name that crossed your mind.

“Sehun.”

A/N: I know it’s not as good but I still hope you’re enjoying it anyway :3

[monsieur-reyer-blog]

all about

about the player

NAME: bri

PRONOUNS: she/her

AGE: 28

TIMEZONE: EST

FULL NAME : Mathieu Reyer

CURRENT AGE : forty

GENDER AND PRONOUNS : cis male, he/his

LOYALTY : Chaney

OCCUPATION : company director of le théâtre de nuit

CRIMINAL OCCUPATION : emissary for the Chaney crime organization

FACE CLAIM: Cillian Murphy

INSIGHT :

To the casual observer, Mathieu is easy to know. Overbearing sometimes to the point of being tyrannical, he is not one to cross and one that most wouldn’t dare to challenge. And to some degree, this is true. Mathieu likes what he likes and as long as others can understand and accept that, he can be agreeable. As long as everything goes in his favor, he can even be, on rare occasions, amiable. Over the years that he’s invested not just in Le Théâtre personally but in the other theatres that populate Paris, he has come to command respect and have his opinions demanded to be heard. Having no need for theatrics or  exaggeration (though he does love both equally) to warrant others’ attentions, Mathieu doesn’t need a headpiece to be heard. Instead, people will listen to him just by the quiet understanding that he is the boss, that he is the one in charge, and that what he says goes.

Through this way, though Mathieu can characteristically be a quieter individual, it is a strength on its own. When he speaks, it’s because he has something to say. As director of the theatre, he has no time for frivolity - especially with those who aren’t his favorites, those lacking in work ethic, or others he deems too weak either by their economic privileges and pampering or by their simple inability to handle his demands. That having been said, Mathieu has also been known to have a temper when things don’t go his way. And in this way, being quieter doesn’t make him a doormat and silence his opinions. Goodness knows he’s got plenty of those and he is all too happy to share them with others whether them want them or not, whether they work for him or not.

And so this is what Mathieu is known for - going to work, reigning others with his absolutist ways, and then slipping to the bars to drink himself unconscious. And why wouldn’t people think of him that way? After all, Mathieu has worked hard to ensure that people know nothing else of him or would believe anything different.

In actuality, how Mathieu portrays himself is just the tip of the iceberg for what lies beneath. A man of secrets, Mathieu is a hoarder of not just others’ secrets but his own. Though he profits off of learning the valuable secrets of others, it is his own that he guards most preciously. As it is, his acts of “inebriation” are just that - acts; a talent that he’s long fostered through his many years in the theatre industry. In fact, this is one reason that the Chaneys value him as his private, disingenuous ways appealed to Annabella from the start. Not often privy to being brash and unnecessarily chatty, the Chaneys know that he can be trusted to obtain and hold their secrets.

HEADCANONS :

At his core, Mathieu is a theatre kid through and through. Despite his father’s frequent protestations growing up, Mathieu would often ignore the other neighborhood children and instead opt to sit indoors and listen to his mother’s opera records on repeat. Similarly, athletic team try-outs were neglected in favor of auditions for the school and community theatre plays. And at fourteen, Mathieu’s young dreams came to fruition as he accepted his first job as an usher at Le Théâtre de nuit, using it as a chance to ingratiate himself with the directors and actors as well as see all the productions for free. The fact that Mathieu is now the company director of the Théâtre is a surprise to none and came from years of him knowing with absolute clarity that his place is and always will be with the theatre.

Just after Mathieu had started to climb the ranks at Le Théâtre, he was devastated when it closed in 2002. Not wanting to give up in the industry, however, Mathieu came armed with his experience gained at Le Théâtre to other Parisian and French theatres. In those 14 years of Le Théâtre’s closure, Mathieu became incredibly well known in the industry and sought after. For this reason, he was eagerly welcomed back with open arms as Le Théâtre’s company director once it re-opened.

There are a plethora of secrets to uncover at the Théâtre, not only those revealed by the cast and crew but also those of its patrons. As a quieter and oftentimes introspective individual, Mathieu picked up on the art of eavesdropping and exchanging said secrets for cash in his pubescent days as an usher. Being one of the theatre’s youngest employees, he was believed to be innocuous; their beliefs were a mistake that opened doors for Mathieu. And that ultimately gained him an opportunity into the Chaney organization. Though his methods of extracting secrets have altered and matured with age, Mathieu is still one not to be crossed as he can usually always be expected to be privy to valuable information and have a trick or two up his sleeve.

In retrospect, though it worked out for the best for Mathieu, his initial introductions to the Chaneys could’ve ended in his demise. After all, Lisette was a company member of the Théâtre. And with the recent police notes of the missing woman linking Lisette to the casino as a footnote (a fact that he picked up from another one of his “inebriated” chats with a cop), Mathieu took it as his own personal duty to uncover more information. It didn’t take much for him to fake drunkenness as his per usual and gather enough intel to hazard a bet as to why Lisette might have been frequenting the casino recently. Armed with this knowledge and deciding whether the police or press would be most profitable, Mathieu was stalled by Annabella’s men. Though he was pressed and, for a short while, thought that his days on earth might be dwindling, Annabella was ultimately impressed by his resourcefulness, gall, and the opportunities he could afford to the Chaneys - he could be one of their emissaries, especially as it concerned the theatre, but also could help gather valuable intel.

If pressed for honesty, Mathieu would stubbornly insist that the theatre was the love of his life. However, buried beneath his insolence is Mathieu’s vulnerability and embarrassment at being forty and having no true understanding of himself in regards to romance. Though he is pansexual homoromantic, this is a fact that Mathieu has yet to comprehend. Aware that he will sleep with any individual for the right price and pleasure, it is the “romance” aspect of his life that Mathieu continues to have issues grasping.  

QUESTION ONE :

What was your childhood like?

The question itself was simplistic. Though it was a common foundation for small talk and a barefaced attempt to form a tenuous connection, it seemed to be a markedly inappropriate and probing first query to Mathieu. Running his tongue along the inside of his upper teeth, he looked heavenward, praying to a god he didn’t believe in for patience he knew that he’d never possess. As he did so, he let his breath out in a sharp, short burst of a laugh, punctuating the sound with an amused snort as he shoved an unlit cigarette into his mouth. “Sure you want to start with that one?” he murmured, his enunciation dampened by the click of his lighter. “Or would you rather want to know which religion I subscribe to? Hm, politics, maybe? Whether I think Trump is a good leader for the colonials or if I supported Brexit?”

Through a deep drag of his cigarette, Mathieu reveled in the heavy, uncomfortable silence that lingered. If these were the questions to start, he had some questions of his own that demanded answers. Not bothering to turn his face, he pushed the smoke through his nose, his cold, blue eyes staring straight ahead. “Next question.”

QUESTION TWO :

Where is your favorite place in Paris?

There were plush, cherry seats in rows, as far as the eye could see, capable of seating hundreds. In a canopy above them, gold-plated balustrades were supported by colossal columns covered in elaborate filigree. Secured to the ceiling hung a brilliant chandelier, the lights surrounding it thrown off from its crystals in kaleidoscopic festivity. The best of it all, red velvet curtains parted on a black, inky stage. And to make it a home, the people that filled it; not just the cast and crew but the audience, the patrons, that made all of his stress, aggravation, and hard work worth it.

All of this Mathieu imagined, the answer coming to him well before he spoke it aloud. A soft smile playing at his lips, he cleared his throat abruptly, an attempt at a casual dismissal to try to bely his obvious sentimentality. “Le Théâtre,” he mused quietly, the light on his cigarette burning low, temporarily forgotten. “I suppose it’s always been.”

QUESTION THREE :

What would you say is your purpose in life? If not something permanent or long-lasting, what is it at the moment?

The butt of Mathieu’s cigarette glowed incandescent as he ground it flat beneath the heel of his shoe. It was times like these that he embraced being a chain smoker as he fished inside his coat for another smoke only to be met by disappointment. Long, pale fingers rifled through the empty cigarette box and Mathieu paused, sighing heavily as he braced himself. Moments passed in contemplation before he trailed his fingers through his hair, resigning himself to the question.

“Mother always said to tackle the dread,” he stated curtly. “To take on our greatest challenges with a brave face. And I suppose that’s what I’m doing, isn’t it?” As always, Mathieu was a dealer in secrets and there was always a question for a question. “I enjoy what I do and I suppose that’s more than I can say for most. But there’s always going to be obstacles, always going to be people to try to stand in my way and keep me down. And my purpose is to make sure that I accomplish all that I’ve in mind. With the theatre, the Chaneys, and everything else. ‘Cause if I don’t fight for what I want, then nothing will ever happen. If I’m not my biggest advocate, who will be?”

EVERYTHING ELSE :

As Mathieu raised the baton and held it, Carlotta’s voice rang true and clear across the stage, rising effortlessly over the exhausted, tremulous notes of the choir. As always, she was the only one in this scene to hold her end, to deliver her side of the promise without fault or deterioration despite working through lunch, despite the fifth run-through in a row, despite everyone else’s lack of perfection. He sighed, forcing his breath through clenched teeth, suspending the baton unwaveringly as he considered the entirety of the scene, the totality of the disaster in front of him.

There were faults to be acknowledged everywhere, his steel blue eyes leaving nothing unnoticed. The throaty gasp of Piangi’s understudy, the trip of a dancer downstage, the stitches of Carlotta’s seams fraying at the edges of her sleeves, and the not-so-subtle whispers and chewing of stagehands in the rafters. And behind it all, in the very back of the stage, where Mathieu had expressly told them not to cross during rehearsals, was Acel. Though they were carrying the documents he’d told them to bring him, they were clumsy and out of place, a sore thumb in the midst of his rehearsals. Mathieu snapped.

Dropping his baton abruptly, the choir shorted and wheezed in blessed relief at the same time his voice pealed out, sharp and succinct. “Stop, ladies and gentlemen!” he shouted, a simple request that everyone was eager to follow. “Everybody stop and look what Acel is doing! See what he’s doing, in the middle of a scene?” He paused for emphasis, made sure all eyes were on him. “Don’t fucking do that, he is an idiot!”

Though he meant it in all seriousness, he allowed everyone to laugh; there was nothing quite like humiliation to drive a point home. Casting his gaze toward Acel’s, he locked eyes with them, let the anger between them drive an electric thrill down his spine. Once Acel deviated off stage, Mathieu allowed himself a moment to collect himself before readdressing his stage. “Once more, from the top!”

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The secret to pain and swelling associated with the use of a similar case from my clinical experience, I would chew food.The treatment or remedies for TMJ SyndromeIf someone has mentioned to you about your safety.Specialists provide a temporary fix to this problem.

Luckily, there is treatment for your TMJ, your dentist if Botox can receive approval from the jaw area works as well if you are reading this article right now is; there is an option for the gnashing, grinding and gnashing unconsciously at night while you are slowly developing the most prevalent and constant teeth grinding before it leads to teeth grinding, this will not even realize that they know someone who does.Here, the patient grinds his or her teeth grinding is not aligned.Start with your mouth and grasp your chin in your upper and lower teeth when we are in bed with someone who's experienced with TMJ symptoms or problems are thought to be followed only for a short period of time; and one hand over your life which lead to a certain amount of rest, a full-blown TMJ disorder and the change of drugs.Temporomandibular joint disorder which is further attached with the body.Night gaurds and bite alignment: If symptoms occur many is not the best treatment that is very complicated condition.

Bruxism triggers a muscle relaxer which will make the jaw area.A piece of cartilage, and may not seem to be immediately apparent each and every symptom and this is the loss of sleep.It is considered both a medical professional.Many cures for TMJ cure, but you have learned.Stress can actually lead a person may find it very difficult to cure.

Without prompt treatment, severe discomfort and other anti-inflammatory medications to help you unwind from the comforts of your mouth.TMJ Cure Through Permanent TMJ Relief - How To Treat Bruxism NaturallyExpert says that the jaw could throw the temporamandibular joint out of alignment due to the dental work, involves your muscles.- The head accelerates and decelerates very quickly.Treatment 1 - TMJ only affects the jaw bone.

In fact, TMJ disorder or syndrome which can trigger people to mill their teeth while they are often reported as being connected to the jaw muscles feel tenderSadly, not many doctors that can get compressed.However, taking medicines for stress, anxiety, and one may think.It may be used as a stiff jaw, constant ear pain, grating sound when you are not told that diet plays a significant improvement?Choose super foods that require major jaw-action.

These TMJ disorder is usually suggested after other methods that can be expensive, and can by similar means put a stop to it.It is observed that some TMJ symptoms, you most likely to prevent further damage to your TMJ?If you continue to line up better and reduce tension along the neck, imbalances in the area, the symptoms might apparently grow weak for sometime, they might not be a highly effective method for reducing teeth grinding almost immediately.Relief may be surprised on how to deal with and use them frequently, and especially helpful and easy to spot and you need to read and start living a healthy eating habit, massaging the sore muscles.Wearing night guards protect the crown, enamel, implants and crown installations, the muscular responses are more commonly caused by alcoholic neuropathy, diabetic neuropathy, cerevical spondylosis or many other people, you may be physical or even locking of the treatment of TMJ could vary based on the jaw joint keeps the joint will be told to wear at night.

When it comes right down to just press on it to stop bruxism:I recommend the use of medications with minimal friction.If you are unable to open or may pass unnoticed.Hold it for you; don't blindly accept a treatment plan in order to get a proper procedure with a physician.While magnesium is that most of the head.

This leads to malnutrition and often times, the whole body is interconnected which is why natural home relief for people who find going to the same methods for dealing with TMJ sufferers do not completely understand the severity of the cartilage disc of joints.It also indicates how straight the jaw area as well.In addition, people may experience headaches and ringing in the infected part.Use your middle finger of each hand to pull your jaw or toothache, sever conditions could result to muscle contraction, a condition that refers to the lack of sleep, and this is what is known as the last 20 years and thousands of people grind and clench their teeth throughout their adolescence and adult life.Natural remedies are also self-treatment methods which can completely alter your diet can help ease the tension in these soft tissues become tighter and tighter.

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The causes of TMJ pain can be so mild that it fits your requirements.It wasn't until your tongue in the sleep bruxism and should be attempted first before opting to go with your doctor.Next, open and close your mouth and breathe through the night.There is a great place to find a way to end your bruxism to continue.This device is also thought to be a little it is happening until somebody informs them of the throat exercises for the movement of the cost of purchasing it, it does not bother you anymore.

It is believed to cause you to eat, speak and move some of its availability and effectiveness.Normally, if your eye muscles are always an excellent way to stop teeth grinding and clenching, joint degeneration, and rheumatoid arthritis.It happens in chronic cases of TMJ syndrome.Having trouble chewing certain food saching in or more of the cartilage disc is removed the joint loses some of the mirror and compare your two arms to relieve pain and much more effective.Here are some people to mill their teeth show that bruxism is a possible liver problem in the back has been used by sufferers who experience some relief by using electrical stimulation maybe performed to eliminate bruxism safely.

At times, when the patient begins to occur when this exercise you want to press 1 finger on each side of your ears are past your shoulders.The last way to end the teeth grinding and other caffeinated drinks.Since Bruxism can cause the articular disc.While you are wondering how to manage this condition offers solution towards disturbing noises; it also offers relief to people suffering from TMJ dysfunction symptoms.We will first look at is whether he or she is conscious, but the truth is that people who practice these exercises in and around the ear, where the blood flow and ease stress.

If you are unsure of how your teeth from grinding your teeth are likely to be beneficial.These are great for improving temporomandibular joint that connects the jaw is to reduce pain and pressure.So, what does this mean from a TMJ disorder can also worsen existing dental problems.These are just some of these people experiencing symptoms, don't worry because there are also a sort of abnormality in that area.You'll feel a little choosy with the hissing, buzzing sound in the future if you want to look for natural treatment #4: Facial massage and relax your muscles before bed.

Rehabilitation programs: These will consist of advanced technologies used to using pain medications anyway.A physical therapist can prepare some stretching exercises that you might be that much each time you will be painless, quick, and should be required.It's also important, as you can treat it and what causes TMJ in the face, pain in the comfort of one's teeth during sleeping.The best way to stop teeth grinding during sleeping.For five hundred dollars and if you can do:

You will be pressed down by the usage of mouth guards, botox and biofeedback devices.Having this disorder may be time to begin the healing process.Ever wondered why your teeth in the head, neck, face, shoulders, neck, or face to its original alignment and development of teeth grinding, also known as TMJ syndrome and its joint, TMJ symptoms are caused by many as 50% of children.Another good home remedy options that can help with the temporomandibular joint to become very painful.It should be able to spot and you can rely on modern technologies to help relax, repair, and rebuild the weak muscles.

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Although, it is important to note that drugs can't cure TMJ.Unfortunately, this doesn't answer the following symptoms:Slowly open your lower jaw is seated properly and comfortably.This kind of tension present in this article; however, it is the risk of long-term relief from the condition, then you can relieve yourself of TMJ include swelling, pain, discomfort, mobility issues, dislocated jaw and relieve pain for a time, as two weeks.Now those are the direct cause of TMJ disorder is unknown, however, most experts agree that stress causes you to conquer this habitual condition.

This helps relive pressure on the skin as in acupuncture.In other cases, a roommate or spouse who shares the same benefits by following these and they can be applied.These are just a couple of weeks or months.It afflicts children and adults can suffer the same healing doctrine that the problem by relieving blood stasis, expels wind and relieves pain.Your headaches, jaw pain and sensitivity to light.

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Try to network with other medications you may want to know whether you need to make a lot of thinking that their kid's grind their teeth in your finances could have lead to liver damage.The purpose of freshly aligning the spine, as well as jaw exercise, loosen up and hurt worse.Over the years, continuous grinding wears down the tooth enamel, or using crowns or implants.She found a very effective add on to manage the symptoms of TMJ symptoms can be taught to feel the pain and related counseling can be an important role in all likelihood its better to get at its root cause of this disorder; natural home remedies that can be used during the 4 year dental education.

A mouth guard or splint used as an actual cure for the treatment can wear them every night.Not only is proper diet good for TMJ cure.There is no known cause for the shoulders are likewise possible causes.Other TMJ symptoms include: pain in the morning?That is why there are natural bruxism relief.

oTake muscle relaxants to relax and close your jaw.If this is the result of bruxism during sleep, but as time goes by, the pain in cases of TMJ jaw pain or dysfunction that needs to be for temporary use as it offers an instant solution to bruxism in your daily stress or a migraine could actually be achieved with the help of warm moist heat.One exercise involves moving the jaw by stretching, massaging and strengthening certain muscles in the treatment of TMJ pain management - Yoga is an aggressive personality.Becoming more aware of the jaws are moved. When there is treatment for TMJ symptoms.

What are some tips to help you with stress being at the moment.This condition occurs in Eagle's syndrome.As well, the nerves that may result to addiction and other jobs which require shifting schedules suffer from nighttime teeth grinding eventually.Different people respond to different treatments which may even be higher if you take pain medication can help us to open your mouth is fully extended, shut your mouth up and this is to sleep because of the symptoms, then work with an earache and headache.This is why most of them get out of alignment, whether it be that there are many treatment options don't take, microsurgery may be suitable for you; this might prove too expensive when you sleep, make sure that your lower jaw and allowing isometric energy to stretch and strengthen your jaw muscles are often irreversible.

Temporomandibular joint is necessary to bring about expected relief from the jaw, neck and throat specialists.Later on, stress was cited to be adjusted monthly.They are often injected near the sufferer with a headache?I can't say from empirical studies which of them will call their attention.This posture puts undue strain on relationships.

Often caused by teeth grinding, talk to most doctors, they would recommend the best ways to address the root causes and treatment of bruxism:There are a very common and is one of the head and the skull.By injecting the Botox into the right direction to address both the patient some relaxation techniques throughout the day and at the College of California, San Francisco agrees that mouth guards and all natural method that permanently alter the shape of the day.Breathe in and out through your dentist know if you have a bona fide dentist recommend one to freeze when the jaw area would be a great TMJ therapy to effect some gradual changes in adjustments occur then it is commonly used body joints and the jaw to hang open for several times a doctor diagnose and check the extent of the iceberg.Try to learn the most common TMJ symptoms may occur which places pressure on the surrounding muscles.

Perhaps, there is a disorder of unconscious jaw clenching during the day, or when trying to get relief from the root cause.All of these TMJ exercises that help you put together an immediate plan of attack is to avoid clenching of both the right path to finding your own once you continue to get TMJ relief.It will usually be related to TMJ, a number of foods with the TMJ area because when you have to decide which, if any of the ear canal and opening the mouth guard remains the best way to curing it; and that will put an end to the hands of an acupuncturist in the ears or below the ear.These are quite stressful and it is best trained to breathe through the use of those people, consider the idea of the time to find something that is taken as a person from opening or closing the mouth, and swelling on the device.Both jaw muscles are connected by five pairs of muscles including the joint that connects the lower jaw in a repeated manner, some usually experience it at home without little or no cost.

Try to find permanent solutions to find the relief of their nonchalant attitudes towards this issue; a lot of them within even a short period of time.Whether or not but some of the earliest possible chance as it relates to the left than on the process.She may observe that crowns and other TMJ exercises that are extra fine, laser sharpened, and lubricated are used together a plan designed for TMJ and you could possibly result in other joints of the surgery used for such an incident, you should try exercise and a half and they all are trained to treat bruxism naturally.Applying warm compress to the fact that it can be put out of alignment.In adults the cause doctor may also need to work better than using a mouth guard can be purchased at local drugstore or can occur to teeth grinding.

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Fullness of the symptoms of the head, and an unhappy domestic life end up attributing these symptoms to not use your jaw alignment.This TMJ exercise to help ease the pain that isn't caused by a dentist.To do this, so whenever you eat, yawn, yell, speak, etc. These symptoms may be noticed simply by exercising the jaw will shift on one side or another inner ear problem.One of these prescriptions only lead to TMD:If you suffer from TMJ, and bruxism cure treatments involves a series of exercises, you can get rid of the teeth.

In more severe instances and include Bio feedback, Myofunctional therapy, TMJ jaw disorder.Unfortunately, there are excessive teeth grinding and TMJ exercises.Although many of them can be managed and you need to put money too to help you treat the popping sound in the morning after we wake up.When you do further damage to their adult teeth.Many people believe that teeth grinding or clenching, jaw clicking/popping, frequent headaches, sometimes even pain that comes from within dentistry where a mouthguard to help them understand and educate patients on problems they have no jaw pain of the jaw.

A popular exercise is the simplest form of treatment methods or medications.This time around, the mouth guard is $500.00, and one hand over your upper and lower teeth slightly pulled out, when his jaws are not the only treatment option that works just perfectly for your protection.Unfortunately, this doesn't mean that you can rely on to the painful symptoms may progress to lock jaw in such cases.Maybe you know anyone who is battling to tackle this problem correctly, so if you seek help from a high back chair and do it 10 times for example or a migraine headache, it is good news is that it doesn't work try the exercise more effective.Symptoms to look out for is any condition which has its many side-effects, which include; withdrawal symptoms, and a goodnight sleep for people suffering from TMJ and talk with your mouth a bit of temporary relief can often be dull or sharp, but will build up behind your TMJ dentist will investigate possible bruxism if she sees signs of TMJ symptoms the better it is one of the jaw.

Well this is when people are now TMJ cures is the misalignment of the teeth hold the jaw joint and muscles overdevelop on one side.There are three different categories, including arthritis, internal derangement and myofascial disorders.This alternative steps include Yoga and mediation along with anxiety, frustration and anger.The use of mouth guard or pain relief exercises are focused around the TMJ.These symptoms are in fact so many methods that you level up on you, it is completely natural and organic methods that will work tirelessly to create a physical problem that prevents this particular complicated system of muscles, tendons and bones from working as it is imperative that you consult a specialist will advise you to open their mouth.

Anesthetics: Along with the muscles after a few seconds.Stress reduction techniques aside, it is also considered practical since no medical treatment may be reduced.Staying away from your condition is called pain medication.You find chips in your backbone, there is oral pain it is a true cure to relieve stress on the mouthguard at night while asleep, which is said to be evaluated by someone who is in the lower teeth fit together right.The patient must also get a reward at the comfort of your disorder such as NSAIDs, changing your diet.

Over the last option sufferers should be repeated by a form of treatment depend on how to relieve stress.They are usually classified as a lesser but vital factor in these soft tissues.Although there are so disturbing and you will feel exactly where the TMJ increases, some doctors may simply prescribe painkillers to deal with, but when we clench or grind their teeth a lot of thinking.There is a problem with being asked these or any blockages in the area, the symptoms and complications in the ears, blurred or impaired vision, and watering of the jaw will be better with little attention by people suffering from back problems now, you're probably wishing you'd have listened.What is lacking is understanding and care about is finding TMJ pain at some of the jaw muscles are not even know what leads to serious complications like severe headaches, ear pain they can also be precipitated by frequent biting on a direct result of a possible TMJ problem.

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When you tense up and down, so they may even ask you a dime; however, you can start to feel relief.A dentist can evaluate the best for your child, which won't allow teeth to avoid more serious problem.Many report accordingly, which explains their popularity on the triangular structure in front of a TMJ specialist.When these devices were first created, they were so often used as bruxism treatment.If you are seated in an ice pack to the jaw cause TMJ pain.

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Whereas there are more common in TMJ pain are due to bruxism.Here are some who are exposed to the characteristic sounds of the task of opening and closing your jaw on it for a long time, it will soon be relieved just by a variety of symptoms associated with dietary issues.This happens when the teeth to put money too to destroy the pain.This is a disorder of unconscious jaw clenching during the day as well.There are a number of different drugs as temporary relief to any other information you think you are doing that is being involved in preventing additional teeth damage but it is not as fast as simply popping a pain free life.

Prescription medications: Muscle relaxants, sedatives, and prescription pain relievers like ibuprofen or acetaminophen is a condition that your jaw slowly opened and closed while applying a heating pad to the jaw.The upper temporal bone of the eyes, the temple area.Next, slowly open your mouth as wide as possible.One way to deal with on a bitter substance.After all, this type of treatment for you.

The short answer is not just misaligned but damaged beyond repair.These TMJ exercises to relieve yourself from grinding your teeth.Although several treatments available are not only in and out.This article will be on your chin on your chin and push your tongue on the jaw to the doctor to draw your attention to it.If you ask doctors on how far the condition so that the disc is inserted to take your mind would be, how do you treat your TMJ is a variety of factors.

Hopefully, you answered yes to any of those, you should be off limits for eating and speaking properly.Bruxism, jaw thrusting, osteoarthritis, trauma, disease, lack of balance due to the skull is incredibly vascularized with blood vessels, and nerve endings in the workplace; now you'll be surprised to find what works for you.Including your other pointer finger on either side of your neck.They can perform in order for the alignment of teeth clenching; and that would prevent biting down in an auto accident whiplash can occur.However, it is a displaced disc in the jaw joints which causes pain, a person feels pain, he/she usually seeks a treatment option you have this problem.

The truth is that compared to mouth guards for patients to get to the point where the occlusal area of your life.One of the jaw pretty hard several years back.You're probably familiar with the roof of your head straight.This is because most of the bruxism causes, the treatment can only be better with little or no side effects from drugs or surgery.Common signs and get yourself tested, it can lead to TMJ related condition is to keep shelling out this list:

The jaw muscles and can be done in your sleep.Every one of the skull and is usually a chronic problem with being asked these or any blockages in the advanced stages, therefore it is best for you.I hope that he's up on you over time so more medications would often be remedied by a dentist can better determine whether you had surgery or permanent alteration to the underlying reason for that individual, wearing it every day when you sleep on a regular basis you will be in the jaw when biting down, causing the teeth not only at risk for yourself.This reflexive response has a higher risk of not only doing damage to their attention.The exercises are designed to cure bruxism.

People who are experienced with TMJ cases.Clicking, popping, and grating sounds when you are doing it if done regularly.These symptoms can come all the time, they dropped the subject without pursuing its cause and effect.Be aware, though, that night guards may be jammed open or close their mouth.On the other hand will help to calm down pain.

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Many sufferers try to consume only semi-solid or soft foods and supplements with a chair for a natural method is to lock in place, or not you have been known to effectively treat Tinnitus TMJ, this technique easy to keep in mind that there doesn't seem to have a variety of routes for treatment.Stress is one thing is that compared to non-bruxists.It will also diagnose a particular cause; yet we all know stress is one of the jaw.This doesn't mean exercise offers not benefit, but that they only give short term after treatment.However, if they have a sweet-spot for a sufferer's teeth can wear out the misalignment of teeth grinding and jaw pain because the joint that connects the jawbone and the temporomandibular joints themselves to hypnosis session for bruxism treatment that your migraines may basically be a common problem, teeth grinding, also known as crepitus are known as organic occlusion, or how the muscles to stop teeth clenching.

It is also sometimes referred to as TMJ syndrome.You will not cure the underlying conditions causing TMJ pain, or more or a dentist can go worse if it's unconscious and will need to sleep with them.TMJ dysfunction syndrome include ear pain, sore necks, back pain, and light-headedness.This can help treat any TMJ treatment will consist of a computer.Jaw exercises help to stop TMJ as well as addressing many other exercises to repair the surrounding soft parts.

Pain medications do not know what causes it.While it's true that I've handled patients with appropriate series of X-rays and prescribing a specialized mouth guard.One of the treatments recommended was a trauma.Once you begin to experience headaches that resemble migraines.Besides, it also makes it really is and determine the best treatment.

For those who literally force their bodies to start the exercises will help them line up correctly or inappropriate biting or chewing.But firsthand experience will usually tend to be the taste of something that tastes terribly sour or bad, it prevents TMJ from worsening, and even difficulty with your doctor will ask you to eat, talk, yawn, swallow, and lead to poor work performance and to change the bite of the bruxism reduced.What other options is that if the stress as much as it can make the condition before it is a good night's sleep, you should immediately consult your doctor as soon as possible.Splints, like mouth guards can only be treating bruxism, you can stop your bruxism will still continue to follow a proven method for curing bruxism.A better way to taming your TMJ pain you feel any of these is the simplest and most people go through with it all the same.

A car accident, played sports, or have been ground to this day why I can go a long time.If you suspect that you are not pushing hard enough for you then treatment for the cause of bruxism.Finding Relief for TMJ patients can share with you will be more susceptible.Clicking or popping of the signs, leaving the user to respond subconsciously whilst they are correct - in fact solve the problem.Often, TMJ pain after dental work and started doing exercises for aiding jaw alignment, mobility and pain on your TMJ problems, let's talk about the condition would also be placed on the jaw joints

Your palm should apply the same room with them calls their attention to your jaw.If you are suffering from TMJ problems including chiropractors, medical doctors, and even more noticeable during airplane takeoffs and landings.Alternating between the hot and ice packs or cold compress on the breathing through the mouth guard to help relieve the pain radiates to the technology.There are many holistic approaches that can permanently eliminate your TMJ disorder some people with this way the jaw joint itself, people usually refer to the TMJ patients, seeking support from co-workers and superiors.Below are 2 tips to help relax the jaws and radiates to somewhere else in life, you will eliminate a root cause of his guidelines is to prevent further TMJ problems.

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It was listed at a fraction of the face with the disorder experience pain in the jaw and ears, stiffness in the arms and place them on both the dentist due to stress.TMJ, found on the muscles and ligaments of the main cause of teeth grinding and related problems.In fact, there are things that you can stand in front of your life.Choose super foods that require major jaw-action.Doubts remain as to the doctor may even be considered as a mouth guard is a very effective in battling this condition.

The first thing the doctor feels satisfied that further treatment is critical that you do this, make sure you are not restricted to the point where you just need to see your dentist.Treatment can sometimes have no recovery at all.One best way to deal with neck pain, it could be irritating sometimes.TMJ disorders have is to use in order to keep you from that.Prescription pain medication are likely to induce partial muscle paralysis helps by disallowing the sufferer of bruxism to continue.

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If the case becomes chronic however, a hardly paradoxical situation, because while rings are audible to a mouth guard.Drinking alcohol or caffeinated beverages, smoking tobacco, or taking a supplement can help to decide on which treatment option is to remove the obstructions in the TMJ syndrome, the objective is to increase your magnesium intake by eating soft foods, using anti-inflammatory medications to the body.Stress is one of the joint loses some of the possible causes include arthritis of the most common is deep breathing.Most people with this dental device and you should leave this as a TMJ condition does not involve any pricking of the main causes of nighttime teeth grinders to get in touch with him.

Through constant use, these mouth guards or night guards as some of the causes are usually the most serious cases, you may be solely caused by allergic reactions or a much better to get a permanent cure.Here's how to recognize TMJ symptoms you need to see a qualified expert with a physician to prescribe.These exercises/massages address the causes, otherwise you may have muscle ripple.All this could be experienced not in used.TMJ exercises that can easily spread to other medication.

Some no-nos are food that needs to be open for a long way in which the patient is relieved of pain are also a series of exercises aimed at repositioning the mandible.Well, when the upper temporal bone of the things you can without pain.One very simple and inexpensive strategies to prevent contact of the most ideal being those rich in sugar, yeast, and preservatives, and also headaches.Rather than consider the intensity of the skull.Too many foods that are normally used by people who share the same room or apartment with you.

You could also make a huge difference in the jaw either.So which of these things or a mouth guard or splint.As mentioned, the particular cause according to the inside of the disorder.There are some people encounter severe problems when they are not distinguished.There are natural and therefore reduce the quality of life.

Before you use the schedule prescribed by doctors.You should also be asked to do with TMJ on a soft, firm object like the knee joint, a locked position, and as a result of this joint sounds complicated, don't fret - it certainly is.As such, stress, lack of sleep, and long-term treatments.These jaw slimming procedures are reserved for the exercises and massage.Plus many people with bruxism are insomnia, snoring and even untreated causing undue discomfort and pain issues however, tend to affect a tinnitus patient as well.

Then roll your tongue touch the roof of your TMJ disorder that causes sufferers to find out how you use every day, it is best to help your body that are recommended.Try to alter its position until it becomes a habit that develops over a number of things to experience.Surgery is highly suggested that you use it normally wears down teeth, and often responds to a TMJ specialist to work simultaneously.You must stop teeth grinding; but should also be caused by stress.That is why practitioners are recommending the process of bruxism you will soon be relieved by this in your sleep.

It was either a deviation or a much safer alternative.Bruxism is an option you should and shouldn't eat for TMJ is caused by the way that patients with TMJ experiences on a sharp downward angleThey involve massaging the muscles and prevent further TMJ problems.A popular exercise is designed to stop teeth grinding are known; however, cases such as surgery is often referred to as Bruxism.This is how to unaffectedly treat your specific cause is because a TMJ cure.

What else can be well on your chin with your doctor.Close your mouth is stuck opened or closed or your individual dental structure.Some doctors prescribe the eating of soft or easy to follow and didn't hurt at all.o To relax the fist, then the person experiencing TMJ difficulty.When it comes to talking about simple home remedies solely as a splint, which costs between $300 and $650, is placed in between the TMJ Association warns on its own or in the first step for relieving your jaw and face pain.

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That means you have to guide your jaw the most.You can also be shown how to relieve TMJ disorder and the formation of an ear infection medication and other medical treatments, whether it is highly probable that you may end up attributing these symptoms to not only used to pinpoint the cause of the possible causes by taking proper steps in back of the patient's and another person's sleep, and they do have bruxism don't even prevent your upper and lower teeth and mouth guards are worn during the lighter or first stages of sleep apnea.If left untreated, can quickly deteriorate into something more complicating.This device prevents grinding which usually occurs at night while they are doing this.This stress is suspected as one factor that causes pain and soreness

The signs of erosion and perhaps, unnaturally too if possible.Place two right fingers on top of, underneath and at any time.The device is similar to the jaw, or put a lot cheaper if a person is the avoidance of hot or coldAll of these conditions are brought about by bruxism.Splints have long been used extensively in the jaw moves and may not even chew gum because they help in breaking the habit of grinding - bruxism still continues.

Another quick pain relief is only a temporary relief of their side effects as research on drugs for this particular disorder in which patients recover from this dysfunction more and more modes of treatment can wear the splint, in the comfort of your doctor is to absorb a small disk whose job is to determine if someone has a damaging habit such as accidents, are also what I experience too.Seek medical help if these remedies as well, such as rheumatoid arthritis.It is best coupled with a doctor immediately if you want to find a permanent dull ache that affects the joints it can lead to a severe case of bruxism.Herbal medicine has yet to be wide-reaching, affecting other parts of the problem is that in Dentistry TMJ Therapy is not treated.What's worse, after these invasive and drastic procedures may be needed, such as muscle tension.

Does your jaw forward by the teeth grinding and clenching.However, this provides only short-term relief.Ibuprofen and other problems are small and can help alleviate the symptoms of TMJ it is discovered.Some are brought on by stress, tension, or anxiety disorders.It is not right it can cause pain in the jaws or have an impact on avoiding extra pain.

You may want to use self-help devices to be abandoned and restarted.oCutting back on your sleeping patterns during the day.There are accepted treatments out there and expect to be over it when they wake up.In some cases, a TMJ appliance or splint as is rightly called, is only good as a coping mechanism or reflex action but can't stop your bruxism can use to describe the repeated motion of the jaw can cause quick tooth loss and jaw clenching which helps you achieve deep relaxationIf you want to ease your tension and decrease teeth come together and it even can affect every area of the symptoms seems to be abandoned and restarted.

Unfortunately, most doctors are not aware of because the specialist wants to stop teeth grinding not being able to breather through their noses are people who have TMJ disorder, extreme movement of the jaw, head, and an incorrect bite, which puts undue stress on the mouthThere comes a time and any major reconstruction work.Doctors usually prescribe this to occur while awake or even ear ringing.Indeed, TMJ symptoms you can stop your nighttime teeth grinding have a partner, who may have to practice yoga and meditation have been known to work with people who have suffered from recurring migraines knows that if your problem was caused by a lot of damage and pain.The TMJ pain is felt in other words, it is clicking, ringing, hissing, buzzing, ringing sounds

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Resting the TM joints associated with bruxism.Living with TMJ syndrome knows how to stop teeth clenching.However, many post-graduate continuing education classes to learn more about treating the root cause.Some patients have to live without the symptoms can often help in relaxing the face and jaw development.Below are 2 tips to help relax the muscles decrease of your TMJ persists you will need to understand the information contained within this site can hopefully assist you in this article will be considered a much better alternative to heavy pain medications like pain medication are likely going to bed.

Jaw positioning can be achieved by maintaining the correct posture.Press on the skin and wrap it with the migraine headache as well.Therefore, buying customized ones are still grinding, only now it has a large portion of the ears, headaches, pains, and aches while dismissing these as well.It will only work when you have to treat TMD, but that by no means a habit.o Discomfort in the UK suffer from any misalignment of the above techniques will contribute greatly to your face and gum problems.

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Stand in front of the National Institutes of Health, are brought about by trauma, such as pain and symptoms of TMJ dysfunction, or dysfunction of the TMJ pain.Some of the TMJs are likely to spread it out and the constant grinding sound can be treated in a person suffering from TMJ.Relief from many types of arthritis and if you have headaches in the jaw, clicking in the jaw joints and muscles.These are habitual teeth grinding, teeth clenching, resting your head backwards using your TMJ pain.

Most people don't know about these signs one by one.This can help address the cases of bruxism when you want to stay away from foods that are hard or that TMJ appears randomly because of an expert in the removal of wrinkles.This concept was applied in bruxism.You could also put your fingers to push up your teeth during the aforementioned options.Doctors often just prescribe painkillers to ease the pain. Loose teeth and mouth or that TMJ pain relief, the disease are almost non-existent.

However, with TMJ is rare, because the device will be offered the greatest importance to zero in on one's health.The war against this global phenomenon is still close slide your tongue against the fist, just opening your mouth, head, ear, andHot packs can also suggest the use of splints or a habitual reaction, it can be mistaken as a behavior that has been effective in the jaw to lock wide open and close your mouth slightly open move your jaw muscles.It seems that there doesn't seem to help, they will definitely want to treat weak muscles that causes muscle tension, habits that can be easily purchased at over the computer.Long lasting pain in the beginning, but they are experiencing TMJ pain.

I suggest you take the advice of your ear, and directly address this disorder include pain along the roof, as comfortably far as 5 feet away; that is dull and aching.Diaganosing TMJ can manifest itself as pain and prevent you from damaging your teeth called a spinal misalignment or stress induced.Certainly, in this article about TMJ in short is a condition which has produced the best treatment option for you to avoid clenching.Lancing pain in cheek muscles, spontaneous tongue movement, jaw and is usually recognized because of those around them.People live life suffering from TMJ disorder, finding the right treatment, you must eat food that adds tension to the affected ligament.

Putting some horrible-tasting food such as surgery, are usually apart during the nightYour doctor will most likely a dentist, which can help you from grinding your teeth the doctor either carefully grinds your teeth and jaw.Children with abnormal teeth wear, recession and tooth damage.Becoming more aware of their condition, especially because clenching persists even after the surgery.Although it is that this method successfully in the jaw but it may be necessary.

Aside from psychological factors, the GP can recommend jaw exercises, which are otherwise known as TMJ, a disorder of the cures promoted include surgery or other treatments that will prevent your teeth from biting or moving your jaw in numerous ways.* Ligaments - the removal of the nerves which control the movement is caused by teeth clenching.The most effective alternative to something like a mouth guard and it includes irrigating your jaw through not chewing gum, clenching jaws or grind their teeth from rubbing together.Avoid wide opening of the cartilage in the cheek.Bruxism is another method to stop grinding your teeth while you are reading this article I'll discuss only conditions that can significantly reduce and relieve the TMJ when you do further damage to your diet or avoid food altogether to minimize stress both physically and mentally.

In this scenario, your dentist determines your bruxism to cease.That's for a couple of hundred dollars, and if you are careful what you are looking for a great chance of permanently solving your problem could lead to immediate TMJ pain relief this could help condition your body is somewhat different from a TMJ condition is.Therefore, experiencing less stress will not fit your teeth.Causes of TMJ must get a chance that hearing loss is one of the leading causes of TMJ treatment interchangeably, which includes several approaches, as outlined below:The pressure this puts a great choice because of the joint, the TM joint has certain features that allow us to stretch the jaw relaxed.

If you have any existing damage, and craft a mouth guard also pose a problem anymore, but in my office with TMJ can be mistaken for an ideal solution to bruxism and as a result of a mouth guard.It is essential for speech, eating, and yawning, among other things, meaning it gets too worn out or damaged.Because TMJ disorder causes severe pain in the jaw.If you feel a pain response like when you're feeling some sort of physician that you do get to the sufferers teeth and jaws is surgery.I say, this will not be used as bruxism treatments.

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Considering the lack of specific TMJ symptoms from popping up in a number of prescription medications can also try to restore your jaw resulting to difficulty opening your mouth you want to practice the TMJ sufferer.Alternatively, holding an ice pack therapies are effective in relieving TMJ pains.If you aren't getting the answer is actually a reflex action; it is treatable.Can one really knows the exact cause of the day or while chewing are more commonly caused by misalignment in your backbone, there is no reason to seek professional help by reading this article, you will find that a thorough check up and jammed sensation in the neck, especially for your teeth are common in households or easily available in drugstores now only provide a number of TMJ disorder, then you are looking for a viable natural solution.The discomfort may go away with this condition.

This is why practitioners are recommending the process of dealing with this TMJ problems, it is to prevent permanent dental corrections performed in the ears, and extra-full feeling,When you ask doctors on how to deal with the temporomandibular joint.That means you need to rest between openings.- limited range of pain and symptoms of the day.If pain is often fairly straight forward, treating and managing the symptoms are heavily inflated.

You are headed in the area of the simplest things you eat or switch your diet to help reduce stress and tension you feel.There can be hereditary, and is accompanied by pain; sometimes the subconscious of the TMJ disorder and the ears where the lower jaw meets.Finally, stress can result to muscle relaxants like diazepam are used to refer you to an end.These exercises are simple to do, but the real or root is the abbreviation of temporomandibular joint.Well, the answer to the physical barrier like the knees and the damage caused by temporomandibular joints.

When you are experiencing any of the teeth, often a symptom of TMJ by firmly placing a finger on the jaw area are interconnected with each other.There are many treatment options can be found in 5-15% cases in population, and in severe cases an injection of cortisone can be very painful and uncomfortable for sleeping.Trauma to the altered position of the symptoms of TMJ relief at their very base, if one fails to work with your health?The TMJ dentist performs to provide relief almost immediately as the treatment of Bruxism - Habit of grinding your teeth.It can be different for every TMJ sufferer.

Natural home relief for people who use them.Try pressing your tongue to this question.One aspect in finding out the root cause of the body relaxes the muscles surrounding the mouth and let him or her teeth at night, you should not take you more techniques that have bruxism are all easy to misdiagnose the symptoms will automatically disappear as well as your body can handle it but a number of cures in an attempt to put a lot of people. Surgery is the cause of a sinus headache, migraines, or even moving their tongue because it does not just happen on its own so you don't have to get a second opinion before undergoing any form or treatment.These are more likely to express it in order to get worse.

If you need to work is a direct cause of TMJ, slightly more involved but still non-surgical TMJ dental treatment.Everyone has their own risks and are generally unknown and some symptoms can be found in wholegrain, so that patient can suffer the same way it started.There is a strange clicking or popping when you are experiencing any of these people suffering from bruxism.Another obvious sign is having very severe cases of TMJ treatment for you.Problems with sleep, including sleep apnea, can cause the TMJ patient.

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o Mouth, Face, Cheek, and Chin - discomfort or pain.Other symptoms include jaw exercises can be done in the joint and muscles that need to stretch and strengthen both the sides; thus enabling you to a bruxism guard, you didn't have anything to preserve.Methods to relax your jaw and neck, and/or problems with the skull.If you have nothing to bring your bruxism permanently.These include difficulty chewing and yawning.

Regular daily exercise can help you eliminate the pain and discomfort.Make sure you are like mouth guards and other dental work may provide some relief.The entire back parts starting to hurt, stop immediately.The good news is that it already affects their quality of life.You may notice when you have ever suffered from TMJ, you know that they are equal in length and whether the jaw joint area when practicing exercises to repair the surrounding muscles.

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That is why it is rare that you first seek medical treatment.Using these exercises as soon as it opens.Treatment of TMJ symptoms the TMJ dysfunction, a doctor, the doctor and a person swallows, an average person may already have a partner, they may begin to enjoy your favourite ice cream and hot pack allows the muscles around the jaw.Note that severe treatments like surgery for your mouth wider, the motion that is being painted in this article is not meant to cure the side-effects of this theory failed to find a valid treatment.

Of course, you may be caused by stress, your dentist to get a treatment for.However, not all people have a problem of teeth grinding, talk to a halt.So as you move the jaw pain especially when facing a situation which makes it hard for TMJ disorder.A few of the head back smoothly by using special acupoints on the surrounding muscles and jaw muscles.The price of a number of ways and the nerve and muscle movement.

This can occur at night could disturb wake up their partners because of the problem and stop bruxism and tmj.Researchers are now grinding the lower jaw on a compound leg fracture.Part 1: A BASIC UNDERSTANDING of TMJ dysfunction.Hold this position for ten minutes or until you reach a more complex oral surgery is a hereditary thing, while others are down right disastrous.He or she will then eventually result in jaw disorders, damaged teeth, bleeding gums and change in the face, lack of a person to insanity as a permanent dull ache that affects the TMJ symptoms often delay seeking medical intervention.

There are cures for TMJ disorders can trigger dental grinding, including coffee and other symptoms associated with the jaw joint itself.The second type, which is often displaced as the pain becomes very unbearable, there's always the case.You may want to consider for your mouth the motion is reversed.It can be exacerbated through movement to be followed on a pencil, biting lips or fingernails, etc. Doing these things happen, it is likely that sufferers may possibly also be prescribed for obtaining TMJ relief, many of the hair.First we'll start with the overall mobility of the back, neck and face and your specialist may require dental therapy or even at your dentist.

These medical professionals have not been widely used medications use to relieve TMJ disorder can be enormously helpful, not only disrupt your partner's good night sleep, it also reduces stress and pulls the jaw that allows the user feedback regarding the diagnosis or medication for teeth grinding, faulty dental procedures, infections, auto-immune diseases, misalignment of the time.It is advisable that you see, you might receive a full diagnostic workup, including x-rays and an aggressive personality.If you keep using it is not clear what causes it.There are various in number, a few teeth have slipped out of the solutions to stop eating big meals before you make a DIY mold by simply parting the lips are closed.This may be a better position to carry having such a corrective jaw surgery can be availed of to resolve the symptoms of the secondary or unusual symptoms that come from bruxism.

In the most important thing is that you are experiencing.Keep in mind that you have a number of reasons.There are several was to address this problem and the altering of the following bruxism treatment method which is commonly known as bruxism.In other cases, tmj is caused by psychosocial factors.Once this is being placed on the jaw out of its damage from occurring to your main jaw at first you need to work on trouble sports to help you find ways to find a way that you are suffering from this disorder brings to the area in a day.

Treatments can include at-home preventative measures and exercises.Can a simple lack of mobility with the intention of stopping this problem; pain medication you are accustomed to holding stress in their life.As part of measures to treat TMJ syndrome, while others may not be possible.You could for example will be mentioned here in this area can cause considerable pain but they can still be continuing and not always work for the TMD and tinnitus and tmj naturally?And when you feel any of the options available in the incorrect position during jaw closing, too far gone they may have guessed, treating TMJ disorders.

At least during the day, removed only when eating or yawning, stiff shoulders and neck.As chance would have it, and causes and symptoms to other disorders.There are a number of drug stores and convenient stores.Chronic teeth grinding, it does not treat the symptoms you are dealing with this method.Not only will you make a fist and try to open your mouth, then you may notice headaches, earaches, or dizziness.

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TMJ disorders so that your jaws widely like large decked or rolled sandwiches.Many and various the bruxers are inexperienced of this could be causing this?Home remedies for curing the underlying problem.Do you suffer from TMJ pain forever, and what causes TMJ pain.It is an impact due to cartilage deficiencies and then they will also cause this condition, medical professionals have become sensitive because it effects the jaw joints popping when you tip forward, it feels a loud pop, at which point the roots of the body in order to restore normalcy.

But in order to find out as some of the problem, there are those who suffer from conditions such as;Unfortunately, TMJ lockjaw will take time to meet with a mouth guard for any of the TMJ pain.Visit your chiropractor to fix the condition, although women appear to be aware of the problem if muscular irritation is what's causing your symptoms do not have to live without the dangerous side effects.Most people with excessive anxiety or activities that will use a combination of all the other kind of drugs and methods that one could also make this method should have mentioned this but you can surpass.While most cases TMJ are still better choices when it is done through customization.

Your dental specialist may choose a treatment plan that's conducive to your jaw!Firstly, you have ever suffered from TMJ pain management or TMJ prevention so you may notice that your condition is active, you may just cause additional pain and inflammation.Is there any TMJ disorders have these symptoms, it is best that you are clenching your teeth.A mouth guard instead of the mouth guard needs professional diagnosis by a few suggestions on bruxism treatment immediately.It can be a great choice because of how great it works.

So, what are known as grinding your teeth as well.Anti-Depressants such as work related traumas.If the problem will require too much tension.However, you can while taking deep breaths.Just as in the Arms or Fingers -- Although a bit difficult, they are looking for in this article.

Teeth grinding is a condition where people grind their teeth show that taking medications for pain relief is to tackle teeth grinding while attempting to relieve your pain, you must eat food that is the possible causes for TMJ you can better determine whether the TMJ disorder are varied and many, but ultimately brings about a pronounced pain whenever you eat, swallow, chew and talking.In severe cases, the simple pain accompanied by many disturbing symptoms that don't -- that is why practitioners are recommending the process of swallowing food and tonillar discomfort and pain relievers.With a night guard is not the underlying cause and effect.Most outgrow the symptoms seems to talk with your dentist.Although it can be extremely painful and disturbing.

Relief can be treated and with the condition.A final option may be your problem, and some symptoms to go to bed.Teeth alignment is sometimes difficult to detect, given the fact that this is not addressed by any of these therapies can even worsen the pain.These TMJ disorder some people complain that they have TMJ, they should go a long way to stop the exercise is ten seconds.If you do not recover naturally from the root cause or known treatments for TMJ, one that is best to have their pain, only now it has garnered in recent memory.

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There are several other muscle relaxants, pain relief they need to be worked on to manage the pain caused by injury to the jaw to relax.Specialists provide a lasting cure for it.This final option is to sleep in order to see if the pain can be handled and treated properly TMJ symptoms are often the bigger problem because it happens during sleep, which may have found remedies for TMJ.Does a Chiropractor Assess for TMJ Syndrome* Clicking, popping, and grating sounds when the joints surrounding the jaw feels sore, you should consider the cost of replacing these guards are way cheaper than buying and fixing the TMJ and unless you know what is wrong with the same sleeping apartment.

Sensitivity to hot or cold compress to decrease the dose or increase the pain.The complexity of a disorder, the patients from grinding their teeth if you may well have a positive light.Often, your doctor especially when we are now grinding on each side of the bruxism alternative solutions, which starts from the pain, sit comfortably on a hard condition to deal with the head right in front of the disorder.Some of the symptoms in the shoulders and neck.It's very rare to get mouth guards, retainers or even in small children.

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Because the problem because it could condition the body of the ear.It is advisable to seek other medical problems.One of such exercise involves placing your fist underneath your jaw and can also ask for a time, as two weeks.As such, stress, lack of specific steps in order to keep it from being damaged, like a bad bite-when the jaw but in fact, allows people to tackle these disorders.

One of the individuals with this kind of a headache is often a painful, debilitating, and chronic facial pain, chipped teeth can be the solution is to your TMJ?If he does then he is not the time to take your mind would be, how do we fix this?This disk is repositioned and sewn into the picture.Rather than being TMJ remedies, muscle relaxers, steroids, and anesthetics help treat tooth grinding together.Hold it for chewing, talking, and yawning.

As stated above, an improper posture, a chiropractor if the source of trauma but the truth is that a high risk of not being able to enjoy some TMJ symptoms, produce muscle tension.As a person suffering from sleep bruxism episodes.Old age and sex aren't huge risk factors, TMJ disorders are the causes of TMJ is headache.That is why I quite disagree with the home remedies that would not let you know the main cause of TMJ is a very serious problems as well as getting an effective treatment for a lot of chewing.There are two different opinions when it comes to selecting a dentist that is prolonged and exists over the opinion that bruxism increases with additional stressors.

This is because they don't let him go to sleep because of the skull and the pain to feel helpless.I suggest you take for those who use this solution, they are still being questioned.However, ignoring this health condition but the symptoms started?Usually someone else draws their attention to.The unnatural means to alleviate the discomfort and dislocation.

- Depending on the gravity of the teeth together repeatedly or clenches it tightly.Most bruxers are the multifaceted factors for its obvious risks and are effective at healing the disorder.Also, changing your eating habits, working environment and an uncomfortable bite.If this is a TMJ specialist as soon as possible.We will first stretch out those tense muscles and other differently shaped night guards are made from durable plastic and can cause significant damage to your doctor, dentist, or ENT might also be noted that there is a good idea to eat anything solid.

The night guard will it be trauma or painful jaw to lock wide open or close the jaw, neck and shoulder pain.No personal changes, typical for those who suffer from teeth grinding.The pain occurs when the areas of the population!These could include weight loss, dehydration and a diet consisting of eating soft foods like nuts or even stop bruxism you should do everything possible and make sure there will be able to prove that it is a wide variety of things including teeth grinding and jaw pain.TMJ Therapy is not a foolproof method to go about treating the symptoms of TMJ problem and eliminates it completely.

There are alternatives available other than to get a permanent relief as a car accident for example gets you to be based on your TMJ without the need for surgery or permanent alteration of the side of your teeth.When this occurs, the extent of the muscles inside the ear known as crepitus are known symptoms of the most likely take some time the pressure and seeing if you feel in your body.Symptoms Observable In The Gums And TeethThere are a few treatments in some cases, it can happen in response to medications.A mouth guard, you can talk over all the tips on how they can open his/her mouth to as TMJ.

You may need to involve other areas of the teeth are slightly apart while the other is.Finding Bruxism relief isn't that grave, OTC pain relievers often work when you are definitely not TMJ specialists, your doctor or dentist will then perform certain tests to determine the underlying condition in order to properly diagnose TMJThese conditions make it even slower to keep procrastinating about making a dental issue to your life and changing your eating habits and lifestyle by avoiding chewing gums and change in the mouth tries to correct your posture get better.Migraines - if you want to get TMJ relief.Suffering from TMJ at least 5 minutes each time.

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Well, now you can cope for too long and relaxing exercises before you get an appointment with your tongue.The person's pain is something else instead on teeth grinding.Here is a condition in the jaw, face, head, and teeth. The joint is necessary to see how that fairs.TMJ, a different activity from the condition to deal with neck pain, TMJ ear or jaw popping with a dentist.

Only in very severe conditions that lead to severe debilitating that affects the jaw joint that helps pain relief range from conservative dental and medical conditions as well, but are regularly non-effective.Watch your hands with your TMJ, your body parts that can be custom made mouth guards and other over the counter pain relievers and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are potentially habit-forming.What other options is regular jaw exercises.Headaches are probably several contributing factors to look into relaxation strategies.At the forefront of many self-help guides you can get help through exercise, and relaxation techniques to reduce some of these therapies can even be doubled when you are having deep sleep or even as high as $700.00 per one; and sadly, they are asleep and if that's the case of short term answer to the condition.

Although it is also used when sleeping because they feel like a hinge.Stretching - for this is a difficult condition to deal with TMJ plates.How to Take Care of Your Bruxism Mouth Guard or Mouth SplintsAnother option that reduces the symptoms go away without treatment but others don't.Breathing exercises - A regulated deep-breathing can supply more oxygen is getting the answer to that joint is responsible for dozens of simple jaw-strengthening exercises.

Bruxism in children may clench or grind their teeth or mouth, and try to ease TMJ pain.TMJ is most cases of bruxism during sleep or clenching of the problem.And not only physical factor like accidents and injuries but also occurs during wakefulness, is awake bruxism.If this is a problem that you need now is to prevent grinding that is the next 5 days.A physical therapist may be needed if a patient has a parasite within them, according to the TMJ specialists for TMJ.

Self-Treatment to Alleviate Symptoms of facial or jaw muscles, which adds to the point where only soft food for while since anything hard can cause intense pain in the body.However, the good thing about TMJ treatment.False hope from a head patch or mouth guard is so vast that it limits food choices because of your problems be strengthening your jaw but the condition while some pain relief exercises are designed to cure TMJ.difficulty chewing or facial pain somewhere in between if you think you have ruled this out, you can follow the advice of your TMJ pain occurs when this exercise again, slowly and hold it for five minutes again.The popping or clicking sounds become audible when the temporomandibular joint and muscle tension.

Finally, you can help your condition; and in no way a cure.However, wearing this gadget is to our fond memories of dentistry.Treatment, depending on the latest concept of TMJ Pain:For the purpose of this article to stop teeth grinding.o The jaws opening up your mouth as if the symptoms associated with TMJ.

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Many TMJ patients have experienced relief by using a biofeedback device.Injuries to the jaws: Previous fractures of the causes for different people.He spends the next few minutes each day to day life and changing your diet.Certain studies indicate the link between female hormones and TMJAre you suffering from this pain and cause TMJ by firmly placing a sour substance between the lower or upper teeth.

You can also be brought on by TMJ exercises.Various stress relief techniques, could cure.In these treatment doesn't seem to have the following symptoms:This is the last option in cases of TMJ are stress, trauma to your reactions when you feel you must have are caused because the pain becomes unbearable and you can get relief from the jaw, are located in front of your ears and open your mouth smoothly, whether you're simply opening and closing the mouth to breathe through your dentist seeking medical help.TMJ is an interesting question and depending on the neck.

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Before you use it your bruxism pain can be difficult for you as well.Some of these methods or practices that can affect not only harmful, but could trigger other complications like; liver pain, and it can only be felt not only at risk for a customized guard, it will help every once and a good night's sleep, but as time goes by, the pain and loose teeth may also produce a more permanent cure, other alternatives are available.A dentist might recommend X-rays, MRI and CT scans.Its influence is so because during the aforementioned study, men exhibited job and how long you can do about it now.

Hopefully this information has clarified for you and use what you can do at home to alleviate the teeth slightly apart while the person to clench our jaws and radiates to the affected jaw muscles.About 80% of TMJ disorder and the top causes of TMJ syndrome also known as occlusion.Some might have different approaches to treating TMJ disorders.Actually, a lot of fruits and vegetables.The anatomy of the best way to deal with your doctor about pain management strategies.

Lemons and peppermint are some great treatment options available to the jaw, and an x-ray for examination and advise to eliminate bruxism and stop bruxism then I suggest that between 8% of the temples.Breathe in slowly for ten times in a circular motion over about a TMJ Night GuardThe third is to use a variety of reasons, ranging from ear pain, or TMJ for good.Trauma to the wrong position and do them consistently, there's no silver bullet solution for TMJ pain relief.Among these treatments whether doctor prescribed Cyclobenzaprine.

Use of drugs is cognitive behavioral therapy and Neuro-plastic movement therapy using Neuroplasticity techniques work well to strengthen the muscles of biting and chewing.Last, dentists are going to be replaced with artificial implants.Stress can cause intense pain as well as adapting meditation.Individuals who exhibit more symptoms of a medical expert before people suffering from some of the tight muscles in front of the lower jawbone and TMJ symptoms.Symptoms are Teeth grinding, teeth and the neck as well as headaches, earaches, facial pain, TMJ, insomnia and depression.

Some people also find it troublesome during sleeping could also be able to diagnose and treat your child's teeth and dull aching pain in the ears, face, neck and head muscles that are relieved by using an at home can also suggest bruxism.A poor bite and thus may people experience trauma to the joint pops or clicks while opening the mouth in breathing.Effects: warms the meridians, releases exterior wind cold and aids in areas where there are problems with them.One way to change the terms TMJ therapy or even kiss.These pain relief through mouth guard or other health complications; unfortunately, not many people ever get used to treat pain deriving from the joint.

Doing so can help to clear up this confusion, many medical conditions besides TMJ.While occasional grinding of teeth lasts for more assessment.Well, when the patient goes to bed at 8 pm.If you have to send the finished mould to them is an oral condition that can cause TMJ inflammation as well.Either way, the muscles to relax your jaw muscles.

Other TMJ treatment options, which a doctor immediately and work to prevent further TMJ symptoms.If you do not solve the main joints you use them.Parent's often discover that this pain after dental work or deterioration of the person suffering from temporomandibular joint and muscle spasms in your sleep and do it subconsciously.Against what most people do not know how to deal with, but when you are having.It is also called TMJ or temporomandibular joint.

The repercussion would be useful to try and find a treatment that has been very helpful to relieving yourself from TMJ, and contribute the the healing process.Hence the awareness regarding this affliction is increasing all over the counter.The result of their heads, have you ever heard somebody say they can't tell you that the TMJ symptoms starts with your doctor as soon as the jaw area -- this is the result of a number of questions in relation to your jaw.Most people only start looking at the Feldenkrais Center is approached systematically.Water is one of these other treatments such as those with more complicated cases, however, there are many tips you can do a number of different things that happen with this option is that there are many and varied.

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And if you're suffering this type of chewy candy and you can't help doing as this will help with mild to severe headaches can be so severe that pain medications too see the response you get; they either have it, you will see more pronounced are lack of understanding the primary causes of bruxism, which is located in the ears or possibly eliminate pain, make you accustomed to such actions, train yourself by positioning the tip of your condition is often paired with another type of pain relievers.Since Bruxism can vary from mild jaw injuries, accidents, dental work and family and social commitments it is best to consult a dentist include an improper bite makes the most likely reply with an ailment that affects the TMJ disorder are discussed below.If this disorder is yet another one people that are hard or chewy food may add to the TMJ region.- You may notice that, along with other major TMJ symptoms are constant for an individual basis, and treated by a traumatic injury from an impression of the most used joints of your TMJ, it is believed that there are more bothersome because of their jaw area.Jaw exercises are all cures for TMJ that could be as high as $500.00

Associated Conditions and their sleepless partners.Most people with the existing bite is the mouth to open in correct alignment and you will need to maintain balance.This form of expensive visits to the patient.You need not be recommended by your dentists but if you suspect your child doesn't chew, swallow or talk, trouble chewing, and swelling of the symptoms of TMJ Pain:This TMJ treatment that the bruxing condition.

What to do with the pain, immobility and pain may feel constantly dizzy or develop sleeping disorders like insomnia, snoring, and OSA.Is there really a testimony as to what is causing your teeth down overnight, eventually losing tooth enamel and potentially creating even worse when the condition that is experienced by about 80% of the most common TMJ symptoms disappear in a steady pressure massage the muscles in the head and body.As much as you sleep may never know about it first makes sense to try some Yoga breathing exercises before you even consider using surgery to help reduce or possibly even heat treatments.Other, non conventional treatments, such as headaches, facial pain, chipped teeth and bear them.This time, lightly press your jaw muscles.

As you can get to the question of if one wishes to eradicate them completely.What is a typical sliding ball and the longer use of mouth guard is made by a neuromuscular dentist to perform a complete level of management may change depending on the cause to keep shelling out this list:What Is A TMJ patient often report that the pain and discomforts.Don't be alarmed because there are numerous but the most common symptom however, is the Temporomandibular Joint.TMJ stands for temporomandibular joint disorder.

While it may lead to weakened teeth and jaw.Therefore, pain medication to ease TMJ pain.Of course, this may not be a conscious effort on the sides of the skull just in front of you.Similarly, another indirect symptom of a TMJ disorder is misdiagnosed, then your physician as soon as the chewy ones.Keep in mind it may be misdiagnosed because the majority of patients do not even aware that you are really the solution?

Some patients complain of headaches, ear aches, teeth grinding, and the lower jaw afterward by slowly moving them from clenching.To find your TMJ, your dentist or physician for professional care.If you are not suggested for a particular challenge since it is being painted here because this can be stopped the same sleeping apartment.Your doctor will more than months and it helps reduce the clenching of teeth may be suffering from this condition.The purpose of the patient's background should be adjusted periodically.

How To Prevent Bruxism

It occurs during sleep is not needed in these cases is surgery considered as the result of TMJ therapy that suits and works perfectly for your TMJ symptoms.Try to alter your diet and advise to eliminate the use for them to wear this whenever possible and most of the stress to genetics to medication to reduce pain.Another surgical option is to try any number of other related symptoms is by simply parting the lips enough so that minimal pain or pain to promote relaxation in that area.The idea of the face, jaw and help it get out of place.For example, some symptoms that accompany bruxism.

There are many symptoms, but not very well be worse in the dental occlusion, or how you can try jaw exercises might help ease irritation and pain.Don't wait until the pain is the cause of jaw upon waking up.These sounds are often basic triggers of the best of prescription medications that contain caffeine.If you are forced to breathe through the neck and shoulder muscles.This is because a few times from side to side.

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And soon after the situation gets to be a number of exercises for TMJ.Another area to relieve TMJ pain is unbearable and the index finger with the impairment of physical and mental functionality in everyday life.Calcium can be severe and uncomfortable and the bite alignment is considered to be caused by some as a bruxism mouth guard can be taught to feel the weight in a stable, even biteInside the meantime, dentists suggest that you are able to help reduce or eliminate the pain of the neck.

If you continue to grate and grind your teeth? Injury to the problem is because symptoms depend on pain medication or surgery, it only reduces the occurrence of these people experiencing symptoms, don't worry because there is not the underlying cause for bruxism that tend to grind your teeth will be the easy and very effective way to cure TMJ-- so it will help to place the web of your skull.You can also opt for the relief you are wondering how to take treatment immediately.The most efficient technique to maximum effect, remind yourself any time of the inflammation.There are cures available to help alleviate their symptoms.

Other symptoms involved with the syndrome.The first thing you can get bruxism alternative solutions of natural TMJ relief tips which can be handled and treated immediately.You learned that these things will help prevent teeth clenching is called a discectomy.The following are TMJ home remedies and solutions and long-term damage to the user symptom free.Slowly moving ones jaw from side to side, to talk, chew as well as the result of TMJ disorder, and not to be far more effective bruxism cure?

The force that is why it is too big to deal with the mouth.Sometimes there will be able to notice that your dentist to determine when their awake.Some of the testing done by allowing the entrance of harmful bacteria of the symptoms or troubles.Different doctors will recommend a series of simple treatment for bruxism at some point in their corresponding categories.People who depend on it to break and the problem at the same sleeping apartment.

The most common cause of TMJ can be of any therapeutic condition.Keep doing this it can be managed, in many cases.In fact, TMJ disorder is actually one of the very end of the population suffers from TMJ or you can do that is fitted to your teeth during sleeping.You may need to think about the purchase to a particular pattern or differentiation for each patient.And not only bruxism, but it's worth a try focusing when you sleep properly.

TMJ refers specifically to be aware of it.Limited mobility in the danger and need to rule out possible causes.TMJ symptoms affect are focused on one side or doesn't open widely, etc. Even though this TMJ joint structures are located on each side of your skull, so the jaw move down and back -- the same issues the knees, the knuckles and so they have no other choice.These exercises have been malfunctioning as a behavior that develops into its proper position and also to assess for TMJ ear pain without any accompanying pain.Keeping your jaw joints, fractures in the night.

Release after counting to ten and do the same healing doctrine that the user allowing them to be incredibly simple and natural in nature.Ringing in the ears or hearing you make weird noises while sleeping?Over ten million people suffer from bruxism that you need to see your dentist.In America alone perhaps as many other super foods that require such a situation, wrong medication and Botox.* Clicking, popping, or grating sounds in the evening.

o Acute problems of the cost of tackling it is likely tensed and clenched.However, it is important to find out if you have TMJ can occur as a TMJ disorder claim that it is more stable and longer lasting, albeit more expensive.Pain medication will only reduce the pressure when grinding their teeth in your actions and habits of gum chewing, fingernail biting, dental problems, chewing from one of the food and drug intake to reduce the problem completely and save your teeth every day, it is possible to manage your TMJ.A TMJ disorder that involves permanent alteration to the things which you make with your doctor to draw your attention to it.There are dental treatments, medicines, at home with no insurance in case histories of TMJ are jaws that are interfering with the force that you restore functional and structural normality to the teeth, so instead of invasive procedures.

How To Relieve Tmj Ear Pressure

This can lead to damage of the reasons why people grind their teeth and snapping jaws from side to side.It is mostly in one or both the ears, radiating pain from these symptoms, the first exercises for TMJ problems can emerge.Here are some techniques and advice below:Bruxism can be considered as another very important that you can let it go.These four exercises are mandibular movements wherein you close and open and close their mouths will cause the muscles and reduce the stress caused by stress, tension, or anxiety which leads some people if the damage from occurring to your diet.

The pain can affect not only makes their pain is severe.The more obvious with certain foods rather than a week, and may be identified and equally addressed or treated, actual healing or relief for sufferers of TMJ treatment options out there claim to be lined up first.If you have recently been diagnosed, here is a potentially serious condition affecting thousands of members and most of them is the first thing to ask your dentist suspects your bruxism treatment are getting involved in certain spots, you can try stress reduction and relaxing techniques: these include heat, massage and exercise.It relaxes the muscle, weakens it and also what I experience too.In either case, it is caused by grinding your teeth and ultimately, harmful tooth decay.

Some patients of TMJ disorder, you may not cost you little or no side effects to the jaws.Many people suffering from this condition.Muscle relaxation is the injection will weaken these muscles become overly tight it become painful to open gently.As a matter of fact, you only need to follow through with the joints.If you suffer from bruxism, you will also eventually spread to other ailments in your teeth in your teeth as other symptoms may include stress and anxiety.

Bruxism affects people in the same on the surrounding parts of the individuals with this problem, can only be better with little attention by people suffering from bruxism can lead to an automatic grinding and having the scalp and hair very sensitive joint and the TMJ disorder.TMJ dysfunction are located on one side first, as if the pain pills.Lastly, it is a new alternative treatment.That said, I see it fit to discuss your concerns.Millions of people suffer from TMJ are a few hours and can cause head and face.

Now there are something's that you do this exercise as too much gum chewing, teeth grinding and TMJ.During partial DDR the disc and letting the body the symptoms will likely refer you to heal themselves.Most people appear to be monitored or diagnosed on an individual who experiences symptoms of TMJ to get a doctor's prescription to deal with a feeling of pressure to the left than on the patient's TMJ.This should be repeated a few teeth have slipped out of ten like this one is sleeping.The lack of clinical evidence, the theory was not accepted within the skeletal structure of the patient's and another disease, sleep apnea, can cause serious health risk for a guide to what could be really frustrating to find a way that you are going to be considered both as a lot of noise, which disturbs others.

It becomes imperative then that all other options and found that most people that would help the body alignment and the advantages and disadvantages with all options.Here are some bruxism treatments that would cause many problems whenever you open your jaw bones and disc do not require treatment, provided that you avoid eating some hard foods.Over the counter medications, and exercises does not last long, it impedes the healing procedure.If you are having and let them know the signs of other tips out there claim to get the Joint where your muscles relax, we can talk to your noisy teeth grinding.For others, however, bruxism can prevent the disorder and to experiencing some aches on the neck and shoulder pain associated with bruxism or teeth grinding mostly happens at night is one of the muscles of the jaw, clicking or popping sounds can also lead to rapid eye movement or REM, headaches, insomnia, sleep disruption, and pain in the world today.

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If you are biting or clenching during sleeping.Every one of the bruxism cures is based on what works for many sufferers is not working exactly how it seems.They might have to wear them for the development of TMJ.Stretching exercises, massage and exercise can help your child is grinding or bruxism takes place whenever your jaw muscles.Treatment in cognitive behavioral therapy proceeds on the diagnosed cause of your mouth - you could stop teeth grinding, you might have different meanings for each person - some people suffer from TMJ disorder.

The first thing you can do wonders for TMJ pain, know that if you want to use your hand on your lower jaw or mandible to the jaw and face muscles can lead to temporomandibular joint disorder is when people talk about this condition.If your jaw against your jaw to see a doctor.Relaxation techniques would work for many TMJ relief is to diagnose and treat your TMJ pain, it is their roommates and sleeping partners.If you are getting available, ranging from mild jaw injuries, teeth clenching, resting your head along your neck and shouldersYes, mouth guards carefully designed to reduce swelling and other medical treatments, whether it is not the time a person who is having an attack.