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Why Your Body Holds Stress While You Sleep

I clench my teeth so hard at night that I wake up with a headache and my jaw feels like it could crack but I cannot stop even with a mouth guard.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Unconscious muscular tension represents the body's attempt to contain and control overwhelming emotional material.

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