ok waaaaay out there question!

[Brandi]

Do you every accidentally bite your tongue or the inside of your cheek more often then you should? Explanation will follow if anyone responds.

[Duck on Wheels]

There's actually an explanation for this? I thought it was just that after the first bite there was a bit of swelling so that further bites were that much more likely. But maybe that's not it at all.

[KnottedYet]

My jaw joint goes awry occaisionally and I bite my cheeks.

Have a nice little bite splint that I wear at night to protect my jaw joint.

[Meg McKilty]

I bite the inside of my cheeks when I sleep at night, but I also sleep on the side of my face/stomach a LOT.

[Mr. Bloom]

Yep...and I really don't like it. It's not just in eating too!:mad:

[LBTC]

Well, yes. The insides of my cheeks have the visible imprints of all that biting over the years. Not only that, I didn't realize that my tongue has teeth marks on the sides too. My acupuncturist (Pika) pointed out that the teeth marks indicate a swollen tongue, which, according to Traditional Chinese Medicine is a sign of low spleen energy.

I have no idea what the biting the insides of my cheeks means, though. :confused:

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[mimitabby]

quick, what should we do about low spleen energy?? :eek:

[LBTC]

quick, what should we do about low spleen energy?? :eek:

Avoid "cold" and sweet foods. And get acupuncture. :D

Is your spleen okay, Mimi?

H&B
~T~

[Tri Girl]

Dang it- all the stinkin' time. When I chew gum it's worse. I always bite my cheeks when I chew gum (and when I eat, and heck- even for no apparent reason).
I always thought I was a freak-a-zoid on this issue. It's like I don't know how to chew... :D

[teigyr]

Well, yes. The insides of my cheeks have the visible imprints of all that biting over the years. Not only that, I didn't realize that my tongue has teeth marks on the sides too. My acupuncturist (Pika) pointed out that the teeth marks indicate a swollen tongue, which, according to Traditional Chinese Medicine is a sign of low spleen energy.

I have no idea what the biting the insides of my cheeks means, though. :confused:

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

Who found the teeth marks on your tongue :confused:

What does the spleen do and how is that in relation to ones tongue?

I actually did have problems with biting my cheek and my tongue but that was all to do with facial abnormality (if anyone dares snicker, I will look defiant!). I had jaw reconstructive surgery last year and no more bite marks.

[silver]

I actually did have problems with biting my cheek and my tongue but that was all to do with facial abnormality (if anyone dares snicker, I will look defiant!). I had jaw reconstructive surgery last year and no more bite marks.


You mean it had nothing to do with that dagger in your mouth? ;)

[Starfish]

I have some scar tissue from biting my the insides of my cheeks, but unfortunately, it isn't accidental, exactly. It is a stress-related thing I do unconsciously. :(

[7rider]

Do you every accidentally bite your tongue or the inside of your cheek more often then you should? Explanation will follow if anyone responds.

Does it mean you invented a new meaning to the term "sucking face"??


I also bite my cheeks when chewing gum. Dang! I missed it again!

[kiwi girl]

I have some scar tissue from biting my the insides of my cheeks, but unfortunately, it isn't accidental, exactly. It is a stress-related thing I do unconsciously. :(

me too

there have been times when I was younger when it almost became a semi-conscious self-harm thing (in a very minor way) but I haven't had that problem for years

[bmccasland]

Considering I have bite marks on the insides of my cheeks, I have low spleen energy too...

So Brandi, what does this all mean??? How long are you going to tease us????:confused: :confused: :confused:

[teigyr]

Isn't the tongue the spleen? I don't know what the cheeks are....dare I ask? :rolleyes:

[Mr. Bloom]

Explanation will follow if anyone responds.

OK Brandi, we're waiting with baited breath (and bleeding cheeks) for the explanation:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[RoadRaven]

Do you every accidentally bite your tongue or the inside of your cheek more often then you should?

Hmmmm... more often than I should?
You mean there is an ammount of toungue/cheek biting I should be doing??? :p

How often should I, and then I can answer if I bite it/them more than I should!

Road ~toungue-in-cheek-&-being-careful-not-to-bite ~ Raven

[Brandi]

Sorry! I wanted to see if i was the only freak who did this on a regular bases. I have so much scaring on the inside of my cheek and tongue. Sometimes i swear I am trying to hurt myself. It seems to happen when i am really hungry and i eat to fast. But this spleen thing is very interesting.
I was just tryig to see if this was common. Told you it was a weird one.

I didn't want to put my stories in first. I wanted to hear what everyone was going to say first. I wish I had a reason for it. I just feel i do it to much.

[mimitabby]

Avoid "cold" and sweet foods. And get acupuncture. :D

Is your spleen okay, Mimi?

H&B
~T~
LBTC
I avoid cold foods, but have a bit of a problem with sweet.

My tongue isnt swollen; but I am not sure about my spleen.

Brandi, I bite my tongue, i bite my lip, i bite the sides of my mouth.
I have two wisdom teeth left. I used to have three but the biting the side of the mouth thing got so bad (I would have to extricate my cheek from between my teeth when i got up) that i had that 3rd wisdom tooth pulled.

[LBTC]

LBTC
I avoid cold foods, but have a bit of a problem with sweet.


I read this while I was eating chocolate! Apparently, I also have trouble avoiding sweet! Okay, well, it is dark chocolate sweetened with beet sugar, but still....

H&B
~T~

[missymaya]

so, would biting one's cheeks have something to do with low kidney energy;) ?

[Python]

The Spleen is on the left side of the body behind the stomach.

I sometimes bite my lip too. Don't bite my cheek anymore - haven't got enough teeth to do that with now:p

[Mr. Bloom]

I have so much scaring on the inside of my cheek and tongue.

Yuck! That's gross!!!:p :p

Just kidding, I have three in my mouth right now!:(

[Dianyla]

I'll go through weird spells where I have a lot of cheeky accidents.:p It's like I suddenly get clumsy about chewing, especially when eating fast, and my jaw will sort of start to wobble. Sometimes I can even tell a split-second before it happens, and then suddenly "CHOMP!!!!!" :eek:

Of course, then the bitten cheek gets swollen and rebitten a few times for the next few days. Then, just as randomly, I might go months without an accident. :confused:

[luv'nAustin]

It's a family thing in my house! Not only do I bite the inside of my mouth, but my three children do it as well...sometimes drawing blood. When everyone lived at home it would be unusual if we could get through a meal without one of us suddenly flinching and following it up with a yelp. My husband never bites the inside of his mouth. Lucky him. He is obviously not related to me.

[chort]

I'm a cheek biter, but not a tongue biter. I thought this was fairly normal. I just do it without even thinking about it.. For something to do, I guess!

[Deanna]

I'm a cheek biter-not hard biting, more like nervous habit biting. My dentist has implied that this is related to the jaw grinding I do in my sleep. I try to chew a lot of gum to avoid chomping on my cheek and to hopefully tire out my jaw muscles so I don't grind so much in my sleep.

[chort]

I'm a cheek biter-not hard biting, more like nervous habit biting. My dentist has implied that this is related to the jaw grinding I do in my sleep. I try to chew a lot of gum to avoid chomping on my cheek and to hopefully tire out my jaw muscles so I don't grind so much in my sleep.

Hmmmmm maybe that's it. I grind my teeth big time in my sleep. I had to get a guard made just for that and it also caused me to have TMJ. I don't chew a lot of gum because that also causes TMJ for me.. Just didn't realize that I might chew my gums from grinding my teeth!

[Brandi]

Ok so i am not a freak! That is a good thing. My husband thought it was strange that I do it so much.