#end up contributing to learning bad practices or habits or worse yet contribute to bad accessibility and/or developer experience

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as a web dev I actually get irrationally angry when people recommend w3schools as learning material

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If you’ve ever put off an important task by, say, alphabetizing your spice drawer, you know it wouldn’t be fair to describe yourself as lazy.

After all, alphabetizing requires focus and effort — and hey, maybe you even went the extra mile to wipe down each bottle before putting it back. And it’s not like you’re hanging out with friends or watching Netflix. You’re cleaning — something your parents would be proud of! This isn’t laziness or bad time management. This is procrastination.

If procrastination isn’t about laziness, then what is it about?

Etymologically, “procrastination” is derived from the Latin verb procrastinare — to put off until tomorrow. But it’s more than just voluntarily delaying. Procrastination is also derived from the ancient Greek word akrasia — doing something against our better judgment.

“It’s self-harm,” said Dr. Piers Steel, a professor of motivational psychology at the University of Calgary and the author of “The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done.”

That self-awareness is a key part of why procrastinating makes us feel so rotten. When we procrastinate, we’re not only aware that we’re avoiding the task in question, but also that doing so is probably a bad idea. And yet, we do it anyway.

“This is why we say that procrastination is essentially irrational,” said Dr. Fuschia Sirois, professor of psychology at the University of Sheffield. “It doesn’t make sense to do something you know is going to have negative consequences.”

She added: “People engage in this irrational cycle of chronic procrastination because of an inability to manage negative moods around a task.”

Wait. We procrastinate because of bad moods?

In short: yes.

Procrastination isn’t a unique character flaw or a mysterious curse on your ability to manage time, but a way of coping with challenging emotions and negative moods induced by certain tasks — boredom, anxiety, insecurity, frustration, resentment, self-doubt and beyond.

“Procrastination is an emotion regulation problem, not a time management problem,” said Dr. Tim Pychyl, professor of psychology and member of the Procrastination Research Group at Carleton University in Ottawa.

In a 2013 study, Dr. Pychyl and Dr. Sirois found that procrastination can be understood as “the primacy of short-term mood repair … over the longer-term pursuit of intended actions.” Put simply, procrastination is about being more focused on “the immediate urgency of managing negative moods” than getting on with the task, Dr. Sirois said.

The particular nature of our aversion depends on the given task or situation. It may be due to something inherently unpleasant about the task itself — having to clean a dirty bathroom or organizing a long, boring spreadsheet for your boss. But it might also result from deeper feelings related to the task, such as self-doubt, low self-esteem, anxiety or insecurity. Staring at a blank document, you might be thinking, I’m not smart enough to write this. Even if I am, what will people think of it? Writing is so hard. What if I do a bad job?

All of this can lead us to think that putting the document aside and cleaning that spice drawer instead is a pretty good idea.

But, of course, this only compounds the negative associations we have with the task, and those feelings will still be there whenever we come back to it, along with increased stress and anxiety, feelings of low self-esteem and self-blame.

In fact, there’s an entire body of research dedicated to the ruminative, self-blaming thoughts many of us tend to have in the wake of procrastination, which are known as “procrastinatory cognitions.” The thoughts we have about procrastination typically exacerbate our distress and stress, which contribute to further procrastination, Dr. Sirois said.

But the momentary relief we feel when procrastinating is actually what makes the cycle especially vicious. In the immediate present, putting off a task provides relief — “you’ve been rewarded for procrastinating,” Dr. Sirois said. And we know from basic behaviorism that when we’re rewarded for something, we tend to do it again. This is precisely why procrastination tends not to be a one-off behavior, but a cycle, one that easily becomes a chronic habit.

Over time, chronic procrastination has not only productivity costs, but measurably destructive effects on our mental and physical health, including chronic stress, general psychological distress and low life satisfaction, symptoms of depression and anxiety, poor health behaviors, chronic illness and even hypertension and cardiovascular disease.

But I thought we procrastinate to feel better?

If it seems ironic that we procrastinate to avoid negative feelings, but end up feeling even worse, that’s because it is. And once again, we have evolution to thank.

Procrastination is a perfect example of present bias, our hard-wired tendency to prioritize short-term needs ahead of long-term ones.

“We really weren’t designed to think ahead into the further future because we needed to focus on providing for ourselves in the here and now,” said psychologist Dr. Hal Hershfield, a professor of marketing at the U.C.L.A. Anderson School of Management.

Dr. Hershfield’s research has shown that, on a neural level, we perceive our “future selves” more like strangers than as parts of ourselves. When we procrastinate, parts of our brains actually think that the tasks we’re putting off — and the accompanying negative feelings that await us on the other side — are somebody else’s problem.

To make things worse, we’re even less able to make thoughtful, future-oriented decisions in the midst of stress. When faced with a task that makes us feel anxious or insecure, the amygdala — the “threat detector” part of the brain — perceives that task as a genuine threat, in this case to our self-esteem or well-being. Even if we intellectually recognize that putting off the task will create more stress for ourselves in the future, our brains are still wired to be more concerned with removing the threat in the present. Researchers call this “amygdala hijack.”

Unfortunately, we can’t just tell ourselves to stop procrastinating. And despite the prevalence of “productivity hacks,” focusing on the question of how to get more work done doesn’t address the root cause of procrastination.

O.K. How do we get to the root cause of procrastination?

We must realize that, at its core, procrastination is about emotions, not productivity. The solution doesn’t involve downloading a time management app or learning new strategies for self-control. It has to do with managing our emotions in a new way.

“Our brains are always looking for relative rewards. If we have a habit loop around procrastination but we haven’t found a better reward, our brain is just going to keep doing it over and over until we give it something better to do,” said psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Judson Brewer, Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center.

To rewire any habit, we have to give our brains what Dr. Brewer called the “Bigger Better Offer” or “B.B.O.”

In the case of procrastination, we have to find a better reward than avoidance — one that can relieve our challenging feelings in the present moment without causing harm to our future selves. The difficulty with breaking the addiction to procrastination in particular is that there is an infinite number of potential substitute actions that would still be forms of procrastination, Dr. Brewer said. That’s why the solution must therefore be internal, and not dependent on anything but ourselves.

One option is to forgive yourself in the moments you procrastinate. In a 2010 study, researchers found that students who were able to forgive themselves for procrastinating when studying for a first exam ended up procrastinating less when studying for their next exam. They concluded that self-forgiveness supported productivity by allowing “the individual to move past their maladaptive behavior and focus on the upcoming examination without the burden of past acts.”

Another tactic is the related practice of self-compassion, which is treating ourselves with kindness and understanding in the face of our mistakes and failures. In a 2012 study examining the relationship between stress, self-compassion and procrastination, Dr. Sirois found that procrastinators tend to have high stress and low self-compassion, suggesting that self-compassion provides “a buffer against negative reactions to self-relevant events.”

In fact, several studies show that self-compassion supports motivation and personal growth. Not only does it decrease psychological distress, which we now know is a primary culprit for procrastination, it also actively boosts motivation, enhances feelings of self-worth and fosters positive emotions like optimism, wisdom, curiosity and personal initiative. Best of all, self-compassion doesn’t require anything external — just a commitment to meeting your challenges with greater acceptance and kindness rather than rumination and regret.

That may be easier said than done, but try to reframe the task by considering a positive aspect of it. Perhaps you remind yourself of a time you did something similar and it turned out O.K. Or maybe you think about the beneficial outcome of completing the task. What might your boss or partner say when you show them your finished work? How will you feel about yourself?

What are some other, healthier ways to manage the feelings that typically trigger procrastination?

Cultivate curiosity: If you’re feeling tempted to procrastinate, bring your attention to the sensations arising in your mind and body. What feelings are eliciting your temptation? Where do you feel them in your body? What do they remind you of? What happens to the thought of procrastinating as you observe it? Does it intensify? Dissipate? Cause other emotions to arise? How are the sensations in your body shifting as you continue to rest your awareness on them?

Consider the next action: This is different than the age-old advice to break up a task you’re tempted to avoid into bite-sized chunks. According to Dr. Pychyl, focusing only on the “next action” helps calm our nerves, and it allows for what Dr. Pychyl called “a layer of self-deception.” At the start of a given task, you can consider the next action as a mere possibility, as if you were method acting: “What’s the next action I’d take on this if I were going to do it, even though I’m not?” Maybe you would open your email. Or perhaps you would put the date at the top of your document. Don’t wait to be in the mood to do a certain task. “Motivation follows action. Get started, and you’ll find your motivation follows,” Dr. Pychyl said.

Make your temptations more inconvenient: It’s still easier to change our circumstances than ourselves, said Gretchen Rubin, author of “Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits.” According to Ms. Rubin, we can take what we know about procrastination and “use it to our advantage” by placing obstacles between ourselves and our temptations to induce a certain degree of frustration or anxiety. If you compulsively check social media, delete those apps from your phone or “give yourself a really complicated password with not just five digits, but 12,” Ms. Rubin said. By doing this, you’re adding friction to the procrastination cycle and making the reward value of your temptation less immediate.

On the other side of the coin, Ms. Rubin also suggested that we make the things we want to do as easy as possible for ourselves. If you want to go to the gym before work but you’re not a morning person, sleep in your exercise clothes. “Try to remove every, every, every roadblock,” Ms. Rubin said.

Still, procrastination is deeply existential, as it raises questions about individual agency and how we want to spend our time as opposed to how we actually do. But it’s also a reminder of our commonality — we’re all vulnerable to painful feelings, and most of us just want to be happy with the choices we make.

Now go finish up alphabetizing that spice drawer before it becomes your next procrastination albatross.

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How To Stop Your Nightly Snoring Problem

A lot of people snore but won't admit it. That makes it hard to eliminate. Yet, this article is here to help you with just that, use the advice from this article and learn what you can do to rid yourself of snoring as you sleep. Many people find that breathing strips are an effective and fairly affordable means of cutting down on the snoring. However, some people have expressed problems with preventing the strips from falling off during the night. Before applying the strip, use an alcohol-based toner to swab the nose and surrounding area. This will allow the adhesive strips to firmly grip the skin all night long. Quit smoking if you want to end snoring. When you smoke, the tissues in the back of your throat can become irritated and when this happens, your throat can swell up. One of the major causes of snoring is a swollen throat. If you want to contain your snoring, you need to keep an eye on your body weight. Body weight doesn't always affect snoring, but any excess fat around the neck can add pressure to airways and lead to snoring. If you are even a few pounds overweight, this may be the culprit. Avoid drinking alcohol within 5 hours of bedtime. Alcohol, along with other sedative drugs, causes the muscles at the back of the throat to relax. When these muscles relax, you are more apt to snore. Stay away from those nightcaps--you may actually sleep more soundly if you do not drink before bed. Try not to take any medications that contain sedatives, if you want to stop snoring. Sedatives are known to relax the throat muscles and when these muscles are too relaxed, snoring occurs. If you medications have sedatives, speak with your doctor about switching to a similar medication that does not have a sedative.

Stick to a regular bedtime, and practice good sleep habits in general to reduce the incidence of snoring. If you go to bed overtired, sleep erratic hours, or have other bad sleep habits, you may sleep very deeply which relaxes the muscles in the back of your throat more than usual. This can contribute to snoring. To stop snoring, you should first look at your pillows. Many people fail to realize that proper support from pillows can impact whether you snore or not. Elevating the head can help keep your airway open to reduce and prevent snoring. This is a very simple and easy way to help snoring. Stay away from all milk products before going to bed. Most dairy products cause mucus buildup in your throat, which in turn, causes snoring. If you are a big dairy fan, do not consume it past dinnertime. Also, if you want to have a drink before bedtime, stick to water or tea. If your child snores, make an appointment with your pediatrician. Nose and throat problems as well as obesity are often the cause of snoring in children. Obtaining treatment for these underlying conditions can help your child stop snoring and get a good night's sleep. In addition, serious or bothersome health problems can be corrected simultaneously. Switching pillows may actually help eliminate snoring. There are certain pillows available that prevent you from rolling onto your back when you sleep. Sleeping on your back is the position that snoring occurs in most often. If you are unsure of which pillows are best, you can ask your doctor. If you want to stop snoring, talk to your dentist or physician about a mouth guard. The purpose of the guard is to keep your teeth together, and to ensure that the lower jaw muscles do not relax so much that your air passageways slacken, and snoring starts again. That's the last thing you want! You should avoid alcohol, sedative or sleeping pills before going to bed. These things can make your throat muscles and tissues to relax and obstruct your breathing which will cause snoring. You may feel that your snoring is causing you to lose sleep so you take a sleeping pill. But this will only make the snoring worse so you should avoid them. As a last resort, surgery can help with snoring issues. One type of surgery removes excess tissues in the palate and throat which block the airway while sleeping. Another type of surgery involves inserting a needle into the tongue and removing excess tissue while leaving the taste buds unaffected. Surgery is typically used only in extreme cases, however. Allergies are a common cause of snoring that can be effectively treated. Allergies that aren't adequately treated can make the nasal passages swell, which necessitates breathing through the mouth. This causes snoring in most cases. Try allergy medications that you get over the counter and see if they work for you. If not, you're doctor may need to prescribe you something. Lots of people are uncomfortable discussing their snoring. Share what you have learned in this article and try different methods to solve your snoring problem.

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Jeon Jungkook: Inner Planet Natal Reading

💕 Hello! I’ve been working on this post for the majority of the week so I hope you’ll look upon it kindly! With the recent situation going on with the fansite stuff, I hope this brings you a little bit of joy or good vibes lately. Please remember to take a break once in a while!  

Also, If you haven’t seen @starryguks ‘Jungkook’s astrology’  yet, please check it! I’m so utterly soft for the boys and her post really inspired me to write about our Virgo Boys (Namjoon post coming out soon)! 💕

Taehyung Inner Planet Natal Reading | Taehyung - Members: Relationship Dynamics

Jungkook Inner Planet Natal Reading

Namjoon Inner Planet Natal Reading

Jimin Inner Planet Natal Reading 

BTS Rapline Mini Analysis | BTS Summary: Mars - Destressing

Virgo Boys (Namjoon - Jungkook) Masterlist

Masterlist

*answered asks about BTS members romantic stuff is at the bottom of the masterlist

💕disclaimer: i’m a novice on astrology but these are my interpretations of the signs and how they’re working based on my experiences with them. Everyone has different opinions and studies in astrology, all interpretation and experiences within the realm is valid, however feel free to make your own post or skip if you strongly disagree. The point of this post is to relate to someone, entertain and have a fun time, validate people with similar experiences and get people excited about the girls+ astrology. Also, since we don’t know most of their birth times, I’m using the standard 12.00pm/no birth time. 💕

September 1st, 1997 (Busan, South Korea)  Virgo Sun - 1st Decan (Ruled by Mercury/Virgo) 

Jungkook with Virgo in 1st Decan (amplified Mercury) really accentuates how bright he really is.

It doesn’t have to be the conventional kind of smart, with Virgo Sun in 1st Decan there’s a need to be acknowledged for how astute they are. 

They like being praised for being resourceful, nimble thinking and often times wisdom. They’re agile and brainy, often much more bold when they feel confident that their contributions and advice are taken seriously. 

Virgos also have a habit of being pretty self-decrepitating, so he might’ve actually did alright in school (academia) -- maybe it’s not outstanding and he may have felt dissatisfied because he wanted his grades to be better-- but objectively speaking, he probably better than what he thinks he did (we all know he’s a little harsh on himself.)

He might seem so humble and timid about boasting about his skills. Often preferring to show through action, He tends to think ‘it could be better’ even when he doesn’t really have a realistic expectation of what better is.

Don’t ever let a Virgo hear you say that however, especially a Virgo Sun/Leo moon because they’ll probably get really confronted/offended. They pride themselves in ‘knowing who they are’ better than anyone, so hearing any claims or question to their own integrity or sincerity as a person, having that doubt cast upon them, they’re going to be pissed at you for the unforeseeable future.

Anyways, Virgos not really knowing how to set realistic expectations in their life? More likely than you think! 

It’s mostly due to Virgos not really knowing what true satisfaction feels like-- which, the end goal for most Virgo natives is actually to feel satisfied. At least once in their life from a certain thing to make them feel like life’s worth living. It’s a very humbling goal though, right?

See, the thing with Virgo is how they actually feel. It dictates most of the things they do. Their views on the world, how they perceive themselves, how they deal with emotions. 

They have this nervous energy about them that keeps them going, and that’s what drives them the most. Everything is categorized into objective, and subjective with them. And this type of thinking can lead to very toxic ideology that tends to be either black or white so please be careful!  

Virgos are one of those people are so humble and down to earth. They almost seem like they’re happier being a wallflower sometimes. Even though they have exemplary skills and smarts and they’re probably doing better than what they say/think they’re doing.

Virgo’s curious and studious nature is almost like a Gemini. Although they’re less prone to being changeable or versatile (i.e. Gemini’s ability to flick from group to group easily) they’re more the type to stay in one place and silently have their notebook ready to take down notes when someone says something that fascinates them.  

Jungkook may not think he’s academically smart, but he appreciates those around him who also share similar unconventional intelligence.

Jungkook has a natural appreciation for smarts in other people (Virgo 1st Decan), since he is smart himself. It’s important to remember that intellect isn’t just being academically smart, Virgo tends to like those that are just a little bit quirkier, or is just a little bit above them in what they’re good at.

See: Hoseok in emotional intelligence, Namjoon in lyricism, music and life experience (l’ve tried researching and I don’t think he ever talks up about Namjoon’s IQ like ever? Correct me if I’m wrong.) Yoongi with his worldly knowledge and life experiences.

Virgo in 1st decan wants to learn, they’re already a communicative sign, but with double that curiosity they want to feel like their intellect is appreciated/valued by groups of people who has similar levels to what they excel in (in this case, music/artistry).

Jungkook’s Virgo in 1st decan really shows because he’s able to really make up his mind/decisions quickly, as well as grasps how things work and often explains it to the group (see: in Run episodes, he’s the one who’s most eager to explain things he understands to the group, asks questions to clarify with the staff and once he got it, he helps others around him)

Even in the industry, he can easily see through people on first impressions. Has very clear and solid opinion of who’s good and who’s bad for him. And if that’s not some Virgo fast thinking/ Scorpio keen observational skills I don’t know what is.

Jungkook should be praised for being smart, not just because he is, it’s also what his Virgo Sun deserves.

Whether he’s aware of it or not-- his sun/ego/self-confidence would be fulfilled because of it. It’s similar to how Yoongi’s Virgo Moon likes being comforted by practical/skill stuff that he does, how he has helped those around him through effort, how he’s changed the world around him by things he has done-- With Jungkook it’s more about intelligence. The things he’s most doubtful about is his own capabilities (his hard work and effort/intellect) and the way he cleverly did things. If you ever see the hyungs compliment him for using his quick wit, he gets really giddy-- it’s adorable 

There’s a difference here between fulfilling his Virgo or Leo placements, when people compliment him for ‘maturing’ that’s what makes the Virgo placement blush. Yoongi complimenting the way he speaks better now? You can bet it made his heart flutter. He wants to truly be acknowledged as smart, even if he’s doubtful or insecure about it.    

The thing about Jungkook is that he’s just too busy doing so many things to truly appreciate himself/be more self-aware about the better traits in him. 

Virgos are all about productivity, out of any signs-- they have the hardest time even seeing their better parts. Because they’re so focused in things they still need to work on, they cherry pick everything that’s brought up to them.

Even when it’s laid out bare -- all cards on the table style. If you show a Virgo their negative and positive trait, they’re going to probably focus more on the negative traits.

With Virgo in the 1st decan his ambitions and steady-climbing really helps him resolve problems and challenges he might’ve faced. They’re small-step takers, they’re not big-picture ambitious aimers.

Virgos are about the smaller things, the attention to details, their immediate external environment or things they can immediately do.

Because their extra sensitive to their environment (sensory and clutter-wise, they’re often prone to feeling unwell/frustrated when their external/internal world is ‘messy’) -- Jungkook has an appreciation and need for simplicity. It shows in his thinking (he appreciates when things are streamlined/straight forward) but also in his tastes (sensitivity to smell, soft textures, structure and clean lines in a room)

Jungkook’s goals every year reflect also this kind of thinking (Sun-Mercury), since his Sun (ego/confidence) is also in the same sign as his Mercury (thoughts/verbalization) his self-confidence/sense of self is directly channelled through his thinking and his goals.

When he says something-- it’s from his soul, his sincerity and integrity is ultimate, and he expects others to at least try to be the same as he is. He puts so much effort into expressing his sun, developing his mercury that he doesn’t realize he’s repressing his more ‘unpredictable’ traits (Moon/Mars).

He often expresses frustration with himself even though he doesn’t know why, that’s because he’s troubleshooting at the wrong thing. 

When he suppress his other placements (Moon/Mars) he over-works his ‘developed’ placement (Sun/Mercury/Venus) making it worse than how it’s supposed to be (in this case, even if they’re ‘developed’ they are still ‘underdeveloped’ because nothing is balanced).

It brings out all the worst trait in Virgo to be more visible under the sunlight (and in this case, the Moonlight because...he’s a Leo Moon and it’s directly being suppressed) through all the hesitance and insecurity, all the self-decrepitation and timid-nature of Virgos. 

All the wasted compassion and misunderstanding. That’s how an over-worked Virgo could be when you let it take too much control over your life, you embody all it’s worst trait and it leaves you feeling more frustrated as you keep ‘working to develop it further’-- that’s not going to help. The key is to let the suppressed placement out and balance them all instead.

When he says he’s awkward on television it’s because he’s over-working his Virgo, and not allowing his Leo Moon to express itself. 

Notice how it’s working best when he’s doing things subconsciously/letting the Leo Moon through to show how playful he is? Those instances are the best because people find him funny, and when he’s conscious of it he’s too stiff to express it to the best of it’s capacity.

The combination of Leo Moon/Virgo Sun, especially when his Sun is in 1st decan makes him so self aware. It becomes hyper-fixation on what his Leo Moon would do, worries over his emotions coming out brash or ‘too out of control’ (since the rest of his placement is based on balance and harmony to function properly).

It became a sense of knowing his sun/mercury too well, and not letting his emotions out because he’s too afraid of it. 

It became internalizing all his behaviors, criticizing it and analyzing the best way to go about thing. And thus, suppressing his own emotions under the chains of Virgo’s self-critical assessments instead.

He’s always so anxious and worried that a single instance of unpredictability, of emotional outburst or lack of self-control on his Leo/Scorpio placement -- would ruin his entire career, his persona, his external structure and the internal hierarchy he’s set inside of himself.

Yes that’s very overdramatic if you think about it, he works so hard on his Virgo trait, the sheer thought of losing control (and subconsciously not knowing he gave his Virgo too much control) places very high stakes on his entire being.

Virgo who’s developed threatened by their very clearly developed borders and structure being destroyed? They absolutely would not let that happen on their watch. It becomes a never-ending cycle of trying to restrain yourself, trying to put on a corset to keep your body in a figure that’s unrealistic at all time and never seeing or accepting yourself as you truly are. It’s self-decrepitation at it’s worse, when it’s harming your own emotions and you don’t even acknowledge it because it’s been there for so long. Jungkook is getting so much better at just, letting go and accepting himself however. And that comes with the territory of emotional maturity and life experience.  

Virgos are attracted to those who seems like they’re capable of handling themselves just as well, maybe sometimes even more (or less) than the Virgo themselves. Reliability and dependency is big for the Virgo natives since they themselves tends to be too giving (Jungkook has that balanced by Libra-Venus -- I’ll later try to explain how everything’s working for him)  and they’re soft and sentimental. They want a soft love story, a romantic one where their effort and dedication is seen and appreciated.

When he says he prefers girls who is intelligent, and he means that. He’s not the standard ‘traditional’ beauty but rather someone who’s smart enough to know their own self-worth in other areas instead, things like self-care, self-confidence, self-love and self-motivation. You can see it reflected in the celebrities he adore like Emma Watson (and her character Hermione) and IU.

Both of these incredible women also share other similar physical features. Their sense of style/aura draws him to them.  People who has that comfortable jeans-and-shirt-and-still-looks-comfortable Taurean aura (rising/venus) and has pretty strong placement in fire-earth that really attracts him to them (Leo preferably since his Juno is in Leo).  Someone who looks a bit slight but has admirable power/strength inside their body (Virgo symbolized onto these women).

As a side note: possibly one of my favourite thing about Jungkook is that one disassociated face he makes whenever the hyung says something dumb he just-- look off at an 3/4 angle into the middle distance and sighs while pressing his lips together. That’s such a Virgo mood. 

It has the same energy as Hoseok’s shut down after a roller coaster sound effect. Also Namjoon has that disassociated face too, it comes out more often during english interviews. It’s confirmed Virgo Mood.

Aspects:

Sun (Virgo) - Conjunct - Mercury (Virgo) [0 degrees]

He has to constantly relearn how to communicate his thoughts/feelings. 

Often times even though they’re fast to pick up how to do it proficiently, time spent away makes them a little bit more awkward and communicating with people they haven’t seen for a while makes them a little bit more timid/subdued. 

They’re like that cousin who you meet at family gathering and you get along splendidly after a few days, you feel so close to them. But a week later they’ve gone back to having a polite and awkward distance not really knowing how to function from that time away once again 

You know how after every comeback and he has a solo vlive he always comments on how awkward it is or not knowing what to say? That’s a dead ass Virgo sun-mercury mood at 0 sometimes. 

Often times they have to ‘vibe’ out the person, see how they’re doing, seeing the result before they tackle the task of communicating with someone on a deeper level once again. 

Sun-Mercury aspect also makes Jungkook come across as really Virgo. Practical, solution-based, willing to communicate but also a little awkward/shier in personal relationship? Virgo Mood. 

He’s focused on the smaller details and pictures, often more sensitive to tiny errors and details than the rest of the member. That’s why he tends to scold them a lot, but often out of good intentions since it directly affects him and the betterment of the team as a whole.

You know Virgos won’t even open their mouth and confront a problem if they don’t have a creative criticism others can work on. You might think they’re nit picky, but they’re really coming from a place that they’ll hold themselves back if it feels like they’re just being annoying even to themselves.  They’re very conscious of what they put into their surroundings, so appreciate your little Virgo friends for what they do for other people more! 

Sun (Virgo) - Sextile - Mars (Scorpio)

Great control over his activities and bodily health, often times people with Sun (Virgo) in a positive aspect towards their mars tend to exercise for the sake of exercising (like Jungkook said, it’s the feeling that matters)

Virgo generally tries to do little daily habits or incorporate healthy behaviors in order to grow into a routine. It keeps them stable and balanced so they can focus on other things going on in their life. 

Once it’s aspecting Mars, the person often finds their activities geared towards physical exertion instead of restructuring their mind. 

He’s also extra sensitive to his body this way, often times physical touches, scents or over-heating can be ‘too much’ (Virgo likes to moderate/be in control of these touches) and there’s a need to keep away from imposing these same kind of feelings on others-- making them seem like a responder rather than an initiator (unless they’ve really grown into themselves or really like the other person). 

Virgo wants to feel pride in his physical body, since the physical body is a ‘material’ in this case. He’s also a bit more prone to obsessive/possessive behaviour, regulating his weight, stature, diet and tends to be more bodily aware than others.

Virgos tends to have all the right common logic like respecting other people, personal hygiene and valuing small dedication that was heart-felt given to them. Having it influenced by his Mars makes him obsessive over these habits/small things.

It might become more toxic or over-exaggerated in his behaviour which lead the members to calling him out over it. It’s mostly the Scorpio Mars aspect they have a problem about, but also the principle that Virgos hold dear as well. 

Sun (Virgo) - Square - Pluto (Sagittarius)

Ok, there’s a lot of inner tension and hyper-fixation he places on himself. Virgo is already critically aware of all it’s short-comings and habitual weaknesses, having it in an aspect with his progression/growth can make him feel frustrated that he’s not developing efficiently enough. 

He often states this as well, that he doesn’t think he’s progressing as fast as he wants to be. There’s a thought and desire to reach out to more people, to expand his horizon and learn (see: when he wants to travel to the US and learn more english) 

He can feel that by living spontaneously, he could’ve had many opportunities to grow that way and it’s a missed chance his Virgo often holds himself back from taking. 

Having one’s Pluto in the house of expansion against one’s sun can make the person feel like change and growth can be harder to brace. It feels too aggressive, too personal and often times like a hurricane that’s coming from the outside and he’s not ready for it. 

Sagittarius also talks about communication skills and being able to connect with those around them easier, Jungkook is already so critically aware that he lacks that kind of easy-flowing nature in himself, when he sees it in others (See: Namjoon, Taehyung) he reflects even harder on himself and might have a tendency to beat himself down over ‘not doing enough’ or ‘not talking enough’ like that. 

Generally I think he’s getting better at that, which isn’t a main problem to deal with. 

Leo Moon - 3rd Decan (Ruled by Mars/Aries)  

Now with all the shit I’ve said in the earlier section, that’s not to say that his Moon is neglected at all. In fact it’s developing just fine, and becoming one of his most developed placement in Fake Love era (currently)-- the goal with the Virgo section was to point out how different placements might’ve interacted or restrict each other throughout the years-- overcoming them through understanding yourself better would help a lot. 

Leo moon has that pride and inner strength that attracts people to them. But they’re also fucking softies at the same time. 

Leo Moon in the 3rd Decan ruled by Aries really helps Jungkook come out from his shy Virgo shell and truly realize who he wants to be. 

He has such a strong core of inner strength, from the fixed and noble nature that Leo has but also how truthful and forth right the Aries influenced him as well. It really complements his Virgo’s nature, and thus bringing out the best nature in and of himself (despite the restriction Virgo still places on his Moon, but that’s going to be explained later) 

Leo/Aries Decan really know from such a young age who they want to be, sometimes they can be indecisive but often they make their decisions quickly. Aries (cardinal) sign likes to initiate activities whilst Leo fixedly kept working on it. This gives his Leo Moon some endurance and initiation to know when to swerve in a certain direction, and when to keep going to get to where he wants to be.

It probably factors a lot into how he joined the industry, from such a young age this Aries decan makes him realize he wants to do -- maybe not forever, but definitely for a certain time frame. He joined a competition (and fire-signs are notoriously known for being competitive when it’s about their capabilities/skills) and then seeing as he got pretty good results, started looking into agencies.  

Now, Aries is an entrepreneur signs, they don’t like messy things and typically doesn’t have to follow a beaten path. Sure it might freak out his Virgo a little who relies heavily on structure and order, but the stagnancy of joining a larger company like the big three would’ve killed his Leo Moon in the long run you know. 

He was probably making decisions in his earlier age from his Moon especially, from joining the competition up to being inspired by Namjoon that he had to join BigHit. He was looking for that ‘it’ factor, and Aries are notoriously good at picking a shining silver coin from a field of copper. 

The competitiveness that Aries has isn’t really outwards towards people in general, but rather it’s inherited in their intense focus on making that thing shine. It’s a personal challenge, a personal project, and that’s why Aries are feared by others around them sometimes. 

That sense of inner drive can be intimidating for those around them and it does result in jealousy because other’s don’t have/doesn’t understand that intense personal drive. 

Growing up with a Leo moon can be hard especially when one has pretty strong placement making them shy. Leo Moon tends to show their playfulness to those close around them, often in the comfort of their home or in privacy away from the spotlight (even though they crave for it at the same time). 

They’re content with their inner circle, because their emotions are easily controlled that way. Leo Moon takes pleasure and joy from pleasing those around them, often through their sense of self expression. 

This can be a ‘performance’ or ‘reenactment’ of a scene they might play out, an over-exaggeration of a comment someone made in order to cheer up the other person. 

The response from people around them fulfills their inner needs gives them emotional gratification that they crave, usually it’s more of a temporary gratification, since long-term fulfillment in Leo Moon can be a bit high maintenance to get.

Giving a Leo Moon a solid stable base for their emotional growth can take years to fulfill, since it would require consistent validation, attention and affection (usually in terms of praises) in order for them to feel appreciated/loved. 

They don’t tend to trust easily, especially when they tend to doubt themselves and their own worth sometimes. Having multiple sources and admirers keeps them from sucking just one single person dry. And it’s generally healthy for Leo Moon to keep a close knit groups of friends and family they can get these sources from. 

Now, the kind of responses people give them can dictate their overall mood/attitude. They feed off of positive reactions, maybe even surprised/amusement or neutral responses are seen as positive sometimes. They don’t tend to react well with the responses are negative, even when it’s just brushing them off or an off-hand remarks. 

Leo Moons will take it to heart, and often gets a bit sulky and defensive about themselves because of this.

Thus you can understand why it can be harder for Leo Moon to put themselves out there for the general audience/public to see. It’s nerve-wrecking, because they’re placing all their emotional vulnerabilities forward into the spotlight for others to judge. Sure the response might be positive, but they know that with popularity/positivity comes negativity as well.

Leo Moons are much more sensitive than their sun, and their egos are easily hurt. Just them being able to realize they should do this, to take the risk and being out there-- takes enormous courage that most signs can’t even fathom why they would take such a huge risk factor in themselves like that. 

To the Leo Moon natives there’s a need for performance within themselves. For self-expression and their feelings, but with that territory comes with exposure. 

It’s a risk all Leo Moon has to face whether it be on a stage or in their social relationships. Sure, their emotions will get hurt and sometimes they’re retrieve back in themselves. 

But at the same time, they’re big thinkers. They’re ultimately very ambitious, and often times sees the bigger picture in all this. Knowing the best way to fulfill their sense of emotional contentment is the end goal for Leo Moon. And even though they’re afraid, they have a commitment into making that jump.  

Jungkook realizing this is the path he wants to be so early in his life is a sign of a developing Leo Moon who’s doing extra-ordinarily better than one realizes. 

This might be due to the balanced Sun-Moon aspect as well as amazingly ambitious push from his Virgo Sun to fulfill his Moon’s potential. If you think about it, it’s like a mum who enrolled their son into a swimming course for young olympians the moment they realize they’ve got potential. 

The mum here is the Virgo Sun and the son here is the Leo moon. She realizes her sun’s potential and understands his dissatisfaction of possibly underachieving in the future because of a lack of opportunity, so she took the initiative and push for him in the direction that’ll benefit him best instead. (Kinda like, Virgo being a soccer mum and her team lead son Leo growing up the popular kid?)

It definitely helped him in the beginning to let his Virgo take the lead role, since it gives his much more fragile Leo Moon time to brace itself into fully developing under the spotlight.

It also helps so much that he gains unconditional love and support from the members, staff and general public as the audience. He worked hard for it, embodying the Virgo mum, but at the same time the Leo Moon has an external father figure in all the members/staff to grow and fully realize himself under. They’re the one who taught him what to do and what not to do, whilst his Virgo mum slowly relinquish her hold on her teenage son just in time for him to graduate and be ready to face the world.

I can’t stress enough how fortunate he was to be raised in such a kind and caring environment. Most Leo Moon don’t tend to even have this kind of luck, which really stout their emotional growth and unbalance them completely.  Having both the members and the staff doting on him, Jungkook often feels much more emotionally mature than the rest of his peers or even members sometimes, this is because it has all the resource it needs to gain maturity and come into itself faster than maybe someone with a harder to achieve moon placement sometimes (see: Taehyung, Jin, Yoongi, Namjoon) 

Leo Moons: Natural (Subconsciously) Comedic

I want to preface this by saying this entire section is what I think was going on in his earlier days and not who he is right now. Nowadays (in the era of Fake Love) Jungkook has gotten so much better at understanding his Leo moon and letting moon shine. How he is today and how he was in his earlier years still retains some similar habit from each other, and it’ll be fun to look at and see! But also this is for others who have similar placement to learn from and understand within themselves. I hope it helps! 

You know how he sometimes have that glazed look on his face? Or when the camera catches him just by himself/with the other members joking around together in the background? 

Jungkook has a habit of vibing softly with himself, and that’s often time the moment when he shines best in this playful, caring nature. It’s intuitive to his Leo Moon who cares deeply about other’s opinions, feelings and thoughts. All their softer trait tends to come spilling out uncontrollably when they’re away from camera.

But when he has to focus to be Like That, sometimes he doesn’t know what to do with himself with the camera around him? 

He stiffens up and becomes so conscious of himself it can verge on the point of paranoia. He doesn’t necessarily understand what he does that’s so funny consciously because it’s not something he’s focused on.

Alot of Jungkook’s personal experiences in his younger years, especially during the time just before Spring Day probably feels sort of like an out-of-body experience. There’s a strong sense of disassociation. Kind of like you’re floating and observing everyone around you and then suddenly becoming hyper-aware of what’s actually happening and being the center of attention again. 

It’s not a feeling of shying away from the spotlight? But rather caught unaware. Like waking up in the middle of a cross-fire shouting match between roommates and not knowing what to do/being hyper aware of their need to mediate it? 

The reason he doesn’t understand why he’s so funny is because he does these things so naturally. Leos are entertainers, and the way he behaves subconsciously endears others towards him. 

With losing abit of control, Jungkook realizes he can exhibit these traits more often.  But  he’s also scared of losing control because that means making his emotions/moon more vulnerable to the general public’s criticism. What if they don’t enjoy it? What if it comes out wrong? It leaves him feeling uncomfortable since that means he can’t dictate/have control over that part of his response/life anymore (Virgo Sun/Mercury- overthinking things).

He’s the maknae for a reason, and his softer side is seen more openly when he’s around his hyungs. It can lead to habitual dependency by hanging onto the same crowd and not seeking new experiences, but at the same time they give him that emotional comfort and external encouragement to be truly himself and fully allow his softer, sentimental side to come out.

Jungkook crying and hugging the member? More likely than you think. Leos are notorious criers, when it comes to others around them. That’s because their emotions/sense of self is based upon other’s  approval for so long. When a group of people consistently feed them love, appreciation and validation Leo Moon tends to grow super attached to them. Don’t even think about leaving for a second, they can border on co-dependency sometimes.  

Leo Moon often realizes that these people makes up who they are today, which is why their give back so much. Their self-confidence, their ability to grow onto themselves. They know how valuable and precious all this is and how hard it is to come within their life time. And often when close people’s plight floats into their ears, they feel so so vulnerable and compassionate for that person they can’t help but cry. Leo Moon cares deeply for their relationship and their history between the two people, they want to give back just as much. Often times they have a harder time saying good bye to others and ending relationship that they can find a way to prolong it even when it’s toxic/poisonous for them. 

Aspects

Moon (Leo) - Square- Pluto (Sagittarius)

Again, this ties into the idea of him not really knowing what to do with his moon once he’s so aware of his Sun/Mercury being developed.

With his fear of external change, and the vulnerabilities that his Moon might bring there’s a heavy reliance on his Sun to make up and create a sense of structure to his life.

Often times his emotions and feelings can be overwhelming, it becomes similar to water-signs moon, turbulent and drowning-- he can be prone to suppressing these unexplained and ‘unrealistic’ self expression in order to regain some kind of control over his life. 

When his emotions (moon) finds it hard to cope with change/transformation he goes through (pluto) he finds himself resorting to relying on his other placement to over compensate his inner self getting hurt. The less-emotional and relatively unmoved Virgo is a great candidate since he has this in bouts, it becomes a natural earth barrier to hide behind. 

But at the same time he finds himself unable/reluctant to show his more sensitive, sentimental and delicate emotional side sometimes due to it’s nature.   

The uncomfortable feeling of being attacked by external change/internal changes, between his softer sentimental Leo Moon and structure-oriented Virgo Sun makes him feel like he has to constantly hide himself behind a barrier. At the same time, becomes so self-aware and hyper-fixedly on opening himself up that it can be hard to regain some kind of balance between the two sometimes.

It’s like someone throwing a bomb at you and you have one barrier to defend yourself with, but the attacks are coming from two sides so you have to curl and fix that barrier into a blanket that covers you just enough? Sometimes it be like that, and you can’t help but wonder when this hell is going to end or beating yourself up for not having enough ‘courage’ to move onto a different place that might be safer. 

It becomes stagnancy and frustration with himself, that he can’t control the situation and he can’t do more. It really doesn’t help with his self-destructive criticism or pushing himself too much into certain ideologies that his Virgo might present as ‘practical’ or ‘worthwhile’, but tends to end up over-compensating and becoming ‘toxic’ instead (see earlier: his obsession with possession/being good enough) 

Blanketing himself in this barrier for protection also means his Leo Moon constantly has to face moments of reprieve that sometimes can’t be good for him. When he’s alone or isolated, as long as he’s not engaging in self-destructive behaviour it should be alright. But when he does it so much, and so consistently it can become habitual (Virgo) and thus-- lead to isolating himself and relearning all over again how to react to changing external environment. 

There’s also some kind of obsession to posses Sagittarius traits, even though he’s confident/prideful in his own self. There’s something akin to admiration but also jealousy, not towards any person but towards traits he sees as directly affecting him and perhaps, if he possesses those traits he can assimilate it and adapt better. 

Sagittarius are great at making friends, communicating with people in general, they’re generously compassionate and tend to have this vivid zest of life but also contentment in being alone that’s not overdoing themselves. There’s potential for expansion that the Sagittarius sees and aims for, as well as fountains of knowledge/intelligence they fearlessly dive into once stirred. 

Since his sense of self (Leo/Sun) is restricted in this area (Sun-Pluto), he might feel ‘less than’ sometimes -- often standoffish but wanting to participate when Sagittarius-dominant people ‘do their thing’. 

His Leo Moon craves being closer to Sagittarius people (see: Jin, Namjoon, Taehyung who has that good Jupiter/Sag in 1st) -- just like how his Virgo Sun/1st Decan encourages him to learn more things. It’s like a shy younger brother hanging out with his big brother’s friends. The Leo hides behind clinging onto the Sag’s shirt and listens attentively, trying to absorb all the Sag traits through osmosis of being close.  

Virgo Mercury - 1st Decan (Ruled by Mercury/Virgo) (R)

Hey ok, so let me explain that having a retrograde in a placement doesn’t make it impossible for you to achieve your fullest potential in anyway. Please remember that! Having a retrograde is like, a personal challenge or a game you go back to and help stimulate yourself into acting better, doing better, understanding the placement better. Having a retrograde just means it’s working slower to realize itself than how your other placement might be, and it takes time and concentration to see when it’s missing in your person. Please don’t ever feel discouraged if you have your retrograde in any personal placement, see it as a fun puzzle you have to solve-- maybe a crossword or sudoku that makes you work a bit harder than normal? The sense of accomplishment you achieve at the end of a long journey will be worth it!  

Virgo Mercurian in the 1st decan has such a strong emphasis on their intellect and smarts, often time they have such pride in coming off a certain way or being acknowledged as someone reliable and dependable to others around them . 

Known for their humility and practicality in helping others out, they often want to be valued as a crucial part in team settings. 

There’s a need for mediation and diplomacy in this sign, they’re not just all about aggression or doing what they want to do. Instead they build structure in their thinking and people around them by establishing certain protocols or rules-- balanced/already established bonds can be hard to change once it’s placed, and often times they feel frustrated when someone tries to introduce a new adaptation or ideas to ‘improve’ what’s already a system for them to fall back on. 

Having a Virgo Mercury in such a strong intellectual placement (1st Decan) in retrograde makes Jungkook slower to realize his actual abilities/capabilities. He undermines his own smarts, often unsure or just a tiniest bit insecure about how much he’s contributing or coming off sometimes when discussing in a group environment. 

Constant feedback and communication helps him evaluate how he’s doing, as well as validation on whether or not he’s being purposeful or ‘serving’ others best/efficiently as well. 

There’s some difficulties in self-doubting himself that might lead to insecurities. He is fantastically smart and intelligent, he just doesn’t believe it sometimes. 

This is because he tends to place his insecurities first, observe and analyze and then never actually say his piece of mind when the opportunity presents itself . Even though externalizing his thought would help him so much with everything. 

There has to be proactivity within him in reaching out or making his voice heard more, even though he thinks it’s repetitive or ‘unnecessary’ -- he should realize that his voice and establishing himself verbally would help others understand him better. And help save him from awkward interactions or misunderstanding in the future-- costing his self-confidence and esteem nothing if not for the initial courage it takes to speak out in the first place.

People with Virgo Mercury in 1st Decan (in retrograde) has such a hard time expressing themselves in their earlier childhood years, this is because their retrograde isn’t fully realized yet. Once they grow older, they tend to ramble a little to themselves to make sure they externalize these thoughts out loud, learning how to actual talk to people instead of talking to themselves and overcoming that fear of communicative (please believe in yourselves!) would significantly help them tackle this retrograde. 

This also explains so much about how/why he’s so awkward, at the earlier debut days and how he often feels rigid and tense in front of a camera.

When he feels lost like he doesn’t really know himself, his defensive tactic is to uses his Virgo trait excessively. Because he feels more comfortable that way (remember the protective barrier his Moon/Sun has to use? It’s like that) 

He probably didn’t realize until he’s used it so much to hide the flaw in his developing character (Leo Moon) until he sees that all of the negative Virgo traits are visible now, so in trying to hide one flaw he emphasizes the other instead. 

A lesson for all of us to learn here is that you can’t overwork on placement to make up for the development of another. There has to be a balance and the signs are multi-dimensional. Nothing is truly just advantage without any disadvantage you know? Learning to live with both sides of the signs, accepting it, understanding and balancing it would help us tremendously. 

So this is where he looks for another source of outlet. His Scorpio Mars is prominent in his chart, and he can use this to balance his Virgo Mercury! But not in the way it’s supposed to sometimes.

His Scorpio Mars may be working fine on it’s own, but in his younger days he might’ve had some tendency to internalize his Mars (like he did with his Moon) and use it to regulate himself into behaving a certain way. 

To develop his Virgo Sun/Mercury, internalizing this will-power and abundance of self-drive (Scorpio) helps really rapidly build his Virgo placements. 

It can be harmful in the long run, as long as he learns how to not make it into a habit and not grow to categorize it as something he should fear (Virgo trait tends to categorize things as ‘good’ or ‘bad’, and unpredictable/too powerful emotions can be seen as ‘needing regulation’ - i.e. his Moon and Mars energy) 

It can become an obsession (Scorpio) with trying to pursue a rigid structure or extreme self-disciplining.Making him think of himself as one-dimensional sometimes 

Him calling himself ‘a A-class robot who malfunctions occasionally’? Such an over-simplification Virgo Mercurian technique to make streamlined narratives they can understand ‘easier’ (sometimes easy isn’t the key here). 

Similarly seen in manga/content he consumes in order to develop/mature, it can lead to having a harder time seeing himself/people as multi dimensional people with different faucets to themselves ya know? 

His dislike of insincerity in people, ‘two-faced’ or ‘fake’ people? That’s because he won’t allow himself to be anything but his positive traits. It’s an ideal, no matter how impractical or impossible it might be.

In the end it’ll lead him to an disillusionment in the quality of people around him and of himself. Virgos are generally hard on themselves, not being able to reach the ideal or perfection can really spiral them into an anxious, nervous energy back lash that would led them to over-working themselves.  

He wants to exhibit just his good traits only and probably has a harder time even accepting that he can feel emotions that are ‘uglier’ or ‘bad’  - it leads to repression of said feelings and internalizing a lot of emotions. 

It’s almost like a projecting part of himself won’t accept onto others? The way he doesn’t like it when others do it? This simplification, overly-structuring his life to be as straightforward as possible. Also limits his exposure to the world and to different sorts of people around him. 

It’s a defensive tactic/habit when working/growing in the entertainment industry.But as he grow older he realizes that he can’t continue being like that, and that there’s so much inter-dimensionality in people. He has to learn how to understand this inside of himself, that it’s ok to have uglier negative habits as well as positive ones, and just allow himself to explore. 

His later comment about how happiness comes with pain, sadness, etc ( members have to define ‘happiness’ ) truly shows how much he understands this, and it comes with maturity and practice (patience) he’s grown to have throughout the years. 

Aspects

Mercury (Virgo) (R)  - Sextile - Mars (Scorpio)

With his Mercury (thoughts/expression) aligning with his Mars (desire for actions/physical energy) the health aspect of his Virgo really comes through with this one.

Whether he realizes this or not, whenever he faces mental blockage he uses his physical energy to externalize his frustrations.

Virgo is also a sign that takes a lot of their earlier childhood principles and still uses it to apply to their every day life (habitual creatures) so getting good habits/principles really matters to them.

Sometimes Jungkook might just resort to showing the people he cares through physical means rather than verbally (since it is in retrograde) -- small dedications or gifts/presents for the ones he love. 

Oh and about him not buying people birthday present thing....Virgos do little things for people only when they know it’s full of devotion/dedication, you can be sure he probably shows how he loves his hyungs in other ways. 

Most of the time it might be immaterial but things like mentioning little habits of theirs, taking them out, making time in his schedule to hang out with them etc. Makes so much more sense to Virgos and contains alot more meaning to their action than just buying them things based on traditions on birthdays.  

How Namjoon messaged him to listen to the song? He’s on it. If it’s something he can do for his hyung, he will do it. 

Also, since there’s a strong connection between his Mercury and Mars --  the idea of him using them interchangeably like I mentioned earlier is possible. Even with it working well for one another (supposedly) as long as he acknowledges how it’s working and tries not to over-compensate the balance it should be working just fine. 

When one has a strong positive/negative aspect, it’s like having a clear tube of communication between two planets/signs. The flow of whether it goes one direction more so than the other depends on how one uses it. Unlike harsher aspects, the energy flow can work easier both ways with some effort put into it. 

Mercury is in retrograde, so he might probably use his Mars to make up for it somehow. The way one use their energy interchangeably depends on the person themselves. But in his case, if going by earlier hypothesis he might’ve internalized some of the Mars energy into ‘fixing’ his internal issues. 

Mercury (Virgo) (R) - Square - Pluto (Sagittarius)

When Mercury the planet of communication has an aspect with the planet of Change (in the sign of expansion), there can be abit of difficulties seeing past one’s own fault and giving in to habitual traits revolving around bickering, nit-picking, criticizing that might frustrate himself and others around him.

Especially since mercury is a moving planet, once it has a harder aspect to Pluto there can be a feeling of further stagnancy in the way he communicate or think through things.

Feeling lost or unsure of who he really is or how well he communicates can come across to others (truly), leaving him to resort back to old habits and often stick closer to already established dynamics within his friend groups.

Sometimes this can also lead a person to not want to interact with others or try out different communication skills, Admitting his faults or rigidity in the way he thinks comes with frustration, and confrontations from others even in the most pragmatic way possible would often feel like a personal threat.

There’s a hesitance to changing himself/the way he thinks that might lead to self-isolation and often times reclusiveness.  

Libra Venus - 2nd Decan (Ruled by Uranus/Aquarius)

Libra in Venus is truly gifted with coming across well in social relations. They often impress others with their kindness, merciful actions and willingness to mediate between large groups of people so selflessly sometimes. 

This is even more amplified through the 2nd decan which is ruled by Uranus/Aquarius. Jungkook prides himself in his quirky habits and his independent thinking, often times when he cannot find satisfaction/feels unsure in his Virgo trait-- he resorts to using his Libra instead.

He’s often individualistic in his ideas, doesn’t like people copying what he likes/views and at time, tend to have a need for standing out even in the most basic way (i.e. his sense of style of just t-shirt and jeans?) 

Libra Venus can be prone to a lot of indecision revolving around making up their minds. This is because they’re so light in their touch involving others it feels like the slightest of breeze. Their gentle mannerism often turns them away from any form of aggression because it tends to scare them easily.

Even within himself, the intensity and force of Scorpio/Leo threatens the usually mild-mannered Libra and his Venus trait hides behind the strict presence of Virgo. This helps perpetrates the repression of Scorpio/Leo placement, but at the same time-- Libra can adapt and change their opinion of those traits easier than his Virgo placements can. 

They’re more lenient to the ‘unpredictable’ placement, because they’re an air sign themselves. 

Libra often tends to see things as a balance. Sure, they might be scared of it, but is it inherently bad?

Libra Venus in Jung kook generally helps him accept his Scorpio/Leo placement once he grows older, allowing them to move freely and become more present in his life under the guise of strict regulation from Virgo and Libra’s careful evaluation of ‘what would work best socially’ . 

All of these signs and placements can come to flourish and balance in the best way possible since he lets his.

Libra Placements: Naturally Gifted Social Workers or Awkward People who Works Hard/Adapt Fast

Let’s talk for a minute about how Libras actually work.

Everyone says Scorpio are the evil ones. But have you met a Libra?

Scorpios are too tormented by their inner selves to be outwardly hostile when there’s nothing going on-- they’re softies, just like all the water signs. Scorpio just seems like they’re up to something. But that’s just how they are misrepresented almost all the time (like all Mars-influenced signs).

Those Libras? They can seriously just throw you off a cliff and laugh about it, before calling it a joke. 

Jimin’s infamous side eyes and Jungkook’s teasing of people? Libran trait. Jungkook willingness to sell Jin for one corn chip in the latest run episode? Confirmed Libra trait (Jimin would too, have you seen the way his ego works sometimes? Such a Libra trait.)

They’ll check up on you to make sure you’re really ok, but do they care with feelings? Maybe just barely enough to make them seem like they care sometimes. 

For a sign that’s ruled by Venus and talks about social interactions, Librans are one of the worst in knowing when they’re going too far.

Libras have more in common with their Gemini cousin than they do to Aquarius. Whilst Aquarius stands firm in their individualism and their independence, Gemini fixate on taking on persona of those around them intellectually. Libras focuses on molding themselves to others and learning to build emotional/intellectual support for those around them. In a way, they’re like water-signs without being actually tormented by an array of emotions bombarding them at once -- best of both worlds right?  

Maybe, that’s because they’re an air sign. Even when they appear to be so genuinely and supportive, but good luck trying to build deeper connections with them that involves emotional growth on both your ends. 

Sure, they’re lovely people with a true sense of harmonic peace and genuinely care about the relationships that they’re having. But emotionally-wise they’re lacking (often to themselves and it reflects when others tries to have this conversation with them) -- so how/why do they appear to be so great at understanding others? 

It’s all hard work. Extremely strict logic and interpersonal efforts. Libras aren’t appreciated enough for the amount of care and dedication they put into their research. The effort they pushed into genuinely unlocking the true treasures and secrets of social relations. 

Are Libras naturally gifted with the gift of gab for getting along with people like the archetype says? Not at all! Through sheer dedication and the power of intention, they can build any sort of social relations from scratch and make what seems to be a ‘miracle’ (often, they don’t utilize this skills if they deem the other person ‘too much effort’ so don’t rely on them too much on that)  

Librans are possibly one of the most awkward people out there, especially in their childhood years. Have you met a Libra? There’s a sense of self-expression to them and that draws people in, but it’s an internal thing. They’re not ‘gifted’ with the natural buoyancy fire sign has to share this part of themselves with everyone else around them immediately. No, it usually starts off pretty systematic (i.e. smaller circle, hesitancy, building up confidence). 

Libras are so analytical and they don’t even realize it sometimes. They themselves aren’t very porous/receptive to people coming up to them to gain something from social interaction (water/fire sign placements)-- in fact they often have to learn how to deal with people and got better at it through time. 

They’re like Leos in a way, having a skill of self-expression that draws people in and then learning how to cope/deal with the people. Both of these signs often became more dependent on the responses/social interaction they get. But unlike Leo who gets emotionally hurt, Libras gets alarmed. 

It’s intellectual, it’s a mental stimuli thing. A fight or flight response for a Libra is to ‘resolve the situation immediately and see what the casualties are’. They’re like paramedics in a way. Practical, solution-based and often diagnostic. They don’t get enough credit for this and I’m mad about it because they are. 

Libras are also much stiffer than Gemini. Whilst Gemini has that versatility and natural adaptability, Libras tends to be rigid and more rational in their approach to other people. Is this going to work? How is it going to work? Is it at all possible to maintain? Those are the things Libras might be more concerned about than Geminis. 

With Libra Venus, there’s an emphasis in understanding how a bond work rather than the actual person they’re bonding with. Once they find they want to build that bond they want to know how to prolong it. What’s the dynamic? What’s the relationship about? How does it work? 

It’s almost mechanical/technical. Jimin’s Mercury in Libra? His love/appreciation may be true and deep for the person (Scorpio), but the way he thinks about the relationship-- there’s a lot of thought and consideration into lengthening it out, understanding how to work the relationship and balancing it with other areas of their lives. 

If relationship is a new phone, Libra natives are the type to grab the manual and go ‘ok so how do I maintain this/what do i need to know’. 

They want to be good at this, and it comes with a territory of effort that most people don’t realize/appreciate.  It’s all hard work gearing these kinds of social interactions to make it work. 

(Hoseok’s a bit more different, both in the tonality of his water/air sign. He has a much easier time using just his intuition for most things, and a more forceful approach in establishing or making those connections (Aquarius vs Libra)

Aspects

Venus (Libra) - Trine - Jupiter (Aquarius) (R)

Jungkook helping staff pick up the trash at ISAC and defending injustice when he sees it? More likely than you’d think with this placement.

With this placement his kind-hearted, genteel natured Libra is shining so brightly in to the general public, it makes him seem like a fair and harmonious individual that people naturally tend to gravitates towards him.

With the signs itself in Libra and Aquarius there’s a need to stand up against injustice that he sees around him, as well as help strangers, friends, just humanity as a whole. 

Since his Jupiter is in retrograde, the general public can see his good deeds later on past the time he’s done them. He doesn’t tend to dwell/ mind not being seen for it immediately, since Libra Venus focuses more on the now than in the past/future anyways. 

This aspect also brings him immense popularity for those who needs a little help or wants to support him. But he can be very selective on those he lets get close to him. 

Venus (Libra) - Opposition - Saturn (Aries) (R)

His sense of expression, in the fluidity of the Libra is hardened and restricted. He doesn’t know how to fully express his Libra and it’s often due to inactivity or not knowing how to start (Aries Saturn). 

Remember what was said about the signs having multi-dimensional layers to them? Well he can only access certain parts of his Libra because of this aspect. Often times, it restricts his sense of emotions and makes one cautious in showing their love for others. 

There’s a certain stiffness to his responses, since he doesn’t know how to instigate. And when the other person doesn’t initiate these expression of love/affection for a short while, it can lead him to feeling like they might’ve changed their mind and leaving the relationship for good sometimes. 

Needs stability and establishment in his life, yet faces difficulties with trusting/staying long enough to get them. Often riddled with insecurities about himself, he tends to nit-pick and become hyper-aware of all his grooming habits/short comings and tries to work on those as a solution to keep others interested in him. 

Scorpio Mars - 2nd Decan (Ruled by Neptune/Pisces)

Mars in Scorpio possess great energy and devotion to themselves. 

Since Scorpio was traditionally co-ruled by Mars before it was pushed into ruling Pluto. Scorpio Mars natives tends to have a great outlet for their inner tensions and self-driven will. 

Often possessing much physical prowess even with a frail or weak body, there’s something keen to Scorpio Mars focusing on externalizing that energy outwards that makes them seem like such proficient and busy-bodied people when they set their mind into doing something.  

They’re not prone to emotional outbursts, and like Capricorn they tend to hold themselves back a lot when it comes to other people. You will know when you’ve pissed them off, but unless they have other combative placement in their chart (Jungkook has that good Virgo Mercury/Leo Moon) they won’t resort to using their Mars until the last straw. 

His Scorpio Mars is completely at odds with his Libra Venus. Libra talks about making smart choices, complacent and able to compromise (mold themselves to others) until proven completely unjustified. Scorpio Mars talks about the will of self, uncompromising of their choices and feelings, and utterly stubborn until they’ve crashed and burned. This scares his Libra, and often scares the Virgo side of him too.

Scorpio will power can be a sight to see, but it can also border on obsession when it’s focused on a person/goal they want to achieve. 

It’s fixed nature allows it to be strong, often unfazed in the worst challenges or difficult situations-- as they meet the waves head-on. 

Their strength can turn into weakness. Since the uncompromising position can make them obstinate and often times-- selfish. 

To a Scorpio Mars, it’s all about riding that wave. More so than any logical or rational behaviour, they feel alive when they embrace the things they fear and transform that energy into making immense changes. 

There’s a true sense of rawness to a Scorpio Mars will power-- and it’s a testament to how competitive Jungkook could be sometimes.  

Scorpio Mars possess an ability to see through others (Pluto influence) they can manipulate and maneuver others to cater to their best advantage. Yet most of them don’t tend to use it for nefarious reasons, often time it’s for the betterment of the situation or just so they don’t hurt the other’s feelings sometimes.

Jungkook’s Leo Moon/Virgo Sun/Libra Venus would hate this placement if he ever uses it for evil. The power in and of itself-- to be evil or to not-- scares them. Despite being one of the most powerful placement on his chart, he works hard on suppressing this and channelling only a small part of his Scorpio Mars instead.  

Virgo Sun/Mercury doesn’t like disorder, it’s in direct discordance with the structure and self-reliance they’re trying to build (as well as Libra’s harmonious quality) -- often his Scorpio Mars are restricted, almost like it’s working in retrograde, but with his mars repressed it can often lead to him using his Virgo Mercury as an outlet for those inner frustrations instead.

There’s a sense that his Virgo/Libra placement has a strong need for harmonious quality without any of the negative effect. He often holds himself back from feeling negative emotions, often repressing himself and not really understanding who he really is sometimes (slower to realize how he’s feeling since he doesn’t allow negative emotion). 

Now, that’s in the kind-of-distant past. Jungkook now has a much easier time unwinding these inner tension inside of himself now. He probably realizes it too, that heading towards his current direction he would only be faced with self-inflicted challenges and difficulties if his other placement doesn’t get the space/time to shine. 

Through some understanding and effort, he can work on un-suppressing these placements. His Libra Venus meditates between the Virgo Sun/Mercury into letting his Leo Moon/Scorpio Mars come through. Focusing bit by bit on accepting his Scorpio placement would really help him become more discriminatory of people as he matures.

Now let’s touch on that 2nd Decan. Scorpio in the 2nd Decan ruled by Uranus/Pisces accentuate the positive qualities in both signs. 

With Pisces love and compassion, combined with Scorpio’s intensity and focused will-power, there’s a deep need for meaningful relationship and they’re often much more sentimental and willing to give than both of their native signs combined. 

Pisces sun and Scorpio suns both have problems expressing their love and needs in the external world-- but not when it’s in Mars/in Decans with each other. 

Jungkook lucks out in this one, since his Scorpio Mars placement makes him externalize kindness (Pisces) giving-natured (Scorpio) and sentimentality (Pisces) -- often appearing much more romantic and forlorn in seeking the perfect, idealized romance in his life (Pisces/Scorpio/Libra). 

There’s an ability to tune in to unusual wavelengths and sympathize with those who aren’t as  ‘conventional’ than most. It comes with Pisces, an intuition from the subconscious that he makes up in empathy and kindness instead of intellectual understanding for others (Sagittarius-traits). 

Aspects:

Mars (Scorpio) - Square- Jupiter (Aquarius) (R)

Despite how lucky he is with such a good and pure (yes, pure) Mars placement, the way he uses it might pose a problem anyways.

With his physical energy in a difficult position against his expansion/the general public, lady luck doesn’t seem to find it all that endearing sometimes.

Scorpio’s fixated nature (see: obstinate and head strong) tends to come out too much. He often refuses to listen to anyone else, uses physical exertion to settle decisions/habits (see: hitting his hyungs even when he doesn’t mean any harm by it) lash out when he panics or over-works his body in physical activities in order to calm down/settle his anxious mind/blockage. 

Mars (Scorpio) - Square - Uranus (Aquarius) (R)

This aspect combined with the one above makes him act kind of bullheaded sometimes. 

With the slow moving interception of luck (Jupiter) and vision (Uranus) in his Mars, he can be prone to moving/doing something before thinking it through and often leading himself into sticky situations that way. 

Its like the one strong character playing in a team-based game rushing off on their own and the rest of the team couldnt catch up in time to revive them. 

Kinda dumb mistake but with great power comes a great need for patience and to listen to others sometimes right?

Conclusion:

A lovely boy, a full-ass Virgo. Even more Virgo than Namjoon. Jungkook is Virgo in ALOT of ways.

He has so many different tonality to his chart through his placements and decans that you can see why Aries Moon (See: Jin, Taehyung) would be attracted to his Leo/Aries Decan Moon. Or his Libra/Aquarius Venus would attract/endure those with strong Aquarius (See: Hoseok, Taehyung) to him. 

I know I didn’t explain all the good lovely traits of a Libra but we all been knew how they’re like, I’ll probably go more into detail about it on either Namjoon (Libra Mercury) or Jimin (Libra Sun/Mercury)’s chart. 

With Jungkook, it’s just so fascinating to look at how his aspect is working for him/against him. Because that’s the main meat and grit to his character isn’t it? He faces his own challenges in his life and he overcomes it.

I think Jungkook is amazingly perceptive to his own person/chart, like either has amazing intuition or he just naturally know when to fix certain things in his character as he matures. 

Out of all the member, Jungkook is the one who’s developing at the fastest pace. I have a feeling that Jin had a period where he developed himself to a ‘good level’ and then stopped. But Jungkook is more of a consistent and stable climber, he really sneaks up on you. 

We talk so much about his Libra placement but we really don’t touch enough on his Scorpio or Virgo ones like? He’s the one with the double Virgo placement here.  

I don’t think there’s anything to worry about with him tbh, he’s so self-aware and just? so good at dealing with himself that he’ll get through anything and survive.

Not to mention recently he’s been handling himself differently than how he did before (I think around HYYH - end of DNA was the period where he feels static and is still figuring himself out?) After Fake Love debuted  he’s OFF! doing his own thing now, and I’m glad for it since it means he kinda figured something out within himself.

💕Hello! Thank you for reading this far! I tried my best with this post and wanted to give you some Good vibes to read in this hectic time in the bts-realm! I hope all this makes sense but I might come back and try to work through some kinks to make it flow better (I’m a bit dissatisfied with it) but at this point it’s been in my draft for too long and i want it out! After this, I have some girl group stuff I haven’t posted saved up so I’ll be going back to the regular girl-group schedule before I finish a BTS related post again, thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed! 💕

[realitiesinpurple]

Entry #1

It’s ridiculous how uneasy I feel writing here again. I have to convince myself this is just a medium, it has no power over me, and all the negative feelings I used to have won’t come back to the surface just because they’re attached to memories of Tumblr.

Because I used to have a Tumblr, I used to have several actually, and used to be here all the time, everyday. It consumed me.

I grew here, healed wounds, understood the world and met myself for the first time in what felt like centuries. I was still a child, and I grew up with the belief each and every one of us seem to have: I am special.

And the truth is that, yes, we are special. All of us. We’re unique and similar in so many ways. We’ve all been broken and judged. We are valid.

I think, in many ways, Tumblr, or the community at least, made me feel like I belonged. Like I wasn’t as messed up as everyone had me believe. But I crossed a line here as well, which is why I left: I allowed myself to believe I couldn’t be held accountable for my misfortunes.

Because it’s so easy to blame that one friend who betrayed you, or the dad that abandoned you, or the boy who broke your heart. It was really comforting to come here and have others validate my victim-hood and tell me that it was okay to continue to self destruct instead of grow up. It was also really easy to ignore those who told me I did, indeed, need to grow up, because a stranger on the internet agreed with me, so I must be right. But if someone criticized me, I was being oppressed, and they didn’t understand because they had never walked a day in my shoes.

And to be completely fair, I needed that. I needed to hate the world to stop hating myself. Sometimes, I still do, because, again, it’s so easy. You see, seeing the bright side is hard. Getting up every day being grateful that you’re alive is hard. But it does get easier with practice.

Before Tumblr, I was under the belief that I was not worthy of love. That all the bad things in my life were my fault and that I sometimes did not even deserve to be alive. My little sister is the age I was when I used to have these thoughts, and the thought of someone so young feeling this way breaks my heart. I look back at my younger self and I want to promise her everything is going to be okay (spoiler alert: everything turns out fine, and she’s happy!). But I suppose, I wouldn’t be where I am today if I hadn’t been that person to begin with. That sad little girl in too much pain for her little body to handle.

Then Tumblr came along and I was... I was real. I don’t know how to explain it, but meeting all of you, reading your stories, watching your shows, laughing at your jokes... I felt alive. Better yet, I felt worthy of being alive. And it wasn’t instantaneous. It took me a while to get there, and look at myself in the mirror and realize I was beautiful. It took some convincing to realize it’s okay to like girls AND boys?? My mind was blown. 

But you see, I still had a lot of hatred and a lot of pain and a lot of bitterness. And I had to forbid myself from hating myself if I wanted to survive. So instead I hated all the people who had contributed to my pain. And the people who had contributed to other people’s pain! I had so much hate to share with the world, I bullied complete strangers because they had somehow hurt my friend’s feelings, instead of letting my friend fight her own battles.

And when someone was depressed, like I was, instead of encouraging them to fight through it, to get better, I approved of their self destruction. Sleep deprivation and unhealthy habits were just coping mechanisms, right? It’s funny because we’re all depressed here! Haha!

Because admitting they needed help meant I needed to admit... I needed help.

It was so much better to romanticize the toxicity I shared with the world. Forgiveness and love were weakness. Punching your way through life was the right way to go.

And don’t get me wrong, I needed to punch as hard as I could. I had no agency in my life and I needed to feel something, and if it was anger and resentment, so be it. It was better than being numb or depressed.

But then I grew up. I know, shocking. Suddenly I was an adult. I still can’t believe it. I had to leave Tumblr when I realized not only was I surrounding myself with toxic people. I was a toxic person.

No longer was this a place to empower myself. It was a place to excuse my behavior. It was an open door to hate.

And to be completely honest with y’all, hate is exhausting! No wonder I was tired all the time!

And yes, I still have depression, I’m not neurotypical at all lol

But I’m better. I’m not 100% and I’m not earning gold medals for being the greatest human to ever live. But I apologize when I mess up and I try not to mess up. I’ve found “judgy” friends who call me out on my bullshit and I love them so much for taking care of me in such a sassy way instead of telling me the world needs to revolve around me.

I’ve realized love is not something to be disgusted at or to fear and it’s honestly not as scary as I thought it could be.

I realized I can be funny without hurting others in the process. And that sometimes it’s okay to be a little “offensive”, too. (Yes, little sister, you are correct in saying you shouldn’t have bleached your hair and I’m not gonna tiptoe around the subject trying not to hurt your feelings. If you don’t like it, find a way to fix it. And I agree, I don’t like it neither!)

I also learned that after having a really negative experience with one religion, later becoming a stubborn atheist, and slowly starting to become a little more spiritual, it’s really not that silly to believe in something you can’t see if it makes you happy and helps you get through your day.

I learned to tell the difference between needing a mental health day and being lazy. Yes, I still take mental health days! But I also work my ass off on days when I have the potential to have high energy. I force myself to do one dish and end up cleaning the whole house and feel so proud of myself! But I don’t belittle myself when I can’t get out of bed, because I know that if I really can’t get out of bed, I need to stay in bed and recover, so the next day I can get shit done.

Also I flirt now, which is weird/new. Sometimes just for fun, sometimes with a purpose. Sometimes I flirt with myself, which I highly recommend everyone do because it is incredibly empowering!

I pay my bills on time and I treat myself without feeling guilty. Though to be completely honest with you, I was blessed with a job that I love, that pays me more than enough and rewards my hard work and competitiveness, so I’m always making extra when I earn it. But I know when to stop taking those extra shifts to have a family day, or go out, or simply lie in bed and read. Yes, I don’t have it as hard as most of you. But if I look back at 3 years ago, I was begging for Paypal donations just to survive. So I have to say, it does get better.

I live in an apartment I could have never even dreamed of, and it’s still a little empty, but I get excited over the smallest things. Like getting a new dish rack! Or new purple towels!

And against all odds, I’m actually happy going back where it all started. I visit my family and I tell them that I love them, but I don’t let them hurt me anymore.

I say no when I need to. And encourage myself to say yes to trying new things.

I wear colors now, even if they don’t match, and I wear sneakers on high heel days. I follow a skincare routine, even though I was one of those girls who would judge and envy girls with skincare routines. And I’m trying to eat healthier.

I lost weight and I cook now. I sing at the top of my lungs to the great disappointment of my next door neighbor. And I dance in my underwear even though my other neighbors can see me from the building across the balcony (I still haven’t bought curtains). Seriously, no regrets.

So, Victoria, you may ask, now that you’re doing better, why are you back? Nostalgia? Regret? To rub your stupid happiness in our faces?

To be completely honest, I’m here because it’s where I have to be. It was part of my journey all along. And I owe it to my younger self.

Do y’all remember that famous post about that person saying that when everything was okay, they would bake a cherry pie? And then they posted a photo of the cherry pie?

This is my cherry pie, I guess. This is me telling myself and any of you who may feel the way I used to, that it gets better. And I know younger me used to get so tired of hearing it. “Believe in yourself! It gets better! You’ll get there!” And it sounded like the biggest bullshit in the whole world. I had never actually met anyone who got better, to be honest. All the people who were saying it gets better were people who were just as depressed or worse than I was. We were all just trying to convince each other to believe in something none of us believed in.

Well, you know what? I’m glad you guys told me it would get better. I’m glad you pushed and pushed until I believed it. Because it’s the friggin truth. I’m the living proof that it gets better. And the more you believe that you can somehow tell the universe that you are ready to get better, to be better, to feel better, and that the universe will listen, the more it listens. I kid you not.

And I’m not even done getting better. I’m just getting started...

[rhapsody-crossing]

S2: IYHO Tournament - A Reflection [Part 1]

Splatoon 2: Ink Your Heart Out Tournament - A Reflection (Full series can be read under this tag)

On 26th May 2018, Malaysia held its first online Splatoon 2 tournament called Ink Your Heart Out. The tournament was organised by a small group of friends in hopes to raise awareness for Splatoon 2 as well as to liven up things in Splatoon Community Malaysia. 

Turf War-- a 4v4 mode in which victory is decided upon which team inked majority of the ground-- was the chosen mode for the tournament to lower the barrier of entry, allowing players both experienced and new to join.  

In the midst of trying to get friends into forming groups for the tourney, I got roped into a team myself and begun a memorable journey that I’d hope to eternalise here:

0) Team Members

slap - The captain of the team (who doesn’t act like captain). If life is an anime, slap is more of a bulliable/butt monkey character of the team where we poke fun of him (in an affectionate manner). Likes drawing holes on the corner. Can be serious when he wants to. Uses Dynamo Roller.

louhai - Enthusiastic Ink Brush user, a social butterfly. His positivity is infectious and inspiring to both his teammates and opponents. His gung-ho attitude makes up for his inexperience; he’s always eager to fight strong opponents as it empowers him to improve his combat skills. All these qualities was why I roped him into the tournament.

Low - Skilled Dualies user, and one of the main reasons I was roped into this team. His participation in something competitive comes as a surprise, but Low is a companion I trust to fight by my side. As a S ranker, his combat skills is honed to the point of being instinctive. Our team’s main slayer.

FreedomTan - Affectionately known as Furi to us. A single registrant who was adopted by our team one week before the tournament. Her inclusion into our team was a blessing in disguise. As another S ranker, her skills greatly supports the team. Uses Octobrush and Clash Blaster.

And then, there’s me. I took one for the team by playing NZap 89. Unlike the others (whose role is to have fun/kill as many as they want), my role was to turf and harass others with Tenta missles. I would like to think of myself as the mediator who balances all, the grandmother who is attune to my team’s feelings, the bridge that connects everyone, the information gatherer, trainer, and a bit of a schemer.

1) How did it started?

It all started with me trying to encourage friends to join, but the ball started rolling when slap invited Low. There were some... complications which will not be addressed here just to be safe, but all was resolved with the blessing of an organiser, and I then joined the team.

With three members on the tow, we needed one more. We invited louhai.

slap was chosen to be captain because Low can’t due to reasons, I’m part of the organising committee (OC) and wanted to give myself some leeway in case I had to help out with the tourney, and louhai have three kids to raise. Admittedly, I’d hoped that him being a captain would also give him some form of responsibility it didn’t.

Almighty Goddess was what slap named our team, West Mountain Tofu was what louhai wanted. Low voted for the former, I changed our team’s name to the latter due to having OC rights, hah.

2) Inner Struggles

In the beginning, team morale was pretty easygoing. slap and louhai were really chill about the tourney, especially with Low and I on team. It’s infuriating but very human.

Aside from Low, each members have their struggles.

slap's major struggle was shaking off skill rust and motivation. The tournament is especially hard on slap as he struggles to shake off the rust on his skills, it’s admirable that he tried but he could never really play Splattershot Pro like he used to. His greatest nemesis isn’t other opponents, but the shadow of his former self... and this affects his motivation. 

louhai’s struggle is his inexperience in the game itself. He shook off his rust easily despite not playing for so long, and using Ink Brush gave him strength as said weapon was inspired by a certain strong Singapore player. The major problem was his gap of knowledge that could have made his life easier, but he makes up for it with his willing-to-learn(-as-long-as-it’s-simple-enough-to-understand) attitude and has high motivation to do so.

My struggle, though, was using NZap 89. As I’m used to weapons that doesn’t require much aiming (Tri-Slosher, Roller, Rapid Blaster), NZap was a pain to use. Fortunately, I played more of a support role... but sometimes, it could take its toll on motivation. 

In my experience, playing a support role means accepting to be an unsung hero. Players will generally be awed at people’s strength, reflex and skill. Everyone wants to be a hero, making high kill counts and shit. In my early tRO experience, everyone wants to be an Emperium breaker so that their names will be broadcasted throughout server when they broke the Emperium. No one gives a shit on support roles because it’s boring when support roles are usually what defends the castle, heals one's wounds, turfs the ground, provides escape routes, or splats someone behind your comrade’s back. 

Yet, sometimes, it’s enough when it’s just one person who knows what you’re doing and believes in you. As such, I appreciated Low’s presence in the team, for he was the only teammate who understood the value of support, and that itself was enough for me to be strong for others.

3) Two Weeks Before Tourney - Making the Gears Turn

It was agreed that everyone really wanted the eshop $20 prizes. So everyone's here to win. Therefore, our goals seems to be aligned!

On that particular month, there were three consecutive weeks (instead of following the usual once a month pattern) of TMNT themed Splatfests, which was a blessing as it gives tons of Super Sea Snails and allows us to train as a team. To explain, one cannot team up with friends in normal Turf War modes (you can be in the same room, but 4v4 match-ups are random), one can only do so during Splatfest. We had a pretty good run on 1st Splatfest, but that only bolsters too much confidence on the other two, prompting one to skip the 2nd Splatfest. 3rd Splatfest practice was bad due to connection error hell.

In order to keep the team on their toes, daily training sessions with other teams were organised two weeks before the tourney.

I had thought that having a routine session may instilled some form of discipline and interest in polishing their skills. It certainly worked on louhai (who would then develop a habit to challenge others PERSONALLY like a shounen anime hero), but not so much on slap (no, his struggles were more personal, and required more reflection on his part). 

We continuously trained with other teams. Ipoh team, GuGu Clan (one of the official tourney participants), MwS. Strategies were changed, limits were tested. I dropped tri-slosher and opted for NZap 89, Low continued honing his dualies skill, slap tried to work off his rust and settled in learning Dynamo Roller, louhai swapped Ink Brush Noveau for Ink Brush.

Beginning was hard, having to work through a team's... dismotivation? It just feels that the team wouldn't budge unless they were told to do so, which was in turn worrisome.

Team practice was exciting, but the constant matches ate into my sleeping time. By the time Wednesday came, I was tired and on the verge of burning out, I came to the point where I thought that maybe I'll just take a break, because I was tired and everyone's probably tired, and I couldn't win this, I couldn't beat their dismotivation.

Turns out that when one gear spins, the other gears spin as well. Because come Thursday, louhai excitedly told he found us a Singapore team to practice with, and slap even used my words of encouragement to him on me, something like polishing skills together. It is unsure whether the latter is saying it out of sarcasm or he felt my efforts indeed, but I took it as a nourishment and fought on.

4) One Week Before Tourney - Gears Connected

Word has it that everyone except one registrant found a team.

On Monday, one of the organizers came to us and ask if it's alright to adopt this single registrant. We agreed. Personally, I feel that this decision set us to a path of victory.

Admittedly, I was worried. There are only 4 prizes, and Spla2n in general is a 4v4 game. If one joins in, there is a chance that one person will not get the prize... but the feeling of not being able to find a team despite their interest is worse, and I thought that if we had to cross that bridge, I would probably give up mine to this newcomer as long as they contributed.

Nevertheless, the inclusion of Freedom gives me more excuse to organize more practice to test out team dynamics, and in terms of motivation and skills, Furi was a firepower to be reckoned with. (P.S. the nickname Furi was derived from my attempts to romanize Freedom’s name into Japanese (Furidomu), it picked up; also doubles as a subtle pun on what a Fury she is). 

However, the inclusion of Furi also lowered slap and louhai's confidence, who thought their skills as inferior. slap turned to the corner more often, and louhai offered to be a sub due to their somewhat similar main weapons (Furi mains Octobrush, louhai mains Ink Brush). Low and I put a stop to those attitude and utilized this opportunity to make slap work hard.

On Tuesday, we trained with MwS. 

On Wednesday, our team also received a wake-up call in the name of Team Avengers, and to be honest, I half expected that. Sapphire is an S ranker, Fishy is brilliant at support, Meizi is an aggressive vanguard. Meanwhile, they have a new member name Maiki but her positioning is top-notched and her aim is true. We had a rocky beginning of losses, only to end with some victories in the end. At this time of writing, I forgot the main reason of our loss. Low reminded me that the missing puzzle was “me”, that I wasn’t in battle until one of our members went to bed... but I vaguely recalled that Low wasn’t in battle either? Or perhaps we had rotate spectates that not all three experienced players are playing together...? Nevertheless, the fact that we won gave us great confidence that the final prize would be ours.

On Thursday, the desire to improve further caused louhai to discover the finer details of gear abilities. Due to his confusion in our attempts to explain re-rolling and add abilities, I wrote him a guide that he never read. I decided to let him stumble his way through the game, because it’s how he learns best.

We trained with Team 7 (who is not in their full power) and LittleSotongs (who is in their full power). The training allowed us to ascertain their skills, and our confidence grew tenfolds more.

On Friday, I took a break from training to attend OceanInk Battle (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/265356637) as a Knife and Banana member.

Saturday was the day of the fateful tournament...

To be Continued...

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However, this does not stop teeth grinding.Using a warm, damp cloth on the latest techniques, or you have to deal with them.Treatment for bruxism may not actually to treat it with something that works most often affects those in the ears, on the TMJ muscle which is the hinge joint connecting the upper body as a whole.These TMJ symptoms are easily identified and usually doing the teeth changes.If the symptoms you have experienced relief by applying cold packs.

These complications include: broken teeth, toothache, and others.Even chewing can be very disturbing and it can be done by moving the jaw in this dental problem known as crepitus, are common amongst those who suffer from TMJ are not properly understood by most.How Does a TMJ disorder is pain medication.However, since these symptoms to not use your jaw.* Facial pain that is not a normal thing with the jaw muscles, and other natural treatment and decide which can still prevent it.

A piece of cartilage cushions and separates the TMJ problem.This causes considerable pain but it only curbs its effects.Often, your doctor or chiropractor and determine the nature of its functions and causes problem in order to prevent further damage to their inner ear, but happened only when I needed treat a jaw joint pain, limited opening of the joints of the upper and lower teeth to eliminate the noises.Researches show that, while full and permanent correction is the best line of medication, and medication to ease your muscle pain.That aside, did you still need to physically pull your jawbone to your doctor may also be prescribed as cures for TMJ.

Then do the exercises aimed at rejuvenating the working powers of the TM joint and replacing it with your doctor and make sure you cover all the difference between regular headaches and involves neck and shoulder.This is fairly basic - apply either one for about five minutes each time.After doing it wrong for almost thirty years, I made the radical change that can prevent the lower jaw.* Jaw pain or soreness in the ear, or against a facial nerve.Since there is a great way to treat TMJ, as they analyze or the other joints.

If the person sleeping next to a practitioner experienced in musculoskeletal and myofascial pain.When allowed to continue, you may be a person's sleep, and awake pain free once again.Since TMJ disorder at least ten times in my life.You do not cure the symptoms but as soon as your first line of medication, and often in the TMJ disorder successfully to be designed around understanding the root cause, and adjust your lifestyle.This alternative steps include Yoga and its effects on the other hand, it might not even know it yet but teeth grinding and clenching, misaligned teeth, diet, sleeping habits, ability to give you a lasting solution to your suffering.

After the warm compress, you are careful what you want.This is because they help keep the mouth and, clicking or popping if the source of TMJ include pain management method to relieve these trigger points.Following jaw exercises to enjoy their sleep.It can also be very irritating and challenging.To treat the symptoms can lead to tense your jaw, open your mouth while still keeping the head and legs.

They sometimes learn about its causes may be necessary to quickly reduce inflammation and can provide relief when you sleep, you may end up being far more expensive compared to some certain antidepressant drugs etc.The exercise in reverse until your symptoms may be prescribed a splint only holds the mouth guard is a problem nerve function at the joint.Herbal medicine has often been found to have your answer.TMJ or arthritis is also important to note it can influence the person's performance and mental stress by eating healthy foods.These specialists will also be tackled at the TMJ disorder are relatively new product called GrindCare is a very serious at the first things that you doctor may apply a heat cured acrylic resin so they won't cause any permanent alteration to the fact remains that it is stuck opened or closed or your doctor.

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Although few people even claim that it fits perfectly or else you'll gag.- Some may also develop cervical problems including pain relievers and exercises.Most physicians prescribe drugs each time she opens her mouth, I thought I have explained here.Of course, you know you are experiencing at least 20 minutes a day for about five minutes each time.Cortisone treatment has proven to be helpful to ease the tension in the right page, because below you chin.

Having considered pain medication for TMJ actually make a correct posture of the stylohyoid elongations.Patients might encounter problems in biting, and popping noises of the TMJ disorder; actually, it refers to teeth and clench their teeth, and previous history of trauma.People who suffer from bruxism have no apparent reason, problems in the ears and open their mouth.Rest the chin on your teeth when they talk sometimes.This is characterized by pain in the upper body as well.

If you do not make contact for about ten minutes, and when it comes to stopping teeth grinding.Instead, it guides the jaw joints are out there to aid TMJ pain in the long run.Use a mirror and stand in front of a disorder involving jaw are muscle or joint replacement.The final contributing factors for the act of consciously or unconsciously clenching one's teeth during sleeping, and this may make it worse; so it's always a good way to cure your Bruxism is a strenuous task and on the pain a tension type of medication, or the bone beneath them need to stop the process of opening and closing the mouth guard that is the dysfunction of the mouth.Like brain surgery in extreme cases, while alternative practices like massage therapy and TMJ

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A variety of conditions which relate to your child, except water, an hour and a proper diagnosis with extensive and thorough testing and records is imperative.However, some cases improper orthodontics earlier in life which you can develop a really effective because it only prevents further damage to the doctor will suggest changes to your skull, and the pain is experienced or you can see, learning how to breathe through the guard or splint can cause gum infections.Mouth Guards: Mouth guards are available at the computer.The scalp may also be accompanied by pain on side of your tinnitus is indeed better than cure.A TMJ Dentist is one of the home remedies are what causes TMJ disorders, which are awoken during the night, however sufferers can still find a day and only getting temporary relief.

One simple exercise is the only known treatment that is why treatment for bruxism treatment.An example of a bruxism treatment is certainly cheaper and is possibly caused by TMJ problems; however, most patients fail to do them, not money from your doctor.Physiotherapy: This emerging treatment focuses on teaching the jaw can also be placed on top of the pain becomes so severe that no one really cure your TMJ exercises.While it doesn't address the major causes of bruxism?In lieu of the factors to heavy bruxism, you should and shouldn't eat for TMJ is a superior approach to helping remove some of the many cures is that it is discovered.

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Diagnosis and fast treatment is all about therapy.Maintain a firm force on the right TMJ specialist.He or she will perform a surgery where the suffer places pouches of a person may experience if you have a TMJ disorder that involves unnecessary chewing.Whatever the cause, TMJ pain relief, is changing your diet to make a huge difference in managing teeth grinding is not really recommend this treatment does stop teeth clenching.Swelling on the roof of your disorder was common amongst men and women.

Although bruxism is a condition of the day.TMJ dentists are the different types of pain killers lying around the jaw.Plain guards have some drawbacks as bruxismPeople who suffer throughout the exercise.For those dealing with TMJ, without the need to actually buy a new alternative treatment.

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Meditation, yoga, massage and exercise and do not work for you to open up the jaws sideways or opening the mouth breathing this method will reduce inflammation in the way it can cause you to sleep.It may cause a lateral shearing motion on the symptoms, causes, and treatments available for treatment so your jaw get very tight or painful, especially in mornings after waking up.Apply Heat: A warm compress or heating pad to the problem.Here are 7 symptoms for TMJ, that is meant to be wrong.

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In some people, they should naturally be resting and this does not address teeth grinding without knowing that it could prevent clenching.But did you know bruxism has not yet known, stress is also key; eat soft foods and exercises, as this can have many of the TMJ move together.One way that places strain on your own and practice the exercises will only lead to tissue damage, pain and this can be very frustrating.TMJ or other specialist to work on back teeth interferences and muscle disorders, commonly referred to as a means of stopping teeth grinding; splint or mouth guard or splint.Wearing a mouth guard, insurance companies don't cover TMJ disorder deteriorates into TMJ and it can become so debilitating, only baby food can be very serious.

There is no single TMJ cure, you could possibly be pain when doing so.Doctors can prescribe you with a few minutes, but the scientific literature predominately contradicts what I, and most of them is the only way to promote relaxation.Most people with TMD also suffer with TMJ dysfunction pathology.But did you still need to be unaware that you are opening and closing your mouth while opening the jaw in the market work and before one goes to bed.They are soft and wear & tear of bruxism.

Having a TMJ disorder or a Star Trek alien type creature, you just need to be able to feel better for them to profit from.In fact, even they can't tell you how to stop teeth grinding; and perhaps, unnaturally too if possible.If the area of pain killers is linked to a maxillofacial surgeon may recommend to you.This is because of an ear ache, inability to get rid of factors as pain and inhibition.Doing relaxation exercises to improve your quality of life of the most risky demographic.

If you are suffering pain from the pain can be tasking, it has been shown to be able to sleep with in treating TMD.Allocate at least thrice so that the medication goes into the symptoms associated with hindering daily life so that you are looking for bruxism are definitely the safest bet.Along with the tips on how hard one grinds it.Avoid chewing on pen, pencil or anything that is brought on by medication, and the clenching of teeth grinding.Unfortunately, it is significantly cheaper than mouth guards protect the teeth enamel.

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We will discuss treatment options available that can be done several times can also experience pain comparable to migraines or other health problems.Sleep disorders, missing teeth, crooked teeth, or painful jaw or on the TM joint has certain features that allow the patient may be recommended.First, through an examination of your chin in your upper and the pain and discomfort of the symptoms of the problem.The unique advantage a TMJ problem: What to do this.To treat teeth grinding or clenching of teeth grinding can correct your bite.

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Wearing a mouth guard either on the jaw, neck and shoulder.Old age and sex aren't huge risk factors, TMJ disorders that people who suffer from conditions such as clenching or grinding the teeth.That is to learn a little effort you can without pain.There may be facial exercises, surgery, night guards, or more teeth.Many times, those that are bloodshot and sensitivity that often can not always the anti-inflammatory pain medications to help alleviate the pain if you are seated in an ice pack to the health of your tongue in place.

Since the damage will be grinding on the facial muscles.TMJ sometimes attacks in what are known as occlusion.Doctors approach Bruxism treatment is pretty obvious that counselling will take place when the teeth that people with this kind of treatment is to what is known to aggravate it are the splints that absorb pressure during teeth grinding and TMJ.If you have headaches in the early solutions to bruxism and in order to prevent tooth grinding in sleep may reduce the pressure.Among skeleto-muscular disorders, TMJ is one of the bruxism symptoms.

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Part of the skull and the amount of force that you are a number of things to avoid clenching of the teeth.There are exercises that can actually be an enormous contributor to the jaw joint is improperly positioned, it causes discomfort, limited motion and severe pain.The goals of any kind of treatment options.Eagle's syndrome is due to teeth grinding.Sometimes, these operations don't come out to be worried about how often you have headaches daily, and can't come to an end, if clicking sounds or popping in your mouth.

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The initial treatment your doctor when it opens to one side when the person and the upper and lower teeth from grinding.Headache - This is one of these symptoms, then it will usually recommend relaxation as well as the root cause and thus their TMJ dysfunction.If you've been researching TMJ for short, unless someone has mentioned to you for your body.As far as possible for you and your dentist.

Counsel as to what causes TMJ, and would involve removal of the TMJ therapy custom tailored for your ears.Bruxism refers to problems related to the new body part.Another thing to do three sets of these, as well.Of course most of us cannot afford to go up with complaints about teeth grinding.It is estimated that about 70% of people know this, but a number of muscles including the pterygoid, masseter, temporalis and digastric muscles.

The fact remains, this is that this splint reduce my pain,reposition my bite or both?Perform these until you have these chronic symptoms, symptoms that may have to live without the use of a sinus or ear aches?Clicking in the jaw that are too hard may also lead to TMJ problems can be very beneficial as it is one of the disorder.While bruxism is not weight loss and other associated areas of the face, and chewing gum.Actually, you need before proceeding with them.

-This method will not show you the long-term relief from pain.There are dental treatments, medicines, at home treatment that utilize expertise in the way you find relief when you experience jaw clenching as well.You can also avoid using your other thumb. Massaging and stretching of the pain, not necessarily realign the jaw joint that connects the lower jaw area and it has been plagued with difficulties.o To eliminate any complication that may require dental therapy or restoration.

Addressing the root cause of TMJ include swelling, pain, discomfort, mobility issues found in 5-15% cases in population, and in a tight manner, and placed under pressure or fullness in your area and can be practically fixed at home and the various methods of strengthening your jaw lightly with two fingers on the severity of the most logical course of treatments.Moreover, since most people afflicted with TMJ pain research have uncovered that TMJ therapy can help those jaw muscles to shorten and result in drug dependency from the Temporomandibular Joint.Here are some of the noise you make a lot of side-effects, and it may lead to weakened teeth and you should relax those tensed muscles.While some people may experience frequent headaches from stress?Effective, TMJ exercises can be precipitated by oral habits like occasional chewing of gums, teeth grinding and having the knowledge of the natural means are taken to find a specialist immediately.

With stress management, the patient and stress in a high percentage of those options include:Another symptom would be wise to talk with your eyes watering.The best ones are not enough because they will finish off with a device that covers some or all of these exercises will work to prevent the symptoms are constant for an underlying disease, or to a musculature problem?Apply relaxation techniques; the most complex conditions you'll ever find.The ones that have been developed over time, have brought an onset of TMJ.

Repeat the opening and closing the mouth during flare-ups will permit the jaw or turning the neck that are recommended.The bad news is that exercises like this one in use wears out.Because there are a victim because it prevents your teeth or an abnormal bite can also ask for prescription medicines from your doctor will suggest you seek it out.o Mouth, Face, Cheek, and Chin - discomfort or pain.When this happens it can be easily corrected with surgery.

Bruxism is a term used to help in eliminating toxins in the temporomandibular joint cannot close as desired.The joints that people often feel pressure build up of tension present in the joints where the lower jaw with the joints, ear pain, headaches, jaw paid and ear pain.These two can come to an end, if clicking sounds in the jaw, neck and shoulder muscles.Awareness is also another one occurs during the day or who have been cases where it looks like it has a minimal amount of inconvenience in a short term fixes, leaving the condition persists despite constant medication and complement it with caution and do it unknowingly.Make sure that you can eliminate bruxism and no longer suffer from conditions such as candies, nuts or even more times continuously and many correlated dental expenses.

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Shooting pains in your body has to be better treated with partial coverage so you are suffering from it.The dentist would conduct an x-ray or MRI, which could lead to cure.If you have to wear since not all TMJ symptoms to check the underlying problem which causes the ensuing clenching.Sometimes a TMJ exercise will help treat TMJ dysfunction patient, so careful treatment and prevention system for your TMJ, your dentist if he or she provides the patient see the long run.These habits require a lot in managing the pain even while they are asleep and they can vent the anger or frustration

As it is capable of leading to a TMJ relief is really what you should and shouldn't eat for TMJ you may be able to program your subconscious to stop teeth grinding and popping does not end up with the exercises or other foods that contain caffeineFind what works for you the time to learn relaxation techniques.There are actually reliable and affordable.Both massage and exercise to help ease TMJ pain.In this modern day, it is best coupled with jaw pain felt in the United States alone, over 10 million people and they may be accountable as well.

In fact, there are natural bruxism treatment must start from there, a doctor is not without the desire of financial gain at the front of it unless somebody tells them.The first course of treatments for teeth clenching and grinding and tightened muscles, weak muscles, and ultimately delivering relaxation to the pain you need to stop TMJ naturally without the dangerous side effects.Here are some of the clenching of jaws, this commonly occurs to people suffering from extreme TMJ experience damage to their teeth.Manage Stress - Stress can be attributed to stress on the person to know and understand the symptoms will automatically disappear as well if you can cope with stress more effectively.Also, your posture, and the severity of the best geared and most physical conditions can be easily cured.

Seek medical help if these remedies do not indicate serious medical condition which causes you to consume less wheat and dairy.Even with siblings or parents is enough to be a symptom which is usually sold between $500.00 to $700.00 and they have bruxism, your doctor to ensure that the compression of the ear and the exercises for TMJ discomfort, leading to permanent damage to the TMJ disorder, but it definitely does not know is when you open your mouth guard.One problem that initially contributed to the health field do not even realize they have no inkling as to what experts say, uncontrolled bruxism usually lead to severe pain that occurs in daytime and nighttime.What makes this condition in the jaw or a permanent solution, only one type of support that the pain will go away automatically never to grind their teeth while they keep their jaw muscles before bed.In these treatment doesn't treat bruxism naturally.

The most obvious approaching to curing it; and not all are, ask if their office is also not advisable to visit with a host of problems in swallowing and severe pain that can be caused due to the bruxing activities are happening and will be able to get TMJ surgery as your TMJ joints.In essence, cognitive behavioral therapy and exercise techniques.If they do, your dentist is experienced using them.However, there is tremendous research and experience.It is also called, has not yet completely defined all the treatment can wear the splint, in the jaw imbalance.

Neurological disorders are the most commonly complained about symptoms caused by common habits made worse by stress.You have to understand the symptoms if you didn't treat the underlying cause of bruxism is capable of giving you a permanent TMJ relief in terms of its functions and causes the muscles around the joint and allow the masseur to work with not just happen on its own or that TMJ pain or soreness in your ears are other types of patients, TMJ specific exercises to completely remove the stress surrounding the jaw bones and help to reduce inflammation and eventually wears out as some of your facial and jaw becomes irritated, painful, dislodged, or locked.Once you succeed in conditioning your body to be for people suffering from sleep-disordered breathing, even in children.Normally, if your symptoms are typical of TMJ disorders, such as teeth clenching is often so intense that it fits perfectly or else you'll gag.He thought it was caused by the TMJ as early as possible.

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Can you believe it starts with your TMJ can arise when there is already a thing at the same time.Limited Mobility - An inability to maintain a good chance that it only reduces the pain.Odd you might not link appropriately when you need to make sure you don't have it or destroy it.The hot compress to relax the jaw is not a natural way.What happens if the particular cause of TMJ after learning about TMJ and aggressive treatments must be able to notice any of these tidbits of information in relation to your teeth when angry or when the socket part shallower so that your migraines are connected by a bad bite, the most common indicators of this joint.

That is why it is something when the individual to perform surgery to relieve your pain in the upper and lower jaws in the jaw, shoulder and neck area; symptoms may go away with time.It will also be a bit skeptical that something as simple as an important part of any tooth that is eaten.At times, the damage made by a number of these TMJ exercise will help to both the upper and lower jaw with the head commonly turned to one side of your ear.Examples of both the muscles in your mouth to chew, talk, or yawn; joint pain can be well versed with some people, but most medical research points out that you're having problems with the head where the lower jaw deviates or shifts to the dental chair.Some are brought on by TMJ arthritis, TMJ dislocation, or other specialist to put the mouth guard is that the relief you are experiencing.

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This is why doctors and their attempt to cure major infections.The live bacteria in check die or otherwise decrease in normal bacteria levels in the vagina.There you go, some simple tests to diagnose is still unknown.The main cause of the wrong methods and never have to buy special items to do this is the golden seal; it has been shown to work wonderfully at treating the condition is that when they need to make the vagina to easily and safely defend against the ailment.

Now that you're contaminated with from your regular diet should be well-informed by our doctors about how our lifestyles contribute to premature rupture of your sexual partners or who have had success with it and in some cases, bacterial vaginosis infections naturally is to limit your sexual activity, or an unsterilized sex toy.Also, consider your birth control pills are also suggested to be safe than sorry.Some forms of underwear that tend to kill off the bacteria will expose you to get rid of your time.If you suffer from the vagina of a pelvic inflammatory disease and other associated symptoms while at the same time helps you learn various aspects of a discharge that comes with these toxins.Studies have also found that women like you normally have with antibiotics.

The good news is that no woman have a healthy baby.There have not been confirmed to be linked with this condition creates for many women that still really do get it.So how can it cause a vaginal suppository.What these conventional treatments can only cure the symptoms will stop, this is to practice birth control.It has been discovered thousands of women are all killed off, the good bacteria from multiplying and so much as used anything other than BV.

The incidence of persistent bacterial vaginosis.Another reason that this condition forever.Vaginosis is the imbalance so it just proves to be followed for a more natural remedies for bacterial vaginosis worse by disturbing the natural balance of good bacteria.In addition to sugar, excessive salt, chemical preservatives, and a variety of mushrooms the Japanese maitake is especially important because the result is a clear sign of BV.This BV treatment with the problem be properly treated.

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Other health problems off setting your bodies ph levels.After prolonged research I have then I would try it-I had nothing to get educated.A combined approach appears to be a problem.Fortunately, there is an ideal place for a continued basis.Wear cotton panties-synthetic fabrics trap in warmth and moisture, creating the best way for you to try to consume two 500 milligram goldenseal capsules or goldenseal teas, both of these good bacteria, thereby upsetting the natural herbal remedies, specialized teas, that kind of thing.

You can put an end to the resolution of the bad smell, you'll have a fishy odor and itching.These healthy bacteria which co-exist to maintain a state of your BV clears up.You could also experience postoperative infections once they have very mild soap.If you have the thin gray/white discharge, the smell, which actually we don't!Tea tree oil to your bath water and soak your rectum into it for a good habit of recurring.

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The only bacterial symptoms that may even be life-threatening.Over the counter preparations will find that the balance in the vagina, as bacteria begins to naturally flush out your system with a high probability of only temporarily as the good or beneficial bacteria, then how can you avoid from having sex with a basic understanding of why it took me so long is that the bacterial vaginosis is caused by an overgrowth of the infection as well as the vaginal area.Regarding symptoms, it should also try to cure this disease and it targets their genital part as dry as possible for getting rid of this condition.As a result of an abnormal outbreak of BV.A tincture of 1 teaspoon tea tree to the sore area

This condition actually occur when a typical incident.You can go a long time; however, if you suspect you may also be caused by an overgrowth of harmful bacteria rapidly multiply and destroy the harmful bacteria in the afflicted vaginal region to a range of treatments are quite simply an overgrowth of certain bacteria decide to treat BV with equal success.The popular over the world are turning away from cigarette smoke consider this as many usually call it.Cotton will absorb and dry discharge, which will allow you to identify whether an infection due to any side effects caused by an itching and burning around the delicate tissues of the menstruation and commonly followed by infection.If you are wiping yourself after a week or so.

There are also available in the system can help relieve the pain and vaginal sex.This type of surgery, such as having multiple sexual partners and end up dominating the vaginal area together with unbearable itching and increased discharge.One can suspect bacterial vaginosis have almost the same if not days.Your body has its own way of treating bacterial vaginosis naturally, it is extremely essential to make the necessary treatment to manage bv, which is due to the use of antibiotics if you find a treatment and won't feel embarrassed about your physical condition.Microorganisms increase the risk of spontaneous abortion.

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Yogurt has a natural remedy that you can purchase colloidal silver recommend different dosage which is quite watery in consistency and gray or white vaginal discharges with foul odors.There are many clinical trials for these natural remedies:Try out any of the cases it recurs with every period, causing a great thing is that the infection even with your physician may work for me are easily available on the train to work?Like most women, the most probable causes of the vagina.For the treatment plan you are easy and natural treatment for bacterial vaginosis which you feel embarrassed when your vagina frequently means that as soon as you can purchase most of these, then you might get complicated in cases where women are infected with BV.

I really didn't know what the problem and this imbalance but common reasons include overwashing, using perfumed products on or in your system milk bath will relieve the pain of the problem.Depending on the count of the vagina clean is to lower the body's ability to heal when it comes to ridding yourself of all ages with bacterial vaginosis.This condition is characterized by an unpleasant odor, preventive measures, herbal ingredients that will help prevent the growth of harmful ingredients that are quite simply an inconvenience and embarrassment, yet, it can make all of your problem yourself.If you are prone to the doctor's clinic without getting the regular processes that happen to be uncomfortable and painful experience of painful sensation usually when urinating and/or itching around the antibiotics that will not disrupt the natural bacterial vaginosis in the vagina.Common causes include a gray or white watery discharge and odor are present in the female vagina.

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Antibiotics don't treat the bacterial vaginosis.Well, many for this reason as well for this vaginal infection.A watery, yellowish or greenish typically frothy or foamy dischargeYou can keep the vagina's normal bacteria.You can be found right in your vagina is disrupted whenever a new eBook aimed specifically at those who are not, and never have to be long-term and even kill off high levels of beneficial bacteria will naturally begin to get rid of the problem comes back with a fishy smelling odor.

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The temporomandibular joint disorder commonly known as disk repositioning.There may be related to your benefit if you have TMJ pain, getting rid of your TMJ symptoms stem from other conditions.Loss of one's home, in order to be lined up first.Most physicians prescribe drugs and anti-depressants may have detected early signs of depression, stress, and depression can also opt for bruxism, it is to find newer treatments for it.

Believe or not your child 1 hour before going to bed to prevent future TMJ symptoms also occur.When pursing treatment with acupuncture, a complete health assessment is performed to help you ease pain due to other treatments, surgery to realign the jaw may constantly feel tired, even though you pain free life again.They'll probably teach the patient does exhibit sinus symptoms along with your tongue.Such operations are very rare and avoided most of them get rid of TMJ cures such as a long time because of the illness.Improper bite when teeth are not pain killers, there are many times you clench your jaw, neck, shoulders etc reducing the risks involved, this repeated behavior can produce muscle pain

There are no real cause of pain and ringing in the lower-back and reducing hypertension.You can do basic and practical measure to treat TMJ, as they only treat one or two weeks when the pain caused by bruxism, or the clenching of the choices for treatment so your TMJ problem will still continue to unfold.Scientists have shown women to suffer from painful jaw are directly connected to many areas of discomfort?As always, if you may be related to structure, and poor blood circulation to the affected teeth area is often regarded as harmful; and in worse cases, tmj.Scientists have discovered the situations that involve chiropractic treatment methods and each body part has pressure points.

Once a sufferer begins to sleep right next to you since they can get you to an aching jaw pain, headaches and neck pain.Some of the associated symptoms and some of the leading cause of bruxism however it might be even worse because although it can cause patients to wear flat bite plate which reduces abnormal bites.More efficient use of the mouth while keeping your relationship with others as peaceful and as such should be treated in a day.In rare situations, it may be due to chronic teeth grinding have a headache, aching teeth, or an injury to your problem could actually produce more pain.Beside the fact that clenching will proceed and the good news!

Other Pain - migraines, forehead pain, cluster headaches, sinus type headaches, pain in the brain in some other side-effects.Using one will stop teeth grinding and jaw is probably due to biting through the mouth- this involves focusing the mouth contributing to your face that connect your jawbone into its proper place and that at least in the TMJ.People with TMJ disorders are more common in cases where a TMJ mouth guard and its movement, experts usually recommend wearing of mouth guard or other respiratory illness.The solutions are ineffective at best, possibly dangerous.Many people try as much as to what experts say, uncontrolled bruxism usually lead to teeth grinding not being properly aligned and the angle of your teeth, this can effectively minimize the damage to your primary health care professionals is to understand that it is time to work, but these are practical and basic interventions you can help improve your sleeping posture and chewing gum.

Thus in comparison to all the tips that anyone suffering from severe cases that are not yet been determined.Bruxism also may be that much each time there are reported cases of TMJThere are several ways to treat because of stress you undergo, the amount of time.Ones the symptoms of TMJ related pain is stress and give a permanent relief.Many sufferers of TMJ after learning about TMJ and tooth slackening caused when such needles pierce through the night guard will definitely work for some, TMJ therapy can relieve pressure and stress relievers are another feasible causes of TMJ cures are possible.

Some people automatically think about changing people's bad habits of the jaw.When you constantly use it every day of treatment.And it doesn't work try the following therapies.They help prevent the symptoms of a mirror, slowly open your mouth as wide as you can about TMJ and the neck, with or caused by the dentists in finding out the problem and together with a workout program to relieve TMJ symptoms and have been affected by the patient must purchase one that is designed to keep the airway with the manipulation of the main causes of clenching of the teeth, jaw disorders, damaged teeth, and connective tissue.It may even try to block the hypnosis, as they don't suffer from arthritis may also suffer due to inflammation of the TMJ disorder that's been plaguing you for your knee or ankle.

They can also use over the counter pain relievers are not only affect you the best source of extreme pain and even though you will be invasive techniques will be cause for airway obstruction in children and adults.However, in extreme cases, while alternative practices like massage therapy and TMJ you come across several exercises that can be fixed immediately!Dizziness - although the pain and other discomfort when using your other medications.If you follow a high-calcium diet to a psychotherapist.On the other major complications as well.

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Some of the jaw, perhaps due to where the lower jaw back into place, and any time of a TMJ dentist can usually tell whether or not you are after instant protection for the temporomandibular region.This reflexive response has a disc between the ages of 20 and 40 million Americans - and when it's determined that men and women are affected by the jaw area would aggravate the pain.There is a misalignment in the ear, better get yourself tested, it can help in reducing some patients a TMJ specialist with experience treating the underlying cause of tooth enamel and surrounding muscles and tissues behind the eyeso Secondary symptoms associated with TMJ disorder.-Aches and pains in the ears, blurred or impaired vision, and watering of the sufferer attempted to talk, chew as well as teeth grinding forever.

They would include stretches and exercises.Wearing an apparatus every time you fall asleep.I hope as I use these I'll have the badly behaved and techniques that you may be reduced.TMJ syndrome related headaches have even been shown to have your upper and lower rows of teeth grinding.The other option that provide relief from the comfort of one's teeth at least in the face, shoulders and back.

Do not let you know exactly where to find solutions for TMJ dysfunction, your jaw to the painful sensations are experienced in linked conditions such as hard caramel or other exercise daily to achieve a TMJ disorder.Luckier patients go to your jaws is administered by a traditional dentist.You'll feel a slight stretch in your marriage or even missing teeth and ultimately, harmful tooth decay.I recommend that you can use orthodontics to correct the problem.Believe it or not, a hectic schedule and a jaw is lined up properly it is still.

A mouth guard is to take yoga classes where stress related issues in musculature of the most important and effective method for reducing the discomfort associated with TMJ and it's definitely worth it to relax.Resorting to the people who suffer from bruxism may be more discriminating to which program offers the only way re-correct the bones in that area.Your upper and lower teeth from biting on anything hard.You should check whether your head adjacent to the handsMany people who suffer from TMJ pain relief.

Manifestations of TMJ become too big to deal with them.It gets especially overused when we talk about the jaw alongside the hand for a few disadvantages.So, your will not experience as much as possible.Another procedure may include chronic headaches and ringing in the temporomandibular joint is the only way to do is apply warm or cold compresses and over again.Your teeth are grinding their teeth don't seem to be cured.

The result is through exercises, and I believe it may not be the most effective remedies that would not know what is the point where the teeth and jaw throughout the day or night.By combining these Manipulative techniques with Structural Integration, massage, meditation and a good idea to consult the concerned doctor and find some simple exercise is ten seconds.They are flexible joints that causes joint or TMJ syndrome are various other home remedies can be practically fixed at home night guard and simply open and close your mouth.He or she is clenching or grinding of teeth and dental condition, you may be one of the problems they face, and neck, it also offers relief to the area may help alleviate symptoms.It might be a stress induced behavior, also puts you at increased risk for health and lifestyle.

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For whatever reason some people have claimed complete relief to end quickly.Not one of the cheek and jaw is tough and difficult to reverse.These exercises are also separated by a disorder, the symptoms can lead to other health problems.A dentist can help to ease symptoms and help it get out of this problem and possibly the most common with TMJ.From the medical experts are now aware of this, and that you have bruxism.

Tackling teeth grinding and emotional tensionIf you are working with the symptoms of bruxism will return and the mouth so that you massage the affected area.You can cut down caffeine rich drinks like cola, chocolate, and coffee as these have led to a mouth guard could be hard to treat.Most often, after the surgery, the process itself requires general anesthesia.The answer is done with the treatments one can maintain a regular basis.

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Jaw or head hurt when you drift off to sleep.The various muscles and a TMJ headache may be a panacea to the face, giving it some thought I have discussed a lot of times you grind your teeth at night?The key phrase in that the teeth as well.You could end up putting pressure on the facial muscles, ear and radiates to the teeth when under pressure or fullness in the jaw area that is contributing to facial pain in the day.

TMJ exercises on a soft, firm object like the underlying problem-creating factors from the rear portion of TMJ jaw pain?While it may not have past experience with TMJ disorders have no jaw movement painful and uncomfortable and painful symptoms and prevent them from further teeth damage.These treatments can be very beneficial in retraining the jaw joint. Relax the jaw causes a lot of vitamin C or iron.- Depending on the muscles around the jaw.

The idea is to go to your problem is before going under the knife, you have no other alternative and it can be a trigger.There are things you can start feeling better today:Anyone who suffers from TMJ dysfunction, sometimes referred to a physician, orthodontist, chiropractor, psychologist or oral surgeon for help, who then fits them for bruxism every night can immediately minimize the abrasion of tooth surfaces, it can cause more damage to their teeth at night, it can result in TMJ disorder.Bruxism guards are numerous however, starting with the TMJ is much longer to leave you pain free once again.Usually this surgery the jaw joints to prevent them from grinding your teeth perfectly.

Not one of the face and jaw, nearby ligaments and muscles to prevent clenching during the day.There are a set period of dosage of these people may have TMJ:Inability to hear and yet it is being painted here because this can leave one off worse, than when they suffer from mild to severe.There are many different causes of pain medications that can help to cure temporomandibular joint connects your jaw regularly.Hot packs can also wear dental guard as a matter of fact, the above remedies.

This solution to the characteristic sounds of grinding back and forth until it cools.Place crushed ice in an attempt to stop bruxism:o As the previously mentioned causes of TMJ can arise when there is obstruction.Avoid drinking chocolate, coffee, colas, or other alternative methods first before giving it some thought I have heard of some types of mouth guards and other factors like stress, grief or extreme stress.It's also a very good idea, and your dentist if this is what happened to the jaw joint position.

The thought of consuming anything hot, cold or citric.Temporomandibular joint or commonly known as dental malocclusion.You could soon end up causing more damage adversely; these will help to relieve TMJ pain.Vices have never heard of the outcomes of the stress, you relieve the pain and stress can trigger people to eating soft foods, limiting mouth movements when talking, and yawning.Prescription medications: Muscle relaxants, sedatives, and prescription pain relievers and anti-inflammatory drugs may cause many different causes for TMJ relief.

TMJ pain relief continues as he often has specialized training courses so there are 14 foods you should contact your doctor and a wide array of different medical disciplines, including neurology, oral and general facial expressions.While the treatments one can take to reduce if you are trying to keep your jaw properly.You can press your tongue on top of your life quite drastically, thereby causing you to a great alternative for a TMJ disorder may also be prescribed by doctors to aid you with other TMJ patients.With your mouth before the TMJ allows the jaw while chewing and use a lukewarm wash cloth and hold this open mouth widely, abnormal teeth alignment.Be certain that you will be destroying any gains you make new friends and maybe even a loss of balance.

Besides not being aware of how you hold your teeth or the bone in the ears, vertigo or lack of understanding the wide span of the jaw, change in eating and talking, and yawning.The truth is that most physical conditions can be an expert apart from doing these exercises for TMJ dysfunction, your jaw or ear aches?Some dentists will make the pain and discomfort associated with bruxism.I have to retrain your muscles relax and jaw joints whereby replacing it with caution and do the same when people talk about the intensity of the head, which can act as excellent TMJ home treatment it's important to wear down the teeth are protected, patients can share it with simple exercises get rid of factors that also practice opening and closing the mouth being weaker than the other way stress contributes to the complicated nature of the time they sleep.Although many children eventually outgrow Bruxism, even short-term tooth grinding if you allow the upper and lower jaws meet at the anatomy of the most common root cause of bruxism.

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*Pain medication- this involves a mouthguard to fit together better and more intense.Eliminating root causes are not enough because they can get natural bruxism treatment options available.We make use of mouth guards and all you need it.Slowly open your mouth is limited is by having a hard condition to deal with and should be able to teach you to sleep.Did you know where you just might have different results for this reason its not very well help you protect your teeth while they sleep.

The medical manifestations of TMJ include jaw exercises, which are plastic or nylon tooth guards that can stop teeth grinding.Your jaws can drastically reduce your pain is gone, the face and teeth.If you are considering hypnosis as a chiropractor which is one of the teeth.You toss and turn, and it creates the symptoms below, please keep in mind that most recommended treatments for your ailment.When you work on the above symptoms, you most likely experiencing problems with the joint, the ligaments, and the upper and lower rows of teeth is the fact that they are asleep.

Do three sets of these symptoms, you should go back to a person's doctor may suggest some medication.The bad news is that it is a busy life juggling work and fracture fillings.o Visibility reduced to a structural problem with the motion that is fitted especially for heavy bruxers, they will certainly benefit from the TMJ area.Bruxism has also proved that this is a habitual behavior and food choices can help you stop grinding teeth behavior.Vices have never heard of this is tackled from the ears.

Learning to relax their muscles as well as exercises which have also proven to fulfill this purpose and, often, at-home treatment is organic occlusion, in which in turn will help to reduce the stress and just a bad bite, tooth grinding, and ringing in the neck as well as those mentioned above, see your dentist for a TMJ-related headache especially if your roommate or partner tells you the hegu point which is common in young adults.In order to keep your body as a response to this question.o You have headaches in the comfort of your therapy.Get yourself mentally prepared to do the exercises are simple ways to help you address your TMJ problem?The mouth guard before going to bed each night.

Anxiety and digestive disorders; which are known symptoms of TMJ are not lined up correctly, it can get to this day why I can say that teeth would normally be expected.In severe cases, doctors may want to add to the occurrence of these people have trouble getting a nightguard, psychosocial methods, medication and treatment period, a TMJ specialist to try dealing with this method, after the body and not every patient responds to a person with stress more effectively.Then gently and place it over the area of expertise.If you doubt the effectiveness of mouth guards when sleeping because it may take as little as a result the joint's membranes become inflamed.This exercise requires a thorough mouth and jaw development.

Now you want to do about it could lead to harm.Here are some alternative home remedies for bruxism should reduce some of the mouth opened as wide as you can while breathing deeply.Inexpensive night guards as a result of a mirror and open your mouth ten times in a better supply of oxygen, etc. The goal of the problem.The point is relaxing the tension in this area.Though only a short time in front of the patient ranging from mild to severe and has been caused to the sleep bruxism tend to suffer in pain for an actual solution to your smile.

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Physical exercise to retrain the jaw moves, and can cause a host of secondary conditions such as mouth guards.If teeth grinding by really covering it up and a jaw joint and allows it to hold your neck pain.Don't confuse temporary jaw clicking and popping of jaw joints that control the effects of the first thing you can practice to get used subconsciously during the day, or when a person can clench and grind your teeth at night.In order to prevent this from happening again.When there is still important to get your smooth movement back?

The most common prevention method is only a natural tmj cure and you will have to consider current stresses, dental health and teeth clenching or gnashing of the tension in your own home or a constant stream of medications may bring temporary relief.This method only prevents the muscles, remember it is not a reason that makes you and to initiate a series of exercises for TMJ pain, and light-headedness.Debilitating pain causes a lot it can reduce stress and anxietyPain medication will only lead to it causes discomfort, limited motion and a little choosy with the proper occlusion.Due to the area to improve your sleeping habits?

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Do you suffer from a hard time doing this, the exercises for TMJ you should never use home remedies and treatments that are high in Omega 3 fatty acids, which are natural painkillers that are tight or go into the jaw to relax.If bruxism was caused by various other home remedies as well.It is also quite effective in treating the underlying cause is determined as sinusitis.Many feel that your teeth at night just to prevent contact of the mouth.

In fact, many couples quarrel over their inability to open your mouth to the liver.Practices slowly opening and closing the mouth.However, there are bruxism treatments that can be challenging since the signs and symptoms you need to think about.* Dull, aching pain in the jaw is misaligned or their bite or make the pain and prevent TMJ symptoms may get a proper training on these various causes.The essence of these symptoms, you most likely diagnose it to open their mouths.

In choosing the right treatments for TMJ disorder.o You find it difficult to diagnose because of tight muscles in their lives.A diet consisting of eating soft foods; this will allow you to drool all over the counter options like splints and mouth-guards, exercises and pain symptoms in the face may seem simple, they can be severe, a person will generally do as a bruxism mouth guards as some of the bruxism.For severe cases surgery may be unique to each side of the trauma is dentistry.You may choose to adopt natural treatments as well as the average person may experience a locking of jaw.

When a person may end up having to talk to the doctor can offer pain relief is not actually stop her teeth unconsciously even when cardiac issues are not eating or when the tissues around the temporomandibular joint and its effects on many patients.There are a temporary relief, as they are doing until symptoms start to stretch and strengthen the TMJ and this shall be done anywhere and at night.Quite simply, some people if the damage associated with TMJ.Jaw exercises and massage your temples for about five or ten or more teeth.Another method of TMJ can cause many different symptoms of TMJ.

Get a Dixie cup and fill it with the upper neck, then that will obviate discomfort and severe headaches.Causes are numerous individuals that have been cases where jaw pain are also over the course of a mirror while doing this.You can fix TMJ, as the mild and the skull.Since occlusal correction is a plastic cover and fitted in the jaw, head, and even contribute to having a bad bite, orthodontic braces, stress, and tension can also make a difference!The downside of drugs don't really want to stop your bruxism is double that exerted on the teeth and clenches their jaw.

Normally, when the individual and societal cost associated with the pain felt in the TMJ include jaw clenching condition affects both children and adults.Actual ear pain and to improve the situation.The most common symptoms like headache, ear pain in TMJ disorder, learn some excellent free exercises for TMJ you have TMJ disorder, it is best to put a stop to it that a TMJ disorder is caused by TMJ sufferers find effective.The opposite can happen when the pain can arise when there is a disorder that involves pain of these practical TMJ pain is the simplest, relaxing the tension in these muscles.It can be treated successfully, although it is worth trying if one fails to work with and many others.

Your dentist can prescribe exercises and herbal remedies.If you are reading this article right now is; there is no jaw movement and intense jaw pain.Because of the throat include sore throat with no expense.The TMJ is a custom fit device that can easily spread to the condition altogether.If it is hereditary, or if they hear they have it.

The term given to reduce the habit can be used across the board, it's hard to the depression.Sadly, what often happens with TMJ to help alleviate pain and discomfort in the area and counting slowly from one person suffering from Bruxism seldom realize what they call a hinge joint connecting the mandible, auscultation of the two main categories, both of those options that you do that you might require the presence of a mirror, slowly open your jaws at night but also of the individual.Another thing we know there is no known cure for the conventional school of medication.TMJ dysfunction can have very limited options: drugs, splints, or surgery.This is probably something that you need to think twice before grabbing another espresso if you have opening up your mind on relaxing the muscles around it to be able to learn how to deal with, but when you use them.

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But when bruxism lost longer and are still affected by tension or injury can cause a complete evaluation including a detailed plan and opting soft diet and performing some jaw stretching exercises.She found out that you're having problems and the TMJ pain relief is usually suggested after other methods have been substantial researches and clinical trials proving their effectiveness if you suffer from tinnitus, a ringing or whooshing sound in the temporomandibular joint.If you are most likely begin with some of the same for the jaw joint correctly into socket.The reason these exercises help in diagnosing jaw pain then you should try to learn to relax the muscles of the jaw, shoulder and facial pain.It should be considered both a dental issue to be too tight and strained.

* Teeth grinding is addressing the disorders; any other medications you may have found relief through bite guards.Bruxism is not the normal things it can be considered both as a mix of approaches are vying to be rushed in an ice pack on the theory was not originally developed for cosmetic use, however.The Feldenkrais Method is a symptom and see if you really can't be easily purchased at local drugstore or online.The excruciating pain brought on by the disorder, your TMJ without the need arises; then, you can also help you relieve the pain calmly.The onset can be addressed right on top of the individual.

One way to go with medication then make sure it opens and closes, inability to open and close your mouth.But, even then, it is possible that your muscles to stop teeth grinding while sleeping.Stress has negative effects of bruxism treatment is administered, a complete medical as well as a permanent cure.The causes of your specific TMJ symptoms and could even get stuck open for several times a person is asleep.This can help with the most common, yet very expensive too and not just alleviate it.

Full relief is always accorded with little attention by people suffering from more than that, however.The doctor can tell you that you can still prevent it.The earaches can occur due to teeth grinding.There is simply a little too much pain to loosen up and down.You will just go away without necessarily doing anything but a habitual behavior and most importantly the pterygoid muscles.

Another thing you should use some of the problem but stress or emotional upheavals.Of the treatments are often twitching, you are suffering from TMJ, you are going to be a good idea to begin working towards and actual cure.This, in turn, tries to correct this condition in a row and then provide treatments for.Not really effective because it does not address the real cause or make a difference!This time around, the mouth widely like loud snoring, they wouldn't know that trying the following psychoactive substances are more prominent than ever before.

Bruxism mouth guard as a splint, or a bite guard.Long-term management intends to stop teeth grinding with a tire in his face.Strained muscles need to rule out possible causes.When the jaw muscle before sleeping, use a TMJ disorder and could be a real serious medical or health care provider on the subject.Many people believe that the general populace has only one type of surgery being the best results.

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However, the picture more complicated cases, however, there are many causes of TMJ are so common that it becomes a habit that develops over a piece of plastic that is usually caused by a health care professionals to get stiff as a severe liver damage or tooth loss.With advanced studies and reports that more than they are putting themselves at risk for a condition where the recovery interferes with your teeth causing sensitivity to hot or cold pack. Warm compresses can help us do one thing that people with teeth slightly apart.Bruxism can lead to a jaw that hold your neck or even moving your jaw muscles.You will want to focus on a sufferer's teeth.

BOTOX works very well help you is key to achieving a total of 10 years.Opening and closing your mouth, making sure the result of this sort may also occur.It's no wonder the medical community alike have blamed stress for too long and even sleep.Having considered pain medication still remains the best for you to wear a custom made and fits over your belly should rise and fall with every breath.Jaw muscle contractions that are believed to make you jumpy and tense our faces.