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I can't stop chewing things! (And grinding my teeth!)
I've recently realised that what i do everyday is really a terrible habit.
I chew everything. I chew my pens in class - both the lids and the backs of them to the point at which the most common reason for me throwing a pen away is because the back looks too disgusting or i've made the ink tank explode into my mouth. Right now as I type I'm chewing a spring from a ball point pen i just broke writing an essay on my computer.
If I find a small piece of plastic - maybe a pen offcut I'll just put it in my mouth and chew it.
I've found myself chewing pennines, headphone cords (to destruction and expense), bottle lids, more or less anything that is within close reach. I don't know how to stop. It's like my brain is bored unless I'm doing four things at once and chewing is an easy thing to add to it.
I'm also told I grind my teeth and chomp when I'm asleep. I've been told this by girls who've woken up next to me scared ******** because they have their head next to mine and I sound like I'm trying to eat their ear off.
Often I'll get hurt - chewing something that slips off my teeth and rams into my gums (OUCH!) but it only puts me off for a short while.
I've done it for like two years now! Does anyone else do this? Am I alone?
What is the pseudo-psychiatric reason for it? I do it alone, so it's not like I'm just scared or nervous of other people.
It's almost like I'm permenantly on e.
I chew everything. I chew my pens in class - both the lids and the backs of them to the point at which the most common reason for me throwing a pen away is because the back looks too disgusting or i've made the ink tank explode into my mouth. Right now as I type I'm chewing a spring from a ball point pen i just broke writing an essay on my computer.
If I find a small piece of plastic - maybe a pen offcut I'll just put it in my mouth and chew it.
I've found myself chewing pennines, headphone cords (to destruction and expense), bottle lids, more or less anything that is within close reach. I don't know how to stop. It's like my brain is bored unless I'm doing four things at once and chewing is an easy thing to add to it.
I'm also told I grind my teeth and chomp when I'm asleep. I've been told this by girls who've woken up next to me scared ******** because they have their head next to mine and I sound like I'm trying to eat their ear off.
Often I'll get hurt - chewing something that slips off my teeth and rams into my gums (OUCH!) but it only puts me off for a short while.
I've done it for like two years now! Does anyone else do this? Am I alone?
What is the pseudo-psychiatric reason for it? I do it alone, so it's not like I'm just scared or nervous of other people.
It's almost like I'm permenantly on e.
Reply 2
In the words of Freud, you have an oral personality......!!!
I don't know, just a hard habit to break?
I don't know, just a hard habit to break?
Reply 3
EskimoJo
Ice chips?
God no. Oh god no. Ewhhhhhhshhgg.
Reply 4
well i know that a eating disorder called pica is when you eat abnormal foods such as plastic, paper, and chalk etc due to a lack of iron in the blood - but i doubt you have that. why not just chew some gum instead.
Reply 6
Try some nice tasting bubblegum to try to wean off plastic for a while? Concentrate on your breathing at night to try to calm down. Grinding is often due to stress.
Reply 7
EskimoJo
Carrot sticks?
Carrots overall YES.
Gum has a horrible texture and goes all disgusting. It also doesn't offer enough resistance. It's like I have overactive jaw muscles from taking e.
Reply 8
eat some tissue paper lol
Reply 9
Omg, snap!! I only just remembered that I used to suck coins as a child - ew, eww and ewww! I once pulled the rubber bits off a pair of sun glasses I had (the parts that rest on one's nose) to chew at the expense of those glasses, I do the headphones wire thing, ruin pens by splintering the plastic until they look too disgusting to use anymore, I've destroyed the plastic stopper at the end so the ink cartridge will stay in no longer and filled up pens with my saliva until it comes out the other end/the ink cartridge refuses to write anymore, I put random bits of plastic in my mouth, etc. I once chewed a fountain pen CARTRIDGE until it burst in my mouth and I ended up very ill! My friend used to become really annoyed/aggravated at the rattling sound my biting down on my fountain pens repeatedly would cause. The plastic bit you get inside some beer bottle lids is amazing to chew on. Bizarre! 
Reply 11
Yup, I chew everything too 
And grind my teeth
It scares anyone who isn't prewarned at night hehe
And grind my teeth
It scares anyone who isn't prewarned at night hehe
Reply 12
Pemly_Pem
The plastic bit you get inside some beer bottle lids is amazing to chew on. Bizarre! 
Snap.
It's got such good resistance and it never breaks.
Reply 13
I only really realised after posting that I have actually grown out of almost all of these things! I am a few years older than all of you so my guess is that you will probably grow out of it too. :-) Also, maybe try chewing gum!?
A few things you can try..
1. Chew bubblegum/gum or suck on a boiled sweet.
2. Do something that involves a lot of concentration and attention such as exercise, tidying or studying. That way you are probably less likely to chew things because you're focusing on something else. Also don't put anything on the table that are within your reach and that you will be tempted to chew on.
3. If you have worn braces in past you are usually given retainers. If you have some retainers I suggest you wear them during the day and night because you can't bite anything with your retainers on and also it will reduce the sound of when you grind your teeth at night. If you don't have any retainers, I suppose you could get one moulded personally by your dentist (but it is pricey!)
4. It does sound like an obsessive compulsive disorder. During the day, I know it sounds stupid but wear a rubber band or hair band around your wrist and when you feel the urge to chew something, pull at your rubber band/hair band around your wrist. This way you mentally tell yourself to shop chewing and this could potentially prevent any urges.
5. Alternatively, you could take in mind of how much bacteria is on the items that you chew and what happens if you had a cut in your mouth- you might get a nasty infection
Hope that helped!
1. Chew bubblegum/gum or suck on a boiled sweet.
2. Do something that involves a lot of concentration and attention such as exercise, tidying or studying. That way you are probably less likely to chew things because you're focusing on something else. Also don't put anything on the table that are within your reach and that you will be tempted to chew on.
3. If you have worn braces in past you are usually given retainers. If you have some retainers I suggest you wear them during the day and night because you can't bite anything with your retainers on and also it will reduce the sound of when you grind your teeth at night. If you don't have any retainers, I suppose you could get one moulded personally by your dentist (but it is pricey!)
4. It does sound like an obsessive compulsive disorder. During the day, I know it sounds stupid but wear a rubber band or hair band around your wrist and when you feel the urge to chew something, pull at your rubber band/hair band around your wrist. This way you mentally tell yourself to shop chewing and this could potentially prevent any urges.
5. Alternatively, you could take in mind of how much bacteria is on the items that you chew and what happens if you had a cut in your mouth- you might get a nasty infection
Hope that helped!
Reply 15
You're a reincarnated hamster
.
I am sorry if that was insensitive, I have no idea what you could do about it!
Oh but I do have a question, is your jaw very square and defined?
. I am sorry if that was insensitive, I have no idea what you could do about it!
Oh but I do have a question, is your jaw very square and defined?
(edited 10 years ago)
Reply 16
Original post by Redemption
I've recently realised that what i do everyday is really a terrible habit.
I chew everything. I chew my pens in class - both the lids and the backs of them to the point at which the most common reason for me throwing a pen away is because the back looks too disgusting or i've made the ink tank explode into my mouth. Right now as I type I'm chewing a spring from a ball point pen i just broke writing an essay on my computer.
If I find a small piece of plastic - maybe a pen offcut I'll just put it in my mouth and chew it.
I've found myself chewing pennines, headphone cords (to destruction and expense), bottle lids, more or less anything that is within close reach. I don't know how to stop. It's like my brain is bored unless I'm doing four things at once and chewing is an easy thing to add to it.
I'm also told I grind my teeth and chomp when I'm asleep. I've been told this by girls who've woken up next to me scared ******** because they have their head next to mine and I sound like I'm trying to eat their ear off.
Often I'll get hurt - chewing something that slips off my teeth and rams into my gums (OUCH!) but it only puts me off for a short while.
I've done it for like two years now! Does anyone else do this? Am I alone?
What is the pseudo-psychiatric reason for it? I do it alone, so it's not like I'm just scared or nervous of other people.
It's almost like I'm permenantly on e.
I chew everything. I chew my pens in class - both the lids and the backs of them to the point at which the most common reason for me throwing a pen away is because the back looks too disgusting or i've made the ink tank explode into my mouth. Right now as I type I'm chewing a spring from a ball point pen i just broke writing an essay on my computer.
If I find a small piece of plastic - maybe a pen offcut I'll just put it in my mouth and chew it.
I've found myself chewing pennines, headphone cords (to destruction and expense), bottle lids, more or less anything that is within close reach. I don't know how to stop. It's like my brain is bored unless I'm doing four things at once and chewing is an easy thing to add to it.
I'm also told I grind my teeth and chomp when I'm asleep. I've been told this by girls who've woken up next to me scared ******** because they have their head next to mine and I sound like I'm trying to eat their ear off.
Often I'll get hurt - chewing something that slips off my teeth and rams into my gums (OUCH!) but it only puts me off for a short while.
I've done it for like two years now! Does anyone else do this? Am I alone?
What is the pseudo-psychiatric reason for it? I do it alone, so it's not like I'm just scared or nervous of other people.
It's almost like I'm permenantly on e.
I had been chewing my nails for 8 years when I read an article saying that if you don't drop a habit before 16, it will be very hard to shake it off. After 3 more painful years of struggling I managed to stop it. Now I'm chewing the inside of my cheeks, gross, but true. Only during school term.
Btw, chewing stuff, and especially grinding teeth, is associated with stress. When sleeping, I don't grind them, but keep them very tightly closed together, and my tongue is always pressed on them. There's no way to control stuff when sleeping, but you should definitely try stop doing it when awake.
Reply 17
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