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When chronic tension becomes a form of false security

I've been clenching my jaw so hard for so long that relaxing it feels like losing control of something important.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Physical holding patterns create an illusion of safety that the nervous system resists releasing.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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