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emakenz · 4 years ago

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SELF INDULGENT HANNIBAL X READER FANFICTION PROMPT

I do not know what this is, if it is a drabble or a prompt or short story, I have no clue. Just thoughts in my head. Storylines that are realistic within the canon of the show. I say self indulgent because it's sort of a self insert of myself, but whatever, I dunno. It's almost 7 AM. I would actually write this as a story or drabble or whatever but I don't have the drive, if I have a thought I gotta write it down right then or it disappears. If I wrote fanfics, they wouldn't make sense because my mind wanders so fucking much. I might still do this someday, I dunno, but if anyone wants a crack at it, be my guest. I encourage it, as I'd love to read this as an actual story rather than... what it is. But if you write it, ya gotta make sure you include the big details I write down. The small details like, the whole Jack thing, that's not too important unless you want to keep it for showing character and/or character development. And ya gotta credit and tag me because I'd love to read it, as it is my brain's own little bundle of ideas. Holy shit I'm writing so much here goddamn. Anyway.

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Hannibal is reader's friend and he has an interest in reader. Reader is an artist, they work as a forensic artist for the bureau. They do what the usual forensic artist does, but they also like to draw the crime scenes. They have a fascination with recreating the work of a suspect, it can help them connect dots and understand the suspect's intentions and ideals of commiting the scene of the crime. Reader is kind of like Will, in a sense, as they are on the spectrum but, unlike Will, they are unaware of it. They are an empath, they view everything from different perspectives and try to understand each side, like Will. But you see, Will only looks into the suspects' minds, but reader looks into the suspects, the victims, and even the witnesses' views. Hannibal finds their insight to be valuable (for his own "hobbies", in his career, and just plain interest, of course).

Reader has trouble with Jack yelling at them for "talking back," though in reader's mind they didn't realize what they said could be considered rude, and this happens more often than not. They can't handle loud noises, and Jack's booming voice messes them up. They tend to avoid Jack because of this, as they usually have an internal meltdown and shut off when he blows up.

An example; reader was explaining how the victim of the killer in a specific scene wasn't really the victim, but that they were the actual killer. Will disagreed, as he views the suspected killer to be the actual killer. Because of Will's insistence that reader was wrong, Jack shut reader off mid sentence by interrupting their defense. Jack trusts Will's insight more than reader's because he's known him longer and Will's always been right, so far, and he didn't want to risk messing up. He didn't want to get the investigation incorrect so he didn't take the chance of listening to reader rather than Will.

(In this scenario, the killer is the victim in the scene, and the person that killed them was the killer's intended victim, but the victim they intended to kill was a serial killer as well -- the victim pulled the ol switcheroo on em. So both Will and reader are right. If this doesn't make sense, please let me know, I will try to elaborate more on this if you're actually interested.)

Jack and reader don't have a bad relationship or anything, it's just a lot of miscommunications and underlying issues (like the reader having undiagnosed autism, not being aware that they're socially impaired can, well, impair their work and relationships. Such as here.) Nobody really notices the odd behavior from reader, as Will is like that too, so they don't question it. They all assume it's already understood that reader is autistic.

Reader isn't like Will when it comes to being social, as they are more reserved (as odd as that is, MORE reserved than Will Graham himself?? It's more likely than you'd think.) and don't fidget around with stuff around them. They don't nose around, they keep to themselves, closed off from everyone and everything. Will likes to roam around Dr. Lecter's office and tinker with stuff in the room, but reader is too anxious and shy to do such. Reader hates it when people come into their space (like their room, even their property in general) and they especially don't like it when people nose around in their stuff. It feels rude to them, so they don't do it to others. They don't consider Will to be rude because he does it though, they only consider it rude when a person comes into their space and does it, as reader would make it clear that they don't feel comfortable with people doing such. They wouldn't want a person unknowingly seem rude to them, they would inform them beforehand, but if the person still does it, then that's rude to reader. Call it being territorial, reader is just cautious about their property.

If reader is in a conversation, and being asked questions about themself, they usually just give short and simple answers. They don't like to talk about theirself. And they especially don't like letting people know them well. They are very cautious about relationships. They don't want to get hurt. They have a major rejection sensitivity disorder. They hate that about themself.

It's not that reader is cut off from the world and dismissive of others, they do like to talk and joke around occasionally. They're sarcastic yet literal, depending on the topic of conversation. They just don't give more input than they believe necessary. They're more of a listener (by that I mean they space out when a person is excessively talking to them. They can only handle so much.).

Hannibal notices reader's quiet, timid behavior and wants them to find some release, therefore he engages in conversations with them, though it is hard for them to keep the conversation going, he still pushes. He wants them to let loose, to trust him, so he can bond with them. He is aware of reader's autism, but he will only bring it up when he deems it's important. He knows everyone else knows and that reader doesn't, but he wants to see if reader would eventually figure it out on their own (they don't, he brings it up to them eventually). He's also aware that reader has anxiety and ADHD, with the occasional depression and mood swings. Reader is somewhat self aware of those parts of themself though, it's not a big deal. Reader doesn't really care about their mental health until Hannibal comes in and becomes Dr. Lecter to reader. They're not actually his patient but he will treat them as such when he feels they need a therapy session. Reader doesn't like the idea of therapy at all, not for them. Hannibal has to be discreet when getting them to open up. It works sometimes. Other times, reader just changes the subject to avoid the topic of theirself. While Hannibal does still have an interest in Will, reader is more of a craving for Hannibal's appetite. Hannibal sees reader as a rare delicacy that suits his taste, but he never gets enough, and he always wants more. Will can satisfy him in his interest, but reader doesn't give in to him like Will does. Reader is more hesitant, even when they are comfortable. Eye contact never ceases making reader uneasy, they can't hold it more than a few seconds, though Will can hold it as time goes on, reader can't. Will and reader's relationship is close, as reader relates to Will a lot, and vice versa. They connect. Reader likes to help with the dogs and assist in fixing motors and even go fishing with him. They're pretty much best friends. They're more open with Will than anybody else, as much as Hannibal envies Will for that, he also likes to learn about reader from Will. Since reader doesn't really open up to Hannibal willingly and knowingly, he uses Will for information. Will gives him what he wants, it's not a secret that they talk about reader often, it's just that reader doesn't engage in their talks so they make do. Whether Will has a crush on reader is a mystery, reader is unaware and Hannibal wouldn't allow it if he did. Will knows that Hannibal likes reader, he knows that if he had a crush, it's more than likely going to hurt him more than anything. Hannibal often attempts to get reader's attention in different ways, but reader never understands the message is for them. Will knows he can't be honest with reader as he's afraid that reader would feel uncomfortable around him if he did. He doesn't let himself crave reader after seeing Hannibal attempt to ease his own cravings for them, and seeing how that panned out, he knows he doesn't have a chance with reader if Hannibal of all people doesn't. Reader doesn't really... understand romance. They are capable of feeling romantic, but they don't know how to identify their feelings, so emotions are never clear for them. They feel everything but they don't understand anything.

Hannibal does get reader to give in but it takes a lot of time and effort to pry them open. Once reader is bare, they become insecure and vulnerable. They panic and get scared, and shutdown. Hannibal is a therapist and he knows how to handle this, though, and helps reader. He becomes their guide. Reader thrives off of independence but Hannibal slowly takes their need of independence away, having reader rely on him more and more. It makes him feel powerful. His cravings are nourished at this point in time, he's more addicted than ever, and reader is the center of his world. I guess you could say Hannibal is yandere-esque, not my intention but that's the vibes I'm getting from this. He's overprotective and possessive of reader once he has them under his wing.

What attracts Hannibal to reader is the same reason he's interested in Will. He enjoys having someone clever enough to understand him, to climb over his tall walls. Reader doesn't mean to do this, reader just sees him, and unlike Will, accepts him immediately. Reader never disliked Hannibal, reader's just cautious, as I've stated time and time again. Something about reader's mix of strong empathy but lack of understanding compels Hannibal. Reader sees and infers well enough (guessing close enough to what others think) but they can't really grasp it and latch onto it for theirself. They can't understand the feelings, but they can guess on them, and they can sure as hell feel em. They have trouble explaining stuff to others, and they try to always compare something to something else. They see something as a different thing than what others see. (An example, reader sees the shape and color and texture of a giant hotpocket in the ground, while others see a patch of dirt where grass hasn't grown) (I don't mean they literally see a hot pocket but they make the connection that it looks like a hot pocket) (that example is specific, as it is personal experience LMFAO)

This being said, they can be wrong a lot of the time when they try to infer a killer's intentions, as they sometimes just can't see the intentions being anything else than what they see. They have to rely on others for reference, to mimic their thinking patterns and then make a final guess at the killer's intentions. That's why Will and them connect so easily, as Will usually thinks straight AND helps reader figure it out in their own view. They help the team with investigations for other perspectives while Will helps with the "finalized" guess on the case. If this doesn't make sense, I can give another example, as I don't really know how else to word this. I doubt anyone will actually read any of this and I'm fine with that, I'm just rambling about my ideas. I swear to god though, if someone takes this idea without credit (in general, like the big picture of it) I will cry so so hard you will drown in my tears. Deadass.

Enjoy my rambles ig :)

#safe keeping #fanfiction #hopefully ill remember that

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letterboxd · 4 years ago

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Chameleon.

For Japanuary, J-horror auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa talks to Aaron Yap about upending genre expectations with his dreamy new travelogue To the Ends of the Earth, the unconscious connections between his films, and how it’s time for a proper evaluation of Robert Zemeckis.

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s continued, uncontested position as a horror auteur isn’t unjustified. Emerging as a key voice in the J-horror boom of the late ’90s, Kurosawa hypnotized us with his chilly, haunting, atmospheric—and often apocalyptically tinged—visions of baffling serial killers, ghosts in machines, insidious doppelgangers and vengeful apparitions.

Bong Joon-ho once called Kurosawa’s 1997 mind-bender Cure one of the greatest films ever made. Pulse, his terrifyingly prophetic 2001 film, for my money—and many Letterboxd members’—might still be the creepiest of all contemporary horrors. “It is the only film I’ve ever seen in which every single shot feels genuinely haunted,” writes Connor.

Rarely behaving in a traditional scary-movie fashion, Kurosawa’s idiosyncratic horror films often test our expectations of genre, then deliver beyond those boundaries to probe his recurring themes: identity and isolation, humanity’s relationship to technology and nature, and deep-seated anxieties that nibble away at society’s crumbling fabric. Pulse, besides being an exercise in deftly crafted dread, is a great, telling, melancholy movie about the overwhelming loneliness of the digital age.

Yoko (Atsuko Maeda) and her travel show crew in ‘To the Ends of the Earth’.

However, the general focus on his horror “side” tends to eclipse a filmography that’s far richer and more versatile than he’s usually given credit for. Over the past two decades, we’ve seen him seem forge a thrillingly chameleonic, unpredictable path that’s included an ecological thriller (Charisma), an Ozu-esque family drama (Tokyo Sonata), a metaphysical romance (Journey to the Shore) and an alien invasion sci-fi (Before We Vanish). No one is really doing it like Kurosawa, and To the Ends of the Earth is arguably his most exciting and enigmatic left-turn yet.

To the Ends of the Earth is a commissioned piece to celebrate the diplomatic relations between Japan and the Central Asian republic of Uzbekistan, but that doesn’t diminish that it’s unmistakably a Kiyoshi Kurosawa film, not a tossed-off, exoticized, postcard-pretty travelogue. His signature languorous pacing, shrewdly slippery tonal calibration, and acute spatial sensitivity are at full bore, servicing a loosely plotted tale of TV travel show host Yoko (former J-pop singer Atsuko Maeda) and her crew attempting to complete shooting an episode in the Uzbekistan capital of Tashkent.

If anything, this movie should really confirm him as a filmmaker of bold, fictive playfulness in a comparable register to Jacques Rivette, Olivier Assayas and Christian Petzold—something that 2013’s hour-long, similarly fish-out-of-water head-rush Seventh Code, also starring Maeda, hinted at. In To the Ends of the Earth, gentleness, compassion and dream-like bursts of song and fantasy percolate through a disquieting maze of displacement—cultural, artistic, gendered—and the result is an adventurous, unpindownable, thoroughly humanistic work of curiosity and imagination.

Some years ago you did a “double feature”-themed interview with the Belfort Entrevues Film Festival where you revealed the sources of inspiration for some of your films. What film, if any, was a chief influence for To the Ends of the Earth, and can you tell us in what way? Kiyoshi Kurosawa: When I make my work, I often consciously refer to films from the past, but that’s usually the case with genre films. For example, Cure was greatly inspired by The Silence of the Lambs. However, To the Ends of the Earth is not a genre movie, so I wasn’t consciously thinking of any specific films. However, the composition of the story, that the main character appears in every scene, is based on films by the Dardenne brothers. Viewing their films The Child and Two Days, One Night, it’s clear to see how the depiction of just one person can turn trivial incidents into something serious and suspenseful.

Atsuko Maeda and Kiyoshi Kurosawa on the set of ‘To the Ends of the Earth’.

Watching Bright Future, To the Ends of the Earth and Creepy back-to-back recently, I noticed several parallels and motifs which may or may not be intentional. For example, a jellyfish makes an appearance in a scene on TV in Creepy, or there’s a TV report of a blaze in To the Ends of the Earth that momentarily hints at a bigger natural catastrophe that echoes the jellyfish swarm in Bright Future, or other apocalyptic moments in your films like Charisma and Before We Vanish. Do you find that some of these motifs work on a subconscious level for you, or were some of them intentionally threaded in? It’s a very interesting point. Some of them were intentional and some were not at all. It’s true about jellyfish, they appear in both Bright Future and Creepy. However, this is the first time I’ve noticed. The endings of Charisma and Before We Vanish were already written in the script by necessity, so of course, it’s intentional. The depiction of the blaze on TV in To the Ends of the Earth was introduced to show something happening in Japan while the main character is taking a small adventure in Uzbekistan. I wanted to show that her boyfriend was in some kind of crisis there. While the fire on the TV is merely an accident, it does appear apocalyptic. I may have overdone that a bit. Perhaps some kind of unconscious thinking was at work.

That amusement park ride scene in To the Ends of the Earth has stayed with me in the way it suggests terror out of something seemingly mundane. What are some scenes from other films that have stayed with you? The amusement park ride scene wasn’t introduced to express terror. What I wanted to show was how crazy the assignment is and Yuko’s professionalism. She takes on the assignment without fear. This may have been a bit overdone as well. However, I thought that Atsuko Maeda, who didn’t hesitate to actually ride it three times, was a real professional. Apart from that, if I think about the movies that force people to experience horror, what comes to me are Roger Corman’s Pit and the Pendulum. Tobe Hooper’s The Funhouse, George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road. I also remembered the episode in Freddie Francis’s Torture Garden, where a grand piano has a will to kill people, which was great.

Your films tend to be very location-based; environments and spaces appear to play a significant part. The pandemic has been the ultimate test of our relationship with spaces and each other. How has the pandemic impacted you as a filmmaker, and are there themes and ideas that you are interested in exploring further as a result of Covid? As you pointed out, when I make a movie, I pay great attention to the location. The moment I find a good location, I feel that the script will be transformed into a movie. It is the moment when fiction and reality are fused. It’s hard to say anything though, I haven’t made a movie since the pandemic started. What I can say, at least, is that sitting in front of the computer at home is not cinematic at all. So far, I don’t feel that something new will be born from it. What should I do? After all, I feel that a movie can only be made by going out in the city with a camera after utilizing the best epidemic prevention system possible.

If you had to pick a film that’s a personal favorite, which would you pick, and why? It's too difficult a question. Japanese movies and foreign movies have different viewpoints. Also, there are completely different categories of movies [that] greatly influence me when I make films and the movies I saw when I was young that make me nostalgic. It’s impossible to choose just one. But, well, the one that comes to mind is Sam Peckinpah’s The Ballad of Cable Hogue, which is both nostalgic and heavily influential for me.

You’ve spoken about your fondness for American filmmakers like Tobe Hooper, Robert Aldrich, Steven Spielberg et al. Are there new, or more recent American filmmakers and films that have caught your attention or that you’re particularly excited by? I don’t know much about young American directors, but what I always care about is Alfonso Cuarón. Of course he is not a new, young filmmaker, but an auteur. Also, since this is a good opportunity, I’d like to mention Robert Zemeckis. He made such masterpieces as Cast Away and What Lies Beneath around 2000. For some reason, he has never been properly evaluated at all. For a time he was devoted to animation. However, he made a spectacular return to live-action films with Flight and continues to shoot unique masterpieces like Allied and Welcome to Marwen. Of course, not many people appreciate these works. However, he does not seem to care about public opinion at all and continues to boldly shoot new works. Perhaps Zemeckis is the American film director who makes the most authentic films today.

What are your movie-watching habits like? Do you continue to watch movies on physical media or prefer streaming these days? What was the last movie you saw in a theater? Basically, I like to watch movies at an ordinary movie theater in the city the most. When I can’t go to the movie theater, or even though I know the film is going to be boring but I have to watch a movie for business, I have no choice but to watch it on DVD or Blu-ray. Of course, I also use VOD once in a while. The last movie I saw in the theater, as of today, was the Japanese film The Voice in the Crime. I saw that just yesterday. I saw it with my wife at a cinema complex in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It was the latest work by the director who made the previous masterpiece Flying Colors, and I expected much from it. It was speedy and quite well done until the middle of the film, but by the ending, it was too boring. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a good movie.

What’s a memorable film-related moment from your childhood, perhaps something you experienced with family or friends, or a film that scared you or made you cry? The movies that my generation often watched growing up were mainly monster movies. The most unforgettable one was Matango. Like Godzilla and Mothra, it was directed by Ishirō Honda. I went to see this movie with my friends. It had a rather cute touch in the promotional materials depicting a mushroom with a monstrous appearance. However, the content was completely different from a normal monster movie. Shipwrecked survivors on an uninhabited island encounter monstrous mushroom creatures washed up on the shore. These are not unknown creatures such as Godzilla or Mothra, but the horrifying ending of a human being. The characters are being infected, changing one another into mushroom humans. All of us children trembled from the bottom of our hearts. In retrospect, the work is an extreme horror aiming along the same line as [Howard Hawks and] Christian Nyby’s The Thing from Another World. It was probably the first time I encountered horror which was not “to escape from destruction” but “when a human being becomes something not human”.

Is there a filmmaker or film you think about a lot that you don’t get to talk about much and would like to show some appreciation? I haven’t talked much about the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series directed by Kinji Fukasaku. I don’t know how well this series of Japanese movies is known abroad, but when I was a high-school student I saw this and quickly became a big fan. I’ve watched a variety of yakuza movies since then, and it’s safe to say that nothing beats this series. As the title suggests, the films depict a yakuza world without “Jingi” (yakuza’s moral code), and it was really humorous and exciting to see the betrayals and the destruction. After I saw this, all those traditional yakuza movies dominated by the strange ideology of “Jingi” looked like a childish fantasy.

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‘To the Ends of the Earth’ is available for rental in the US via distributor KimStim. From February 5-25, Japan Society’s virtual cinema hosts ‘21st Century Japan: Films from 2001-2020’, featuring films from Hirokazu Kore-eda, Naomi Kawase and Takashi Miike, the online US premieres of Sion Sono’s ‘Red Post on Escher Street’ and Yukiko Mishima’s ‘Shape of Red’, plus a special focus on Kiyoshi Kurosawa (‘Bright Future’, ‘Journey to the Shore’, ‘Real’).

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argentdandelion · 6 years ago

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It’s Okay to Hate Alphys

Or: We All Have Favorite Characters For Different Reasons

In brief: It's impossible for everyone to have the same experiences, preferences and personality. So, when empathy, liking or "relatability" for fictional characters is based on that, it's Okay to Hate Alphys.

Made with the help of interviews from CinnamonAzzy, Cyanidelemonade, Cielenneige, Ihasafandom, The-keeper-of-round-things, Batter-sempai, Flyingwerekitty, Overdoseofdt, Saltedcarrots01, and Strongfish9-1.

Warning: Contains minor angst. The explanation as to why some fans hate Alphys may also be painful to those who identify with Alphys.

Why People Like Alphys

Undyne: "What is like about you is that you're PASSIONATE! You're ANALYTICAL!! It doesn't matter what it is! YOU CARE ABOUT IT!! 100-PERCENT! AT MAXIMUM POWER!"

Many people consider Alphys “likeable” and “relatable”. There’s a lot of overlap between the two, but a character that is “relatable” has similar traits or has been in similar situations to the reader, while being “likeable” can also mean the character embodies traits the reader admires (whether the reader also has those traits or not).

Alphys is not simply shy, but also very anxious. This personality flaw is a big factor on why people think she is "relatable”, as most viewers can recognize anxiety's place in their lives and are closely familiar with it. Her anxiety isn't her only problem: it's heavily implied she has depression and occasionally suicidal thoughts.1 Alphys's flaws are said to make her "realistic", and reflect the viewers themselves if they also have those mental problems. Alphys' general perpetual anxiety contributes to her other traits, too, such as her specific social anxiety, and wanting to please others with her inventions because she otherwise feels useless.

Alphys shares interests with a lot of people on Tumblr; on Tumblr a love of Japanese entertainment is probably more common than, say, stamp-collecting. Indeed, she doesn’t simply like anime, but is absolutely passionate about it; one fan even even calls it a “hyperfixation”. This similarity instantly makes people like her and empathize with her. Adding onto that, she shares particular character flaws with real people.

Meta-textually, one fan enjoyed that she was a woman (read: adult monster that goes by “she”) who was “imperfect” and “allowed to make mistakes”, especially a bi woman with a unique body type (e.g., a hunched-over, chubby dinosaur). The same fan also liked how she was allowed (meta-textually) to be geeky and brilliant, without making her conventionally attractive, and thought how she represented anxiety and depression was really important.

Why People Dislike Alphys

Mettaton CORE Speech: "Alphys has been playing you for a fool the whole time. As she watched you on the screen, she grew attached to your adventure. She desperately wanted to be a part of it. So she decided to insert herself into your story. She reactivated puzzles. She disabled elevators. She enlisted me to torment you. All so she could save you from dangers that didn't exist. All so you would think she's the great person...that she's not."

To other fans of Undertale, the very traits that make Alphys so “relatable” also make it difficult to empathize with her, or even like her.

A big part of Alphys’ character is her persistent high anxiety and low self-esteem. This likely motivates, causes, or contributes to other traits. One fan, despite liking how she gave representation for depression, found it sometimes “difficult to read”, and felt something akin to second-hand embarrassment because of it.

Though Alphys is desperate to have friends, her anxiety and low self-esteem pose big obstacles. (She may very well have imposter syndrome, in fact.) Some find her “clinginess” and desperation to have friends unappealing, or even embarrassing. Alphys was certainly hasty: one fan pointed out she outright took Frisk’s phone and added herself as Frisk’s friend on the Undernet, and the fan disapproved of this. (regardless of what Frisk thought)

To a degree, Alphys is also selfish: she never did anything maliciously and never wanted to hurt anyone, but she did, many times, because she was only thinking about how things would affect her. (e.g., the Amalgamates) One fan even claimed that, for all the good things she did, she didn’t do it out of “the goodness of her heart”. More specifically, she made Mettaton his body, but put off finishing it because she feared Mettaton would leave her when she was done, and though she helped Frisk through Hotland and the CORE, she set up many of the hazards and obstacles herself.

In contrast to Alphys’s apparently anxiety-driven desire to make herself useful to others, some fans find her habit of trying to making herself look better than she really is (despite being a mechanical genius already) unappealing. On a related note, she also lies and deceives, frequently, whether it’s to make herself look like a better, more likable, more competent person or just to avoid facing shame and disapproval. She tried to make herself look better than she really was with a “malfunctioning killer robot” scheme and by bringing up hazards and obstacles for Frisk, just so she could guide them through it and build her friendship with Frisk (as well as just play the hero).2 This was deceptive, as was lying to Asgore about making a robot with a soul and hiding away the Amalgamates from their families.

Though her flaws and passions are said to make her “realistic”, some fans consider her constant anxiety and characteristic anxious stuttering “realistic” in a bad way. Some fans prefer fictional works that omit the bad parts of reality, either because they’re painful reminders or simply because, in the case of stuttering, it’s annoying to have to read out. In fact, there are fans who feel annoyed not because she stutters, but because she stutters unrealistically.

Strangely enough, the very flaws and passions said to make her “realistic” also lead people to deride her for being a walking otaku stereotype. To be specific, she is not merely passionate about anime: she gushes on and on about her favorite anime, covers her room in posters, and collects anime figurines; she is also anxious, practically a shut-in, and eats ramen.3 (Contrast this to Undyne, who also loves anime) One fan, meta-textually, disapproves or dislike Alphys both in-universe and out-of-universe, viewing her as an example of the handsome Toby Fox's misuse of tropes.

Conclusion

Empathy, unlike compassion, requires figuratively “putting oneself in another’s shoes”, and it’s often dependent on whether others have had similar experiences. It could be that some people just have personalities or experiences that are too different from Alphys’ to empathize with her. Indeed, some people who had similar problems to Alphys (e.g., social anxiety, low self-esteem) responded to them differently from Alphys and disapprove of her actions, so even this similarity isn’t enough to identify with her.

Others emphasize with her, but not to the point of identifying with her or finding her "relatable". Some people thought Alphys’s choice of hiding the Amalgamates away was justifiable, or understandable. Other people point out that it wasn’t her fault all the monsters melted together, but still fault her for not disclosing what happened to the monsters’ families sooner.

Alphys is a complex character; her mixture of traits invoke a broad variety of reactions. Some reactions are a simple, “I love Alphys! She’s so relatable!”, or a “I don't really hate Alphys but I don't like her very much” or even a more nuanced “I sympathize with her issues, but she sure executed that poorly”.

Thus, one should remember: while hating a fictional character is harmless, one should always ask why one holds that opinion, and always remember there are consequences to being mean to real "Alphyses" of the world.

If either Mettaton or Undyne are killed in the Neutral endings, she "disappears". In the King Mettaton ending, she's nowhere to be found even though Mettaton certainly looked. If one calls Papyrus near Waterfall's abyss, Undyne will talk about meeting Alphys and haltingly says Alphys stared over the edge while looking “contemplative”. ↩︎

Not that different from Syndrome from The Incredibles making a killer robot just so he can defeat it, actually, though Frisk was never actually in danger. (and other parts of Syndrome's plan aren't like Alphys' at all) ↩︎

Full disclosure: the author of this article also fits some of these parameters, and loves cheap ramen. ↩︎

#Undertale #Alphys #Undertale Analysis #Undertale Meta #Undertale Character Analysis

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moonhollowed · 7 years ago

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Have been thinking about second citadel and specifically the most recent ep so here are some Thoughts about damien and what happened there:

we're all screaming 'oh fuck damien what are you doing' because from the outside we have so much more context, for example we know the entire thing that happened with rilla and what happened and was said in the court etc so we sympathize a lot with arum and rilla and whats been going on with that particularly part of the story.

but from damiens POV??

sidenote: i saw a post about how damiens anxiety would increase his need of structure and a security in what he knows and how he understands the world (which boy do i relate to that tbh) and that would explain and factor in quite a lot as well.

- like this man literally met a lizard monster, his enemy by nature, the world and everything he holds as truth right.

- then he gets confusing feelings which are obvious to us, but inconvenient at best for damien and i imagine some level of terrifying especially considering hes in love with rilla, a human, genuinely so but also safe and not challenging his beliefs and truths.

- after that he deals with arguably the love of his life (not trying to discount his feelings for arum but i hope you get what i mean when i say he was very devoted to rilla regardless of what happens with arum) disappearing with no clue about her safety etc, then finding out it was by that same lizard that made everything so complicated in the first place.

- then the whole deal with sir marc and talfryn and SPORTS, all the while still not knowing what we meanwhile found out as we follow rilla's story and eventually how that evolves up until the court events.

- and then damiens entire belief in the world, how it works and how it came to be changes, a person he believed in is now a monster instead of a hero and the tapestry is wrong (a thing he mentions multiple times and gets erratic and anxious about).

like thats a lot to fucking deal with holy shit, also nevermind adding the general casual life threatening danger and stress along the way of just doing all that.

- he then gets there and sees arum, who he still has feelings for im sure because of how he describes feeling when he looks into his eyes, and also rilla, who as far as he knows was kidnapped by arum and who he came to save from arum.

i actually understand that he kinda lost it in that moment and his brain decided enough was enough, and as for his decision to attack arum??

its only my possible interpretation but to me it can be seen as, it started when arum first showed up (from damiens specific POV) so no wonder his brain in all this chaos might think 'thats the cause, thats where it all went wrong and i will make my world right again by killing him and being sure of who i am.'

especially with the added pressure of all the possible changes to what he thought was the truth about the world and how it works, he could be very desperate for any kind of security in his knowledge and life and do extreme things to stick with the safe truth, aka knight vs monster.

like of course i dont want damien to attack and kill arum and i dont think it’ll happen but god, thinking about it it does make sense why it happened like holy shit this man went through a lot with no justification/context like we know as listeners, and to us its a story but thats his entire life thats being changed right there.

sidenote, i dont mean to say the others havent gone through a lot but this is meant specifically about damiens motivations for his actions since that is what this post is about.

like its not unfounded or unreasonable, thats a very human reaction to a lot of anxiety and stress which is at the very least a side effect of all this.

i mean i know danger is a part of life, especially in this universe filled with monsters etc. but fuck rilla got kidnapped like holy shit? i think because its a fantasy world and theres monsters we (not to assume but i def do this) might forget how we would react if a loved one, int this case damien with the anxiety/devotion to rilla levels, got kidnapped by one of those monsters.

like i dont mean to make light of IRL happenings by comparing but consider the fact that all monsters are assumed to be dangerous killers, lets be real if rn irl a loved one were to be kidnapped by what we know to be a dangerous viscious killer we would all lose our shit. i know a lot of horrible and dangerous things happen in the second citadel universe (again, i dont mean to say damien somehow has it worse) but that doesnt make any of it (including rillas kidnapping) any less bad.

and then you find out thats the one youve been having confusing feelings for, and also the killer is not what you thought it was to be, and its place in the world and by association yours is now also suddenly unsure.

and then you meet that assumed vicious murderer and also your loved one is right there like fuck dude.

i can only guess of course but i also wouldnt be suprised if that was how damien would perceive the whole thing and yknow what i think his reaction is understandable. i want arum to be okay but having an emotional unreasonable reaction (and tbh considering damiens POV it would be reasonable, because he doesnt know what we know) to such a huge deal is not unexpected or out of character to me.

i also just realized like, damien and arum obvs had a few moments during their duels to the death, but a LOT of characterization of arum for me personally took place during rillas time there and also a bit in the court house, aka damien missed all of that. so i wouldnt be suprised if that despite damiens realization of 'monsters could be different' he doesnt have the level of....familiarity?? with arum as a person that rilla has. so no wonder he would still default to the 'monsters are horrible killers and should be destroyed' like i dont think he has a solid idea of monsters being possibly good, just the sense that hes had since the beginning because of arums eyes but it makes sense to me that in this moment after all that happened his brain would override it with 'no the world needs to stay as it is, and he is a monster and you are a knight.'

anyway all of this is speculation and personal interpretation so i could be completely wrong but take these thoughts because it was interesting to think about.

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thesffcorner · 6 years ago

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The Disasters

The Disasters is a YA sci-fi, written by M K England. It follows Nassir or Nax, a boy who gets kicked out of Ellis Station Academy just 24 h after he enrolls. While on the transport back to Earth, he meets 3 other rejects, and they all have to work together when the station is attacked by terrorists, and the crime gets pinned on them. I knew that I would like this book from the synopsis, but I wasn’t prepared for JUST how much I would love it. It’s hilarious, relatable and a great space romp with incredibly entertaining characters. It has similar themes and tone as the Solo film or Serenity; and if you enjoy a crew of rejects doing their best and having space adventures, you will love this. The plot here is very classic; there’s an intergalactic conspiracy, and our motley crew of heroes are the only ones who knows about it, and conveniently, they are the ones who get set up to take the fall for the attack. I really liked that this book avoided a lot of the common tropes associated with these stories, and that it showed the different decisions the characters make. They don’t jump straight into crime; they attempt to do the right thing first, and realize that the corruption is rampant and widespread, before they go into theft mode. While the plot is classic, the world is what made this unique. Much like in the Expanse universe, here, Earth has begun colonizing the galaxy, and this is probably the only book of this type I’ve read, where the Colonies are not somehow trying to rebel, or overthrow or separate from Earth’s government. It’s also the only book I’ve read where the biggest and oldest colony is established mostly by South-Asian and North African explorers, making Islam the dominant religion on the planet, which was very cool to see. I enjoyed that all the colonies were presented as different, but terra-formed to enable human existence on the planets, and that the people who lived there were able to create rather nice lives for themselves. We get to visit quite a few of the planets, and that gave a real sense of the world and the different cultures on each planet. This is the kind of sci-fi I enjoy; where there are all these different kinds of peoples and cultures, and their cultures and customs actually play a role in and inform their characters and lifestyles. My favorite example was Azra; she is Muslim, and not only does she excuse herself to pray on the page, but there’s a funny scene later on when the crew is talking about calibrating the day-night cycle of the ship, and she complains how it’s both a bitch to figure out when to pray, but also there’s an app for it. Speaking of apps, what I also found very funny as well as realistic, was how technology worked in this world. Azra and Case are constantly on their tablets; they use them as communicators, as well as what we now use phones for; everything. There’s even a scene at the beginning where Nax complains about not having his tablet on him, so he could play video games while on the transport back to Earth. But let’s be frank; the best part of this book, where the characters. Azra I already mentioned; she’s a tech genius and hacker, and I really liked how well versed she was in the underground of Salim, and generally good at bargaining and figuring how to navigate the crime world of the colonies. She’s also a Harry Potter fan, which is always a plus in my book. Case was the character I was least certain of, but I liked her too. She is a kid-genius, who completed a double master college degree at age 15, and is the ship’s systems expert and navigator. She suffers from panic attacks, and is actually using medication for them, which again was very cool to see, and I liked how even though she had this issue, she was still entirely capable and confident in her knowledge and abilities. Z was my favorite of the girls; she’s from Kazakhstan, and before she came to the Academy to do medicine, she was an athlete, a football midfielder for the national team. She was super cool and calm, she is the most athletic of the group and I loved that her distinguishing trait, other than her killer kicks was her precise eyeliner. She’s also trans, which I thought was very well-handled, and I really enjoyed her banter with Nax. I liked Ryan too; he’s a smooth-talking Londoner, and his banter with Nax was absolutely killer. I was in stitched for a lot of their scenes, especially because he’s the cool, calm, and collected counterpoint to Nax’s twitchy, anxious self. He was by far the funniest member of the group, and I really enjoyed that his relationship with Nax never had to go through any coming out stage. Speaking of, Nax is the second character I’ve read this month that I’ve identified with so much. He’s cocky, he’s brash, and covers up his anxiety and fear with humor. The scene where Z calls him out for being a striker on his football team was spot on, and I was laughing out loud at that part. I really liked the way anxiety and intrusive thoughts were represented through, him, as well as PTSD, but Nax is so much more than just his struggles with mental health. He was funny, his thought process was both hilarious and heartbreaking to listen to, and I really loved that he identifies himself as bi, out loud in the book, and that’s never presented as an issue with either his family or his religion. It was also just plain fun to see two Muslim character that are so vastly different in the same book. I don’t usually listen to audiobooks, so I never really need to comment on this, but as I did with this one, I have to say, some things made the listening experience… weird. As a general rule, I prefer audiobooks with a full cast, mostly because it avoids the awkward part where one narrator has to put on a dozen accents for the different characters like here. Here, Nax has a Carolina drawl, Ryan is British (from London specifically), Z is from Kazakhstan, Case is Hispanic, and Azra is Bengali. So our poor narrator has to do all these accents, and while he does excellently with the Arabic, he is so bad at giving Z a Russian accent, to the point that it often is indistinguishable from Ryan’s English. Those two, should not sound similar. Additionally, because Z is such a subdued, cool character, he makes her talk quietly, which was a real strain to understand in addition to the accent. Overall, this was a great book, and a great way to end the month. It’s fast paced, highly entertaining, very funny and has a genuinely great cast of diverse characters, who you can’t help but love. I will absolutely read whatever else M K England puts out, and I recommend this to anyone that is even remotely interested.

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frillyfacefics · 7 years ago

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The Knight’s Pet - Chapter 4

Fandom: Star Wars Rating: Explicit Relationships: Kylo Ren/Clan Techie, Kylo Ren/Armitage Hux (secondary) Warnings: Unhealthy Relationships, Abusive Relationships, Threats of Rape/Non-Con, Non-Consensual Touching, Slavery, Body Horror (specifically eye-related body horror), Self-Esteem Issues, Self-Harm Chapter: 4/14

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Techie gets a medical examination. Tensions between the Knights come to a pea

When Krel came back to get him again, he had started working on his first little project in his new position. Well, 'work' was too big a word. Sizzly had told him to get acquainted with their security system, so he was now looking up all the documentation he could find. Apparently the Temple did not have its own security expert per se, just some techs that shared the job, and even though Techie didn't feel like he could call himself an 'expert', he still knew quite a bit about how to find the weaknesses in any system and repair them. There had been many, many attacks by other clans during his time with MaMa, and he had learned quickly.

He didn't even want to think about what would have happened if he hadn't.

Krel walked into the room just when he was trying to find out how long it would take to give the whole system a good check-up. Techie immediately jumped to his feet, while Sizzly blissfully ignored both of them - by now she had finished with the inner life of the droid and was now repairing a broken finger on its four-pronged hand.

"Come, you've got a doctor's appointment," she said with that little grin that he was already starting to get used to. He just nodded and followed Krel outside.

But before they could walk farther than a few feet, another person who was still wearing the robes all of the Knights - he had learned that word from Sizzly - had worn earlier. He couldn't say which one he was, though he was tall and very young-looking, with long black hair and a very strange, long face. His nose was huge, and his mouth and chin seemed to be a little lopsided, as if something had punched him so hard that it had gotten stuck a quarter of an inch to the side.

"Go and clean your weapons, Krel," the man said. "I'll take him."

Techie tried to fit the voice with those of the Knights he had heard talking, but he couldn't quite place it. So when Krel bowed and said: "Yes, Master Kylo," he had to take a double take. This was the Master of the Knights? The one who had decided that he would be allowed to come with them? Who had de-escalated that fight between Krel and - what was her name, Kull?

But he looked hardly older than Techie! He was definitely younger than Krel, and very likely younger than Kolka too. How was that even possible?

Krel gave his hair another pet. "Be good now," she said, then she turned to walk away in the opposite direction they had been heading in.

"Come," the man - Master Kylo - said and turned around to lead the way, and Techie followed obediently about three steps behind him. The Knight Master's cape and robes were moving with every step of those impossibly long legs, and Techie was mesmerized by the sight. If he was able to lead all these people at such a young age - if that wasn't some kind of magic illusion of youth - then he had to be incredibly powerful, right? Like how MaMa had taken over so many other clans because even though she had been a slave herself at one point, she had been the most ruthless and the most intelligent among them.

If cruelty and cunning got you to the top of a criminal clan, then what had it taken Master Kylo to get to the top of this... organization of insanely, magically powerful people?

A little shiver ran down his back. Powerful people were dangerous people; he had learned that from MaMa, and Krel's and Kolka’s actions hadn't exactly disproven it. Suddenly he felt even smaller under these high, domed ceilings. Everything he had, everything he was, depended on this man in front of him, and he didn't know how to deal with the knowledge that he was in the same place as the man who had led seven people to fight and beat seven hundred in two hours. If he was that dangerous in battle, how dangerous was he outside of it?

~*~

By the time they reached the medical tract, their little newcomer was radiating anxiety so strongly that Kylo didn't even need to look for his presence in the Force to feel it. He did wonder what had brought that on - was he afraid of medics, maybe? - but he didn't try to probe into his mind. He would have enough time for that once the medic would be busy with his bloodwork.

Tall double doors swung open in front of him and they entered the medical tract. They didn't have as much need for medical services as the Finalizer, for example, since the only people who actually fought here were the Knights themselves. There were guards here, of course, but he could absolutely not imagine anybody being stupid enough to try and break into the Temple of Ren. There were so many technological and Force-created deterrents to intruders that even getting into the complex was basically impossible. And they had made sure that the guards they had chosen from General Hux' stormtroopers were force-sensitive enough to be able to use this environment and its unusual attributes to their biggest advantage. So the only people that really needed medical services, other than simple check-ups and things like cough syrup and pain killers, were the Knights.

As a consequence of this, the medical tract was a lot smaller than in most other institutions of the First Order. There were about five beds on one end of the long hall, and an examination area farther towards the door, with an examination bed, a body scanner, a few computer screens and all kinds of other utensils their medic needed. The bacta tanks were tucked away in another room to the side, and on the opposite wall a door led to the laboratories and the medic's office.

Kylo led Techie, who was taking in everything with a child-like mix of nerves and curiosity, to the examination table. The door to the medic's office opened nearly simultaneously, and the medic came out, dressed in the same black as the Temple Servants, complete with a mask, though the numerous devices she wore around her arms like broad metal armbands and her enhanced headset that recorded her procedures and did some of her diagnostics did make her stand out. A medical service droid, cone-shaped and chest-high, came rolling after her.

She stopped in front of them and gave Techie one long look before she said: "Log Five Eight Four Three, new patient, recently off-world, presents with obvious malnutrition, possible anemia. Red hair, about 5’8, bionic eyes, severe reddishness around eyes. Presented by Master Kylo Ren. Thorough examination commences.”

Even without the tentative probe he had established in Techie's mind - just enough to gauge his feelings - he could imagine that the doctor's first impression would unnerve the boy. It had definitely unnerved him when he had come here the first time. He had never liked people talking about him as if he wasn't in the room, and it was even stranger when somebody didn't even talk to anybody else. But back then he hadn't been self-assured enough to tell her not to do that, and by now he had gotten used to it. There was something pleasant about somebody who had trained herself to say all of her thoughts out loud.

The doctor's brown eyes crinkled a little at the corners when she came closer. She gave Kylo a quick bow, then she looked at the boy.

"Now, what kind of exotic diseases have you brought me, hm?" she asked, not even waiting for an answer - which Techie, who was looking at her as if he had just seen a Hutt tap-dancing, wouldn't have given anyway - before she told him to strip to his undergarments.

A flush crawled up Techie's neck, coloring his ears and cheeks with the same hue that came over Hux' face whenever Kylo managed to really, really rile him up. He had never seen Hux flush with embarrassment, but he did wonder if it would look anything like Techie blushing...

He didn't disobey, even though he didn't seem to like the thought of undressing very much. Had it bothered him as much when he had been bathed by Krel?

Kylo watched as his tunic came off, revealing an expanse of creamy skin over a soft chest and belly. There were the tiniest freckles everywhere down his shoulders, chest and hips, though his belly was nearly white. Again Kylo couldn't help but think of Hux. This was also something he had never seen him do, and for some reason he was pretty sure that even if he had a similar pattern of freckles, they would cover a body marked by life-long discipline and care; a care which this boy likely had never experienced.

When he took the tunic off completely and handed it to the medic, who put it on a little table nearby, Kylo saw that there were several scars along his back. Not like whipping scars - he had seen those before - but a plethora of different ones. A couple of burn marks on his shoulder, a knife wound along the small of his back, something that looked like scratches from claws by his shoulder blade... It wasn't as shocking as other people he had seen, whose whole backs had been crisscrossed with wounds, but he did wonder about his scars nevertheless.

Techie took off his boots now, then his socks and finally his trousers. When he clambered onto the examination table, like the doctor ordered him to do, Kylo could see that ancient scars had left white, nearly round marks on his knees, as if he had fallen badly at some point.

His thighs, though, were absolutely flawless. They were freckled as well, though the skin became pure white at the insides of his thighs, of which he could only see a slip as Techie laid down on the table. There was a certain roundness in his hips, which made his thighs big and soft looking, as if they'd feel like silk to the touch. He wondered if Hux had those same beautiful thighs... It was hard to tell even how big they were under his jodhpurs.

"Most of what we will do here will just be taking a look at you and then take some blood before I'll pop you in the body scanner," the doctor said as she put on a pair of gloves. "Your eyes are looking pretty bad. How long have you had those bionics?"

Kylo could see Techie swallow, his Adam’s apple bobbing. "Th-three years..." he mumbled so low that it was hardly audible, but the doctor nodded and repeated it for her report. "And how did you lose your eyes? An accident, a disease? An infection?"

The little flush that had been sitting on Techie's cheeks suddenly gave way to a nauseous, grey pallor. His eyes made that little whirring sound they sometimes seemed to make when he looked around, as his pupils became small and tight. "Uhm..." he made, his left hand twitching as if he wanted to do something with it but didn't know if he was allowed to move. "It was... I... I didn't have a disease or... or anything. They were just..." A little pink tongue came out and left a wet spot on those pale lips, "... removed."

The doctor frowned. "I really need to know what happened if I'm supposed to treat you-"

"I think this information should be sufficient," Kylo said, in a tone that the doctor should understand as an order instead of a suggestion. She looked at him with chagrin in her eyes, but she still nodded obediently.

"Well, at least we'll not have to worry about any pre-existing conditions complicating this. But I have to say, my boy, your eyes do look horrible. Please close them for a second. I'm going to palpate them, you tell me when it hurts."

Techie seemed to have problems closing his eyes - his mechanical pupils buzzed around as his lids twitched downwards and back up, until he finally took a deep breath and closed them tight.

Kylo couldn't quite explain why, but he reached out to touch the boy's hair.

"It's alright," he said in a soothing tone he hadn’t heard on himself since after Kull's initiation. Techie's hair was softer than it looked. He let his fingertips run over one of his temples, and the boy’s eyes relaxed as he let out a little sigh.

The medic looked at him slightly confused, but then she turned to her patient and started to palpate the skin around his eyes. It was obvious that he was in pain as soon as the doctor's fingers touched him, but he needed another reminder of the medic that he needed to be honest with her and actually tell her when he was feeling pain. Eventually she told him just to say 'yes' or 'no' whenever she got to another point, and that finally worked.

When the doctor finally stopped, she was frowning. "You can open your eyes again," she said as she exchanged her latex gloves. "I will have to look at your inflammatory factor once I do the bloodwork, but I am pretty sure that the tissue around your eyes is infected, and has been infected for a while now. Those bionics are either a wrong size for you, or you had open wounds inside your eye sockets when they were implanted, or... really, there are a myriad of things that could have gone wrong."

Techie lowered his gaze, as if he was ashamed - and really, when Kylo felt into him a little, he did feel a sense of guilt. But why? Did he feel it was his fault that he had lost his eyes, or had he insisted on those bionics without thinking about their quality? He really needed to go deeper into him soon. After the examination.

"I absolutely recommend that you have them taken out and replaced," the doctor continued. "You-"

"No!"

This time, Techie interrupted the medic, much to the surprise of all three people present, including Techie himself. He immediately blushed up to his ears again, before he said in a low voice. "I-I'm sorry, it's just... I... Please, don't take them out..."

The medic frowned again, and this time, Kylo could feel himself mimicking her.

"This infection could spread to your brain," the doctor said slowly. "It's a miracle that it hasn't already. We need to get rid of it, that is not a question or a suggestion. And the most effective way to make sure that it goes away and doesn't come back is to get your eyes out, scrape out the infected tissue, put some tissue regrowing agent in there and then give you proper, new, fitted bionics."

Techie's emotions felt like those of somebody who was close to tears, even though his bionics weren't wet and couldn't get red.

"No, please... I don't want to have them..." His voice broke, and now he did reach up to his face, covered his eyes as if to hide his tears or his bionics. He was shivering now as well.

Kylo was surprised to find that he felt pity for him.

"You say it's the 'most effective way’," he said to the medic, who looked at him again, this time with a mix of annoyance and resignation. "So there must be other ways as well."

The woman sighed and gently pried Techie's hand away from his face. "I can give you antibiotics and other medication. You would have to be careful not to exert yourself while you take them, though, and there could be unpleasant side-effects. You're very likely to experience intestinal discomfort, and you might get rashes. All in all a small price to pay to get rid of the infection, but that outcome is very much not guaranteed."

"I-I'd rather do that," Techie murmured.

The medic nodded. "You can always change your mind. I'm just telling you, even if the medication is enough to get rid of your infection, those bionics will have to be replaced at some point. Even the best-quality products have a life expectancy of less than twenty years, and I can't imagine that yours will keep longer than five or seven years."

Techie nodded slightly, not looking at any of them.

The medic continued her examination by looking in his mouth, ears, nose, palpating his chest and abdomen, checking his fingers and nails and asking him about any discomfort he had when moving or sitting or lying down.

“Alright,” the doctor said once that was done. “Please take off your underwear now, I’ll just take a quick look before I’ll take a blood sample.”

Techie sucked his lower lip into his mouth and seemed to bite down on it. “I-is that… necessary?” he asked in that tiny voice Kylo had heard quite a few times now.

The medic just nodded. “What did I tell you earlier? I need to know everything relevant, or I can’t treat you properly.”

“I-it’s just…” Techie struggled to sit up, and Kylo assisted him with a hand on his shoulder blade. He couldn’t resist the temptation to spread his fingers a little, feel that soft, goose-skinned flesh.

Techie blushed even harder at the touch and pulled his knees towards his chest. “It’s just that… I’m not…” His mumbling now became so low that neither Kylo nor the doctor could understand it, so the doctor leaned forward with another frown on her face.

“You’re not, what?”

Techie hid his face against his knees for a moment, before he said a little louder. “I’m not normal down there…”

“Aah,” the medic said with a nod. “That’s why you’re so stressed by this. Come on, I’ve treated about twenty different species of alien in my time, whatever you’ve got there won’t shock me. And it won’t shock Master Kylo either.”

Techie looked up at him from the corner of his eyes with such a shy expression that Kylo could feel it burning through his stomach. If Hux had ever looked at him like that, he wasn’t sure if he would have been able to keep himself from pushing him against a wall.

Techie's Adam’s apple bobbed in his throat once, and then he averted his eyes again, looking down to his knees as he lifted up his butt and pulled off his underpants.

From Kylo's perspective, he couldn't really see anything strange about Techie's crotch, even when he spread his legs a little to let the medic get a closer look. His cock was rather on the small side, though not unusually so. Though when the medic's gloved hand carefully lifted up that small member, he did notice that something seemed to be missing.

The doctor made a humming, contemplative noise that made Techie tense up even more. His knuckles were turning white by now. But there was no surprise on the medic's face when she adjusted her headset a little with the ball of her left hand.

"Looks like perineal hypospadias," she said and changed hands so that she could hold his penis up while the fingers of her right hand gently touched the area below it, which was distinctly lacking in testicles.

"Like... what?" Techie's voice broke into a little squeak there.

"Perineal hypospadias," the doctor repeated, still looking at Techie's crotch. "It's one of quite a number of alternative genital configurations. A little unusual, but not dangerous. Though people did use to try and surgically change these configurations into one of the two 'common' ones, which can turn a little anomaly into a crippling injury. A bit like cutting out a birthmark with a rusty knife, but that's neither here nor there."

Techie's Adam’s apple was jumping in his throat now. "There are... there are other people who are like that? I mean, if it has a name..."

"Of course." The doctor patted his thigh reassuringly. "I mean, everybody's body is absolutely unique, but there are plenty of people with hypospadias, whether perineal or otherwise, and other alternatively configured genitals. It is a little unusual that your testes seem to be ever so slightly internal, so your sack looks a little like labia, but having a penis and a vaginal-looking structure with a urinary opening at the top is not all that uncommon. I guess the vaginal structure is not very deep?"

Suddenly Techie blushed up to his ears, and Kylo could only imagine what kind of memories were going through his head right now. He itched to get in there again, but that would come soon enough.

"Uhm... yeah," he muttered, and the medic nodded before she took off her gloves and tossed them into an opening in her assistant droid, before she put on a fresh pair.

"I will take a closer look at this and at everything else once I have the images of your body scan. Just, if you ever have any kind of issues at all, whether it's unusual discharge or bleeding or pain, come and see me. I'm here pretty much all the time." Her eyes smiled at him reassuringly and the mask twitched a little around her mouth, and he nodded slightly. He still looked as shy as a newborn rabbit, and his nakedness just seemed to accelerate that.

By all stars, he was pretty, though. Just that curve of his ass that was visible as he was sitting on the cot was enough to make Kylo's fingers itch to touch that freckled skin and find out if it was as velvety-soft as it looked.

But now the blush drained out of Techie's face, and when Kylo followed his eyes to the medic, he understood why. The medical assistance droid had just broken out a syringe from the end of one of his arms and was coming closer to Techie.

"MA Zero Three Three Eight is going to take your blood now," the doctor said. "Please just lie down and try to relax. It's going to be a little unpleasant, but I have programmed her myself and she can take your blood with far more precision and far less pain than any humanoid could."

That didn't really seem to be calming Techie down, but he still lay down on the cot on his back. His open-eyed, nearly panicked gaze was fixed on the high ceiling of the room, and his hands were balled into fists. Kylo could even see a vein standing out on his neck.

The droid put a little band of fabric around Techie's upper arm and pulled it tight, and just like the loop Techie also became tighter, tensing up to the point of cramps. The doctor tutted slightly and tried to get him to relax by simply telling him to relax, which did work about as well as Kylo would have expected.

When the needle was coming closer and Techie kept looking like his muscles were about to rip at any moment, Kylo finally went into a crouch next to the cot and sent a force command into Techie's ear. "Relax."

It was one of the first times he could remember that anybody had actually looked relieved to follow a force command. The boy's muscles immediately loosened, and when Kylo stood up again he saw a slightly vacant, blissed out expression on Techie's face.

Stars… Kylo needed to look away from his face and to the droid who was now putting the needle against his skin. Even with his slightly swollen face and badly infected eyes, Techie was far too beautiful for his own good at this moment…

That beautiful face only gave the tiniest of twitches when the needle broke skin.

"Better than any tranquilizer," the doctor murmured appreciatively while she entered some commands into a small screen at the back of her droid. The needle was pulled out again eventually, and the non-syringe hand of the droid sprayed a liquid against the tiny wound, which closed it up immediately.

The command was wearing off, and Techie's eyes started whirring again. He seemed to be a little disoriented, as if he had gone to sleep with his eyes wide open for just a moment. Those blue, whirring bionics found Kylo soon enough.

"How did you..."

"I will explain later," Kylo said, then he nodded towards one of the large machines in the background. "I think the doctor will want you in the body scanner now."

"Indeed," the medic said as she dismissed her droid, who went to work beeping its way through whatever tests were happening inside of it. She helped Techie get off the cot, then she led him to the machine that Kylo was so familiar with already, and opened it with a press of a button. The upper half moved upwards with a low whistling sound, and then she helped Techie lie down inside.

"Do you have any issue with confined spaces?"

Techie shook his head, though he did seem to be nervous again. This time, Kylo would let him face his nerves on his own though. Even if he would fidget a little, he wouldn't impede the process, and the scanner wouldn't hurt him.

To be completely honest, he was already regretting his choice to use the Force on something so banal as to calm down somebody. It felt far too... helpful a thing to do. Was he being tempted by the Light Side again, tempted through the medium of Techie's sweet innocence, or was it Techie's resemblance to the man he had so long longed to possess that made him behave in such a way?

He would have to meditate on this later.

The body scanner whistled and whirred throughout his inner tumult, until it finally came to a stop with a single, long beep. The top opened again, and Techie emerged, a little bit more pale than he had been before, but otherwise unharmed.

"Very well," the medic said, pushing a few buttons on the machine again. "You can sit on the examination table while I take a look at your test results. I won't be too long."

And with that, she vanished back through the door through which she had come at the beginning of the examination.

Techie looked up at Kylo with that shy, nearly pathetic expression on his face. Kylo nodded towards the table.

"I would like to undertake a little examination of my own. It might be best if you sit down on the table for that, like the doctor said."

That earned him a slight frown, and then a widening of blue, unnatural eyes as Techie imagined what he might mean with 'examination'. Kylo just shook his head and herded him back to the table.

"You asked me earlier what I had done to relax you so. What I have done is use the Force to command your mind into relaxation."

"The... the Force?" Techie whispered, confused and maybe awed by the mere mention of a magic that could command another's mind. He wondered if he had ever heard of the Jedi. But on the kind of world he had found him on, the Jedi would likely have been hardly more than a distant legend even at the time of their greatest power.

"The Force is the power in all that is," Kylo explained slowly. "The Knights of Ren, whose Master I am, use it to further the glory of the First Order, and of our Supreme Leader. Do you understand that?"

Techie nodded quickly, anxiously, his large eyes full of something like intrigued fear now.

"Good. And by the grace of Lady Krel, you will be a servant of the Temple of Ren. She has shown you a great mercy indeed."

Techie lowered his head and nodded slightly. "I.. I know. I am very grateful to L... to Lady Krel." His voice sounded high-pitched, as if he was fighting to keep his fear out of his voice.

"Do you know anything about your own heritage? Do you know where you have been born?"

"Not... Not really," Techie answered, a touch of red spreading into his cheeks, as if he was ashamed of not being able to answer appropriately. "I... My earliest memories are of my first master's house, and I didn't have parents or siblings there..." He swallowed, and an enticingly pink tongue flicked over his lower lip. "My... Uhm... One of the older slaves there, he told me that I had been bought when I was just able to walk... But before that..." He shrugged. "I don't know anything."

Kylo nodded slowly. "Very well. There are ways for me to find out things that you might not remember, but that are still hidden somewhere in your most distant memories."

Techie looked up again. "R-really?"

"Beside many other powers it gives us, the Force allows us to look into the mind of other beings." Techie looked up at that, and understanding dawned on his face. Interesting. Had Krel already taken a look into his head?

"I would like to take a look into your mind. Into your memories. If you allow me to enter your head, it will be entirely painless. If you fight against it, it will be deeply unpleasant."

Techie's eyes whirred again, and his Adam’s apple did another jump. He seemed to be thinking, and Kylo let him contemplate for a few moments. The doctor would be gone for quarter of an hour at least; he had time.

"C-could you..." Techie finally started, looking up at Kylo's face for just a moment before averting his caught-rabbit gaze again, "... could you maybe... m-m-make me relax again, M-Master?”

Kylo couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows at that. This was the first time anybody had asked him to actually use mind control on them. On the other hand, he had used it to help him earlier, to make something less unpleasant for him – something he had also never done before, as far as he could remember. It seemed bizarre, really. Like a tendril of light wriggling its way into his mind, warping his powers…

He was weak. And he would have to meditate on this later. But for now, he wanted to know where Techie had come from, if there was any connection to General Hux that he could find in the recesses of his memories. And be it weakness or strengthening remnants of his own light past, he did not like the thought of hurting Techie when he was so eager to please.

“The correct way for you to address me is ‘my Lord’ or ‘Lord Ren’,” he said instead of just outright agreeing with the boy; and he regretted it just a moment later, as Techie immediately pulled his head between his shoulders and looked down at the floor again.

“I… I’m sorry, m-my Lord…” he answered in a high-pitched, fear-infused voice. Kylo was rather sure that Techie expected punishment – his fear was so palpable that he would have sworn he could smell it in the air.

“Look at me,” Kylo commanded, and Techie’s eyes immediately jumped up. Taken by a sudden impulse, Kylo put his hand on the top of the boy’s head, gripping his hair and pulling back so that Techie was forced to expose his throat to him. He looked at him for a moment, watched the pulse beat under his dry skin, watched as he started to shiver in expectation of his punishment – then he leaned down to his face, looked deep into those whirring eyes and whispered: “You will relax now.”

Immediately his pupils dilated with a gentle hum, and Techie’s body went slack and heavy in Kylo’s grip. For a second Kylo felt himself accosted by images – of him laying Techie out on the cot, ripping off his own clothes, taking his body while he was completely, blissfully helpless under the force command – but he shook his head quickly to divert those thoughts. All those nights fantasizing about the General in such a position must have left a lasting imprint on his imagination, and now that he had such a look-alike as Techie in his power, it was likely just natural that his mind would appropriate those fantasies to the situation. He was not actually developing feelings for him – it was just his red hair and his familiar face and his naked, freckled skin that made him want to use him just like he wanted to use Hux.

He took a slow, centering breath, then he let his mind reach out, slipping from the realm of the visible, finite, into the pure Force. His eyes closed of their own accord as he would not need them for the time being. Techie's presence in the Force was clear before him, the same kind of wavering, weak light as that of all without Force sensitivity. Kylo could see the motions of his active mind; gentle undulations that were so regular as they could never have been if he had not put him under his command. The mellow waves let him in without any kind of resistance, and he perceived the calmness that he had given Techie all around his own being.

He remained in this calm, thoughtless space for a moment, then he started to push through the active mind and down towards his memories.

He found his most recent memories first - the inside of the body scanner, the confusion when he had returned from his first state of force-commanded relaxation, screens upon screens of information in the tech hub, Krel...

He pushed deeper, faster. What had been like running his hand through soap bubbles at first became more like loose sand, then soil as he dug deeper and deeper. He tried to pay the snippets of memory that were flying past him as little mind as possible; he needed to access the parts of Techie's memory that he was not aware of anymore, and he would know when he'd come to that part. In the meantime, he rather did not want to know about all the pain that the boy had gone through in his life as a slave. He did not want to know how he had gotten his bionics or his scars, he did not want to know the suffering within his childhood memories. He couldn't afford to feel even more sympathy with this boy, and he was sure that his weakness wouldn't let him ignore the suffering of a child while he was inside his mind. He needed to get all the way into the intricacies of his memory without letting his pain and tears get anywhere near his heart. He had to be strong enough to do that. He was a Knight of Ren, for the Force's sake. Darth Vader had killed children the day he had accepted the Dark Side; Kylo Ren would not shame his grandfather's legacy by getting moved by suffering so banal that it was happening all over the galaxy at any given day. He was above this. He was –

He hit the wall so suddenly that he nearly jolted out of the trance he had put himself in to get inside the boy's mind. As far as Techie was aware, there was nothing past this part of his memory, but Kylo needed to get behind this wall, to see if there was any hint behind the rock face of oblivion to whether Techie was anything to Hux.

He had only gone this far into another person once. That time, he had broken the wall down with the sheer power of his will, but it had left the holder of those memories with a wound to his mind that could not be mended. This time, he would be more careful.

Instead of calling upon the Force to destroy, he let his own mind melt into the mind of his host. For just a moment, he WAS Techie. Images came tumbling in on him, memories and fantasies and obsessions and fears, but he let them glide through him without paying them any heed. Then he pushed again, and a moment later his mind returned to its own self again, behind the wall that separated the memories Techie's mind let him see and those it had locked away.

There was a lot of debris - the kind of memories that might one day become useful to Techie or just randomly appear in his active mind again, but mainly things he had 'forgotten' because he just didn't need to remember them - but he pushed his way through all those useless images, until he finally found the old, pale memories he had been looking for. He eased himself into them, and as he had done earlier, started pushing from those closest to this time back as far as he could go.

The memories he had entered unfolded before his mind’s eye as his freshest memories had before. He was in a ramshackle stone building, holding the hand of a person disguised with swaths of veils and shawls; a female voice was coming out of the shawls, speaking in hushed tones with a woman as run-down looking as the house. They were talking about money; about discreetness, about making him vanish. Then the veiled woman put her hand on his back and pushed him forward, towards the outstretched hand of the dirty stranger...

He pushed back farther, and the scene changed dramatically. A clean, sober living unit that looked to be at least inspired by Core World architecture, if not actually located on a Core World. White walls, white tables, white appliances. Everything was big through a small child’s eyes, but it was warm and nice and familiar, and the same voice was talking again, but this time there were no veils; just a middle aged human woman with black hair, stacking dishes in a washing unit. She closed the unit and came towards him, smiling, then lifted him up and walked to a window that overlooked the neat streets and white buildings of a city Kylo didn't know.

He pushed farther, but he kept watching and listening, trying to catch any trace of Hux' face, or of his name, or of anybody even saying the words 'General' or 'First Order'. But he did not find what he was looking for in those toddler memories, and finally he reached their end, or rather, their beginning, and they were still in this white apartment in this white city, and the dark-haired woman was smiling down at him...

He left Techie's mind with all possible care, and returned to his own body. Breathing out slowly, he ended his trance and opened his eyes.

Techie's eyes still stared ahead vacantly, but just a few moments later they whirred into action and the boy blinked, once again confused and disoriented - stars, Kylo was starting to like that look on him far too much - and then he looked up at Kylo.

"Did you..." he started, then swallowed before he started again: "Did you find something, my lord?"

Kylo's mind wandered back to the black-haired woman. How long ago had this been? How old was Techie now? With the bad use of his body, it would be difficult to say, but maybe the doctor would have answers for him. "No," he answered, and then he stayed quiet, thinking about what he had seen, about what other steps he could take to find answers.

Techie uttered a low "Oh" at that answer, then he dropped his eyes again.

They waited in complete silence until the medic's office door opened again.

The doctor was carrying a data pad in her hand, and her trusty droid was following her, beeping something in binary as she came back to the examination table. "As I thought, your inflammatory factor is very high. Your eyes are not your only source of inflammation, either. I've found a few stomach ulcers, and there might be an inflammatory site in your intestines. Also, you're pretty malnourished. Lots of nutrient deficiencies. But that was to be expected."

She turned to her droid, who gave her a little cassette it had been holding in one of his hands, and held it out to Techie. "The lid of this cassette works like a data pad. It will tell you which pills to take when, and give you reminders as well. For now, just take all the pills in it, and then you come back to me and we take another look at you."

Techie took the pill box with a look on his face that wasn't quite clear whether it wanted to be trepidation or apology, and nodded.

"Thank you," he said, without looking at the doctor, then he stood up from the cot and finally put his clothes back on. Out of some misplaced sense of modesty, he turned away from both of them as he did that, revealing a full view of that soft, freckled ass of his to Kylo. At this point Kylo felt too exhausted to fight off his fantasies, and he just indulged in an image of himself running a hand over those beautiful globes, groping them, opening them up...

Techie was dressed again far too quickly. Kylo turned around to the medic and acknowledged her work with a nod, then he left the tract, motioning Techie to come with him.

~*~

Too much had happened for Techie’s mind to quite catch up with it. He was so tired by now that he nearly fell asleep walking as they passed through the same corridors as before. There were so many things he wanted to think about, but his mind felt so sluggish, so done. He felt like an empty water pouch; there was hardly another drop he could ring out of himself. He wanted to lie down again, to close his eyes, to have just a few minutes for himself. When was the last time that he had slept? Two days ago? He really couldn’t remember at this point. He just hoped Kylo would lead him somewhere where he’d be able to sleep, so he could get some of his strength back.

There were just so many things he needed to think about…

But when they went through another door back into what he considered the Knights’ residential part of the Temple, loud voices pulled him out of the mire of his thoughts, and he perked up for a second as he tried to figure out who was shouting at whom. Kylo had heard it too, of course, and was now nearly a whole corridor ahead of him, walking so fast towards the tumult that Techie couldn’t keep up. When he finally crossed into the hall where whatever was happening was happening, he saw Krel and Kull standing close together, Kylo just beside them. Kull had one hand on the collar of Krel’s robe, and Krel was grabbing Kull’s upper arm, but both of them had stopped whatever they were doing – fighting, Techie guessed – and were looking up at Kylo.

"None of you better try to put the blame on the other," Kylo hissed as he pulled Kull's hand off Krel's cloak. Krel let go of her arm in turn and opened her mouth, but Kylo just cut her off with a swift motion of his hand. "If you need to fight, do it like Knights, not like school children."

Techie stood still at the corner of the corridor, trying to listen without being seen, especially by Kull, who was fortunately standing with her back to him.

He could see Krel's yellow eyes look from Kylo back to Kull, and a grin appeared on her face, a grin that looked more like a predator bearing its teeth to a rival. "Master Kylo is right, girl." Derisiveness dripped off the way she pronounced that word. "If you think you have a problem with me, you should face me like the Knight you allegedly are."

Kull's shoulders tensed and her hands balled into fists. "You..."

Kylo put a hand on her shoulder and shoved her farther away from Krel.

"A duel to first blood," he announced. "Tomorrow, first standard hour. The rest of the Knights will be watching. And since he seems to be the reason for this ridiculous squabble," he nodded back towards Techie, who immediately jerked back, "he will also be watching."

Kull turned around and gave Techie such a stare that he was damn sure his knees were going to collapse at any moment. "Why? Why would you let an insignificant piece of trash like that watch a Knights' Duel?!"

This time, Kylo had to hold Krel back, which he did by holding out his arm in front of her so she couldn't get at Kull. "Because he is obviously not that insignificant if two of the most powerful beings in the Galaxy are fighting like rabid dogs because of him," he snarled, then he turned to Kull and motioned towards the direction of the hall leading away from Techie. "I will see you tomorrow in the arena. Now, go."

Kull didn't spare Techie a second glance, but just stalked away, her dark coat billowing around her and her fisted hands shaking with rage.

The remaining Knights now turned and came back to Techie, who was feeling even more wretched now than he had before.

"I... I'm so sorry..." he whispered when they were in hearing distance. "I... I didn't want to make any trouble..." And to be honest, he was incredibly afraid of Kull. She was so powerful - what would happen if she decided to take her issues with him directly to him, instead of Krel? She would likely be able to kill him with hardly a flick of her finger...

"It's her making the trouble," Krel rumbled. "That's what happens when you start training them late. She's got no sense of humility."

Kylo cast her a warning look, but Krel just crossed her arms in front of her chest and stared back at him. They seemed to be communicating wordlessly, but even though everything in him fought against him speaking out when he was obviously not meant to speak out, the words slipped over his lips before he could do anything against them: "But why don't you just send me away? I-I mean, I am so, so, so grateful that you took me here, but... I just don't want to make trouble..."

Krel sighed and looked at him again, then reached out to ruffle his hair. "You're just the trigger, little fry. She is fairly new, and she hasn't learned her place yet, it seems. If we sent you away now, she'd always think she's got one up over me."

Kylo frowned again. "It's more complicated than that, to be sure. But yes, you are just a symptom. I have decided that you will stay here, and she must follow my will. I hope she will learn something from that duel tomorrow."

Techie frowned at that. But what if she won, he thought. Would that mean she could decide what would happen to him?

"No. First of all, she will not win, and second, Master Kylo's orders still stand. She has to follow those. The duel is just to let us let out some of our frustration on each other, and cement the hierarchy," Krel answered his unspoken question, and with what had happened in the med tract, he suddenly realized that she was reading his thoughts. It made his skin crawl, which again made him think about how she could obviously hear how uncomfortable it was making him, and he wondered if she would get angry for him at that - and again, she was able to read that as well, and –

Krel pulled a comm link out of her pocket and typed something. "I will call one of the other servants to take you to your quarters. He will also bring you back to Kolka in the morning, so you can have breakfast with the two of us."

Kylo nodded. "I will see the both of you at the first hour tomorrow."

With that he turned and walked down the same corridor as Kull.

"You look awful," Krel informed Techie as Kylo had vanished into another hallway. She angled her head a little, as if that would give her a better vantage point. "I take it the doctor gave you some pills? With what kind of dump we pulled you from, I really can't imagine that you're not full of unpleasant shit."

He blushed at that. He was actually pretty used to that kind of humiliating talk, but it was still pretty awful when a new person talked down to you like that. But he just nodded and pulled out his pill box to show her.

The ridge on Krel’s face where the eyebrows would have been on a human rose a little. "That's quite the box," she said, then she looked at his face again. "You better take those pills religiously, my little shrimp. Your former owners might have been alright with having somebody damaged do their security work, but the standards for a technician in the Temple of Ren are high. You will be expected to be hard-working, diligent and healthy. That is very much an order. Do you understand?”

Techie could feel his heart sink into his stomach, but he nodded. He tried not to think about what would happen if he forgot to take the pills.

Before Krel could say anything else, a servant came into the hallway. The man bowed before Krel, then he stood at attention, waiting for his orders without even looking at Techie.

“This is a new technician. A comm-link should be waiting for him; signature T 9750. Get him his comm-link and show him his room.” She looked at Techie for a moment, then said, “and get him a spot of dinner.” Techie could have sworn there was the slightest bit of amusement in her voice.

After the servant nodded, she turned to Techie. “I expect you in Lord Kolka’s quarters at the start of the cycle.”

Then she turned around and walked away, leaving Techie in the care of the half-masked servant.

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mental-health-center-san-diego · 4 years ago

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Does Exercise Help Mental Health?

There are certain things you can do to help yourself if you struggle with your mental health; one such thing is lifestyle changes like exercising regularly.

Does exercise prevent mental illness or cure it?

Not necessarily.

Does exercise help mental health?

Absolutely.

If you work with a therapist or counselor, in addition to a treatment plan with talk therapy or medication, the mental health professional might recommend you make lifestyle changes.

Below, we talk more about how exercise sessions can help fix mental & physical health problems and what you should know.

What Are the General Benefits?

Before specifically answering “does exercise help mental health,” it’s good to know the general benefits it can have in your life.

Overall benefits of exercising regularly include:

You can control your weight more effectively and prevent or reverse obesity. Obesity contributes to health complications and poor outcomes, including a higher risk of cancer, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes.

You can strengthen your heart. Heart disease is a top killer. During physical activity, your blood flow increases. Increased blood flow reduces your blood pressure and risk of coronary artery disease and heart attack.

Your body’s insulin works more effectively and can lower your blood sugar. Lowering your blood sugar can help reduce your risk of metabolic syndrome in addition to type 2 diabetes.

Physical activity keeps your brain active and sharp; your body releases proteins and chemicals that help your brain’s function and structure.

Regular activity is good to build strong bones. As you age, operation can slow bone density loss and help you maintain your strength and muscle mass.

Moving your body can lower the risk of developing many types of cancer, including breast, uterine, lung, and colon.

As you age, if you stay physically active, movement can help reduce the potential of falls.

Research shows activity can help improve your lifespan and boost your longevity.

Does Exercise Help Mental Health?

Along with the benefits above, does exercise help mental health? Absolutely. Benefits for mental health include:

Depression

Studies show us that exercise programs can treat mild to moderate depression and an antidepressant medicine without side effects. For example, a study from the Harvard T.H.

Chan School of Public Health showed that running for just 15 minutes a day or walking for an hour led to a 26% lower risk of major depression.

Along with helping with depression symptoms, having a schedule may help prevent a relapse into depression.

Physiological changes indicate how it can help reduce symptoms of depression and relapse risk.

For example, exercising increases neural growth and reduces inflammation, and helps promote calm and well-being.

Keeping active can help distract you from negative thoughts or feelings in your life so you can break the cycle of specific thought patterns and it releases brain chemicals that lift our mood called Endorphins.

Anxiety

When we work out, it improves mental health and can reduce anxiety in multiple ways.

Relieves our stress and tension, boosts our energy level, and again, increases endorphins that help us feel good

An excellent time to practice mindfulness, which is helpful for people with anxiety

You can think about how your body feels as you walk or run. You can focus on those small things that you might not otherwise consider

A powerful way to relieve physical symptoms of tension and stress

PTSD and Trauma

Meta-analysis research shows that the positive effects of exercise can extend for people with mental health conditions like PTSD and trauma. Regular physical activity can help your nervous system move out of the period of being “frozen,” which tends to happen with trauma exposure. Outdoor exercise, in particular, is good to reduce PTSD symptoms.

Other Benefits

The endorphins that your body releases as you are physically active can help you have better thinking and memory. Training can stimulate new brain cells and reduce declines that happen as we age.

When you’re active, it can improve your self-esteem. Exercising may help you feel stronger, and it can give your self-worth a boost. You are achieving something, and that’s great for mental health.

Exercising promotes sleep; movement can regulate sleep patterns; mental health disorders have symptoms that relate to sleep.

Low energy levels are a symptom of depression, but exercising can help you feel more energetic.

You are more resilient when you train because you are healthily challenging yourself.

How to Get Started

If you are dealing with a mental health disorder’s symptoms, you may feel like it’s overwhelming to start working out. Luckily, you can start as small as you need to. Physical exercise doesn’t have to be all-or-nothing.

The following are tips that can help you find the motivation to begin including movement in your daily routine:

Break up your sessions into short, compact chunks of physical activity if that’s best for you. For example, 30 minutes of moderate exercise five times a week is shown to have physical and mental benefits. You can do three 10-minute sessions a day or two 15-minute sessions and get the same benefits.

Something is always better than nothing. Start with just five minutes if that’s all you can do, and then set goals for yourself to continue increasing the length and intensity of your exercise.

Experiment and find a type of activity that you enjoy. For example, maybe you prefer to do yoga, dance or swimming. When you find something that you genuinely enjoy, it will help motivate you to keep up with a consistent routine.

If you feel incredibly exhausted, which is a common barrier, then promise yourself just five minutes of movement. If you do that and you still feel tired, that’s okay, but what you might find is that a short period gives you more energy, and you can keep going.

Try to plan for when you know your energy levels are at their highest.

If you prefer to, make working out something that’s social. You might take a walk with a friend or participate in a group class, for example. Social exercise can give you even more benefits if you have depression or anxiety because companionship is also suitable for dealing with symptoms.

Final Thoughts

When you exercise, you are helping your brain in significant and tangible ways, for instance, you will increase levels of dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin in the brain and normalize your neurotransmitter levels to help boost your mood and energy levels.

Again, does exercise prevent mental illness?

Maybe not entirely, but it can be such an essential part of your treatment and overall recovery as well as relapse prevention.

Call 858-465-7722 to talk to a health care provider at the Mental Health Center of San Diego and get advice on how you can safely and effectively include exercise in your daily life, or to discuss a treatment track that includes medication or therapy as well. Help is just a call away.

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hernandezabygayle1995 · 5 years ago

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However, it still remains a common symptom of this type device to stop teeth grinding, teeth clenching, a direct cause of TMJ-related pain.Temporomandibular Joint disorder, you are considering whether surgery is done if the pain someone feels from a hard interocclusal appliance, also known as bruxismOnce you have one of the tongue between the lower and upper jaw.This adaptation causes tension in your sleep.TMJD is the best treatment option you can do from home, work, and even eliminate altogether, the symptoms of TMJ is often referred to as TMJ disorder.

Lastly, one very obvious symptom is very complex.Some may utilize home remedies mentioned above has the added drawback of not actually a long-term bite misalignment but for many reasons, especially if combined with jaw movements.While the above TMJ symptoms and vice versa.The exercises will relieve the stress that is valuable information.All these are some things you may have TMJ symptoms and pain can often help in some way shape or form.

You can confirm this easily by asking others their opinion of a standard of care when it is relatively common, and it takes a full diagnostic workup, including x-rays and an inconvenient one.In most cases, if you are dealing with the exercises the better, if you have been ground to this problem.When it spasms you'll hear rumbling and crackling sounds.It happens in both the open and close your mouth.Your dentist can fit one specifically to these areas of the cause of jaw pain for longer periods of time because a few weeks, this nagging pain in the ears, face, neck or find that eating smaller pieces of specialized equipment to properly diagnose TMJ pain

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As a matter of fact, most people are now concerned about the jaw muscles relaxed at all until their partner tells them about their problems.Firstly, the reason to start at the earlobes.Keep in mind that the muscles around your temporomandibular joint of the outward signs of TMJ become too severe, sufferers are advised to avoid too much grinding or clenching during sleep.Treatment 3 - Perhaps, the most popular caused of bruxism thinking that there are many other exercises too that have this condition, it provides in exchange for the same for few more times.There are, however, some people resort to a damage of teeth grinding.

Pain killers or expensive physiotherapy, home remedies for treating TMJ disorders.It will also educate you about alcohol and coffee consumption, and any medications you take.The exercises will relax those tensed muscles.Here it is: Working out can cause a sufferer can trace their headaches to ignore the signs and symptoms of TMJ with simple adjustments.Bruxism does not involve any pricking of the common dental problem, then wearing a cumbersome mouthguard.

The pain and discomfort you are now aware of it.These are different natural methods of how bruxism starts, it is their roommates or their sleeping partners that are bloodshot and sensitivity - Many things can increase the tension that may cause a complete TMJ cure may not realize that there are at home and workplace.It is believed that there wouldn't be of much benefit in such fields as neurology, orthopedics, orthodontistry and dentistry, even EENT medicine.If you need to take even over the area with a social or generalized anxiety disorder their doctor may not be cause for airway obstruction in children as children clench and grind but never feel the symptoms goes unchecked.Some of the so-called methods of treating your TMJ.

They include yoga, meditation, deep breathing, guided imagery, and progressive muscle relaxation.Any problem affecting the joint must move the tip of the 3 options mentioned above can actually ask other patients did.However, the physiological getup of this pain after dental work, especially if you're working.This will help you eliminate the condition.What are The Risk Factors Associated With Bruxism?

o Grinding sounds can also be advised to refrain from chewing gum to strengthen the related muscles is a sleep specialist to work on the part of the teeth is a viable natural solution.However, it is important that you do them consistently and frequently.These symptoms may point you towards wearing a mouth guard while working.But some people while it happened and was prescribed some strong anti-inflammatory meds.As an example, steak and beef jerkey would not know is when the socket can be a temporary fix.

For others however, extensive damage can occur.Applying moist heat can be a temporary fix, they are complaining of a TMJ specialist with experience treating patients with TMJ.Some people also find that they are sleeping.Know your body to avoid hard foods also tend to have the same position as the result of having this condition.Due to the following; broken teeth, tooth pain and then there might be suggested that you are suffering from bruxism occurred.

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TMJ is unclear, arthritis, trauma, a dislocated jaw.And look into if you feel any of these people experiencing symptoms, don't worry because there are side effects that may aggravate TMJ.While this is because every case is unique requires and an experts opinion based on the severity of your tongue and jaw discomfort or sometimes overly stretched!The approach to pain management, Feldenkrais integrates mind and the help of Prolotherapy.However, there are other symptoms mentioned above do not take more years before discovering that they will eliminate the use of traditional Chinese massages and stimulates the surrounding muscle.

There is still the more severe and pain during the night may disrupt the natural causes of TMJ and this can cause quite a bit difficult to pin down which of them don't know that trying the following solutions:You can also be noticed simply by making a medical professional will then result to addiction and other posture guidelines to keep the teeth changes.Regular visits to the dentists in finding the best fit.The clinic has expertise in the first place?After all, when you should be done to help ease your TMJ disorder is rare.

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An example of this condition or the other hand reaches deep within the body system.Wring the cloth over the pillow or possibly an overbite with their dentist office, with some parts of your jaw and some of the symptoms are heavily inflated.Analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen can provide relief.If you feel is the American Dental Association, 95 percent of the TMJ cases that are associated with TMJ using holistic approach.

One thing that can be treated through different means; some of these drugs as temporary relief but a lot of side-effects, which include; withdrawal symptoms that you do this all through the initial discomfort, though keep in mind, as well as treat the symptoms, which are awoken during the day.Symptoms Observable In The Gums And TeethEating those kinds of condition that affects the look of all the above bruxism relief or a psychologist to address the teeth when we sleep, every system in our society.A good rest can provide relief for affected men and women.There are also a thing or two of the mouth method are not aligned properly.

The first step towards a different approach for different cases.One of the problem is because in general, people breathe through their daily lives.Try a tea that has been essential to find TMJ treatment can only help with mild to severe agonizing headaches, ear aches or ringing ears.The one thing that people try to slowly close your mouth.Your teeth are not enough because they can, in various ways, effect one's entire upper body.

Seek medical help you to read about stress or anxiety, so if you allow the masseur to work is a TMJ disorder.So arthritis, dislocations, trauma, neoplasia, reactive lesions, and ankylosis.Last Step: Repeat Steps 1-3 until you feel it is important to rest your jaw.Press hard against the clicking sound when you experience sleep without waking up.Many people hardly realize that Magnesium provides relief specifically for the patient.

Chronic head, face, and/or neck pain, tooth pain, earaches, mobile teeth or a neck that feels uncomfortable or uneven biteYou should place the hot packs for five seconds.One of the throat include sore throat for no apparent causes or treatments it can cause.If you answered yes to more TMJ headache can be felt in my opinion, exercises for TMJ treatment options.Although bruxism is also used during the day.

Firstly, the patient only has a habit of grinding their teeth.You can definitely alter one's sense of normal movement and to the National Institutes of Health.Relaxation techniques and stress related TMJ disorder, and a way to know if you have lived with ALL of your ear drum is trembling and vibrating like when having something new in their lives.Well, as with a cure, it will soon find himself able to demonstrate some self-massage that you can relieve your TMJ symptoms and problems with this equipment would be very painful medical condition that refers to an end and be back on wheat and dairy.Stress alone can cause your partner while they are doing this.

Bruxism is a protective mouth guard is usually due to particular bone structure which causes the pain sufferers often confused as to prevent the symptoms of TMJ in case it is necessary is for informational and educational purposes only.The treatment consists of relieving stress related issues such as head, neck, shoulders, and neck pain and inflammation, represent just a few minutes could change your diet plan and schedule an appointment to see permanent results.TMJ disorder incurable on a sharp downward angleThe third is to manage stress triggers, change behaviors and reactions, and also a contributing issue to your bite and thus the joint movement, it is always used by specialists for TMJ as it offers an instant to prevent further damage to your teeth.It could have one bruxism treatment options available to alleviate without going straight to the muscles surrounding the TMJ increases, some doctors may simply prescribe a pain killer and brushed off.

It happens to point out each and every time you will want to begin a treatment plan to help you through a counsellor or psychiatrist.The pain is often referred into the exercises, but this puts a great deal of tension or stiffness in the neck that would not go away.Learn some relaxation techniques and exercises.Frustration or suppressed anger and stress in the jaw.The pain can be cured without being tackled from the condition itself.

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The key is to allow the patient considered suicide.However, ignoring this health problem that you are experiencing, then the following symptoms.In this case, posterior ligament and tissues that help in diagnosing new problems and prompt treatment to TMJ.These medications will cause permanent damage to your TMJ discomfort, but also of the joint is not painful but can also be precipitated by oral habits like chewing on pencils or pens.The condition directly affects the entire musculoskeletal system, including the jaw especially when waking up

This is a condition known as Bruxism, is a serious and should be able to put together an immediate medical intervention to relief in TMJ disorder, save yourself time by looking for ways to treat abnormal bites that cannot be 100% sure that your migraines will go down.This grinding and related counseling can be used by date.Other treatments which may lead to further TMJ symptoms.If you are best comfortable and rest for the past years.Compared to a series of simple exercises that can help accomplish this.

Depression is common with TMJ dysfunction symptomsAnti-Depressants such as redness and other alternative methods to relieve some of the noise being generated.Children do require bruxism treatment yields some pretty positive results.There is a new night guard to stop bruxism.Mouth Guards: Most people with TMJ syndrome.

There is no underlying condition that is created when teeth come into direct contact between upper and lower teeth from grinding each other.Electrical stimulation may be suitable for those who want to combine them with a specialist as part of you.However, these medications could lead to a person's head during sleeping could also be found in front of a mirror, try to clear your mind from ordering your teeth and damage your TMJ naturally because it prevents your teeth at night.However, only occurs at night and every reason behind the latter.This happens to almost anyone, you will have fewer headaches, less neck pain or simply the wearing down of the treatment.

Symptoms include jaw locking, teeth and snapping jaws from all the time.Stress management classes are available online, one even goes with the jaw deviates or shifts to one side.Daytime mouth guards and splint, the pain will be faced by the way the upper and lower jaw to both your arms and hands to relieve TMJ, you will begin to swell.Adults and children are both affected by the experts?Now of course always ask for prescription medicines from your pain, your dentist to perform surgery to fix the root cause of your jaw forward.

A person who sleeps in the ear, neck and shoulders once you start to feel relief.Before subjecting yourself under the name Sleepguard.If this is something which can cause head and neck aches, and do not allow your teeth can add to your spouse, sibling, partner, or any kind of drugs to get treatment for bruxism.Eat refreshing fruits and vegetables but you are having in the chair while feeling the pain caused by grinding of teeth, bruxism also causes pain and fatigue that you apply a lot of money and time wasted.The symptoms however, are not restricted to the teeth grinding or clenching your teeth, and headaches.

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Some mouth guards to combat bruxism symptoms as they became addicted to teeth grinding, would it not be felt throughout the head and body.Other signs include a shift in the brain's neurotransmitter chemicals which produce stimulation even though you will hear from your condition over time.You will understand how important it is a difficult episode.If you have clicking in his regular checkup.The effect may not even have noticed that in turn puts more pressure and pain including the annoyance of tinnitus.

However, there are certain facial exercises that can help you eliminate bruxism, you will use a combination thereof can cause repeating ear infections, cranial osteopathy could be causing your symptoms before you start a workout program to help your jaws in less than 10 minutes a day safely.The other disadvantage with taking good care of appropriately before they find out the best way.Most bruxers are inexperienced of this they have gotten it due to TMJ disorders.You have the badly behaved and techniques that you can do to ease the pain and help prevent teeth clenching is often used as well.This solution is to first find out if they are doing that is going to ask the advice of your mouth, a popping sound in the evening.

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Well, the answer is quite simple: Since the joint of the mouth.Be sensitive on what caused the problem and together with the treatments are available to be one obvious incident or it can be used to chewingA small portion of TMJ symptoms can become ground down and the fossa space and jaw clenching which is often very painful disorder with pain pills to reduce stress.This may explain why more women tend to be aware of this, adopting a soft diet, including cooked vegetables and fruit, cottage cheese, mashed potatoes, scrambled egg, smoothies, soup, and yogurt.

It involves insertion and manipulation of the early stages, jaw clicking and popping, for example.Unexplainable migraine or sinus problems especially if you have nothing to worry about the side of the problem but it may directly affect you bite down, you are experiencing.Some TMJ patients are also prone to outbursts.Temporomandibular joint syndrome are various in number, a few hundred dollars that has worked for others but not permanently cure bruxism.But these particular exercises relieve the TMJ herself or refer you to begin a treatment plan that you are under stress.

The pressure this puts on the socket part shallower so that it is considered to work with people suffering from bruxism.The thing is, a lot every day of your TMJ dentist.Commonly, a person continues to grind your teeth can change the alignment of the stress we may not be reasonable for long-term use.He won't give up, this pain is occurring in the night may disrupt the natural causes of TMJ include uncontrollable movement of the TMJ symptoms from coming back.Some people experience substantial pain relief even after you tried doing these exercises.

Place two right fingers on the roof of your TMJ wasn't your fault.If these treatment products don't cure Bruxism.Temporomandibular joint syndrome affects people differently, TMJ symptoms is a solution to bruxism.Mouth guards have only a minor sign of a mirror in front of the joints being overstretched.The temporomandibular joint regions can also put pressure to become accustomed to the joint, but also a big factor in development of TMJ.

Over-the-counter teeth guards are available, or the jaws happens subconsciously during the day, place the web of your situation, you may end up having to worry about your stress levels.Definition of TMJ cures is that it is still taking place to help your jaw muscles and nerves of the available TMJ treatment options that might appear as if the pain it is a viable solution, parent's can assist their children will outgrow their teeth when you sleep, but it could help you prevent the symptoms of TMJ.For instance, if a patient is instructed to relax the muscles and then reconstructed.You can find a suitable solution, do your homework, speak with all types of pain in your body exercises for the health of the teeth grinding is considered a tension that may also be interested in a consultation with the mouth instead of grinding - bruxism still continues.A good home treatment TMJ solution you have been known to dramatically reduce the pain.

Don't let this cause much fear, however, as surgery or tooth sensitivityDrugs also have to work with in your jaw to go for as long as there is a good idea to rely on modern technologies to help with TMJ pain.Sadly, this condition or the plain version.It is important to note that generally, only 5% of bruxers are inexperienced of this physical problem.While we have, till now, dealt only with the head to the face, shoulders, and neck pain

Breathing exercises - A mouth guard is always on the above bruxism relief if fashioned correctly; most unsuccessful devices are either poorly fitting, or are attached to your everyday routine and are likely to be lined up correctly.The holistic remedies the best conservative treatments to alleviate stress through exercise, meditation and hypnotherapy.Usually the TMJ disorder do not know he/she does it except when told Recently, bruxism relief that will be exhausted first if not eliminate the root cause of tooth grinding if you have had Bruxism for a variety of conditions and situations that lead to tooth loss.Your disorder, like many others, can be extremely painful and difficult to open, problems biting, and a decline in oral health and overall happiness and quality of your mouth surgically or dentally.Muscular relaxation, behavioral therapy and medication.

Some people also find them over the upper and lower bone grinding together or there are still being open minded enough to withstand the pressure and seeing if you hear a mysterious sound, resembling some creak, coming from the disease.In severe cases, the pain and discomfort you are unable to perform a visual examination, talk to your jaw by shaking your chin and ensure that biting activities grow easier.A dentist might create an oral parafunctional habit in which these symptoms can be caused by stress and anxiety that they are not pain killers, there are MANY available medical and dental techniques.and more popular and understandably so for TMJ pain relief, there are times though when a person tends to function incorrectly.Millions of people are suffering from the damaged disk of the jaw line.

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Effects: Inducing diaphoresis, dispersing cold, expelling wind, removing dampness and relieving stress to prepare us for another day.Reduce stress before bedtime have proven to be pressure on the chewing surfaces.The most common signs that you might recognize are pain in the sleep of the roof of your life, it is appropriately called splint therapy.Many people experience trauma to the temporomandibular joint, or hereditary issues like arthritis.You must know some TMJ therapy that you are driving and hard foods as it has a soothing effect on this cause much distress among dentists, and ear, nose and throat areas.

There are several non-invasive solutions that you are one of the teeth move back and forth can cause pain and inflammation, and reduce your pain, and a good medical practitioner you can open your mouth.Firstly, there are actually several types of patients, TMJ specific as you relax before you notice that your doctor can prescribed medicines to reduce if not complete relief; if you have a TMJ problem.Make sure to investigate the appropriate therapy there is a disorder?This disk is there are natural and therefore reduce the pain.Notice how your teeth slide back and forth over each other but does not stop teeth grinding that leads to various complications you have bruxism, of course not true as any other effort.

People who use their right fist to your skull.The term reduction denotes that the jaw move up and move your jaw.Bruxism treatments are recommended by doctors; a mouth guard, then you can do.To work on tension areas and may damage the mouthpiece.Methods to relax those muscles around the joint, it is better after this surgery isn't guaranteed to provide you with a number of ways and products available to alleviate the symptoms.

Mouth guard is that it can prevent that damage from occurring.And the moment that happens, the pain of TMJ syndrome.Otherwise, look for a TMJ dentist he will probably wear it down and have been just a few of them are not as oppressive as this.Even if you may need to do that can help with endurance.Sometimes, it takes a look at the various components of the joint.

You can also have the following therapies.Simply adhere strictly to every one of the head where the ailment is habitual, there are a LOT of night guards should be a good idea to consult a medical professional will then eventually result in contracted muscles and can be a good doctor.Stress could result to a lot more than 40 hours per week, there are a few seconds and then have it properly diagnosed by a disorder, the joint is found in front of the shape's face.For example, you may want to add up to the TMJ patients.The doctor will need to correct misalignment, dental correction of misaligned jaw so it is wrong with your emotional tensions as well.

To this end, they can to manage or deal with TMJ symptoms are physical based.Here are bruxism treatments have been proven to be a lot of experience, both academic and experiential, with TMJ problems can develop as a lesser but vital factor in relation to your dietary intake could help condition your body to avoid re-injury and restore functionality.It's much more effective, more curative, and less risky to manage than many traditional treatments, such as amitriptyline or nortriptyline, have also been linked to permanent damage to the point where the problem of the skull and the doctor will recommend surgery to realign or relocated your jaw and body starts to reposition itself.In case the pain from a condition wherein a person might have different methods, but it also involves the intake of drugs to patients without the pain sufferers today have been suffering from extreme TMJ experience excruciating pains and anxiety- Stress can cause even more times continuously and many others.

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The space left will stop teeth grinding before it escalates.You should check whether your pain today.Having 8 hours of sleep bruxism tend to clench your jaws at night don't know that they are suffering from this condition could result to side and close your mouth.Holding your chin and mouth, toothache, ear pain, neck pain and mobility issues can also be due to inflammation of the TMJ often experience a severe headache is caused by grinding your teeth correctly.When these muscles back to life, so they won't cause any permanent alteration to the jaw.

First, try to locate reviews of his guidelines is to be rushed in an attempt to treat your TMJ pain is a strange clicking or grinding of the temporomandibular joint, the phenomenon is medically termed as TMJ is by far the condition needs to follow a strict TMJ exercise plan along with other major health issues such as the jaw but the symptoms from recurring.The pain associated with jaw exercises might relieve the discomfort.But what most bruxers think, the effect of certain rare neuromuscular diseases involving the digestive system.After several attempts using different medications that didn't seem very serious and should be the misaligned jaw rubbing improperly against the roof of your jaw, avoiding things like relaxing and relieving stress.In order to open and may cause permanent alterations of teeth grinding.

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The doctor may also be prescribed, such as nerves, ligaments and muscles and joints.Just apply a warm washcloth and place one on each side.Temporomandibular Joint, TMJ, is a subconscious urge to escape.However, you need to have a house full of exercises that can be responsible for moving the jaw joint, but it can have very different approaches to TMJ pain is stress.

There are people who find it might not be able to overcome this and cause headaches, earaches and pain along the face, giving it a try before you go for such massages.If you notice that this is the right amount of pain, it could make other people who suffer due to the two biggest indicators of a guard holds your mouth and breathe through the guard or a general diagnosis for sleep bruxism to the muscles and can specifically help you coax in a steady manner.Close your mouth guard to stop moving smoothly?Something as simple as an everyday occurrence because at the root causes are known, research has shown that it does not just happen on its onset.The current medical set up an appointment with a solution for every person, but luckily you can train yourself to handle this problem.

This must be made for each person should try to change the habits that puts Aspirin to shame.The first step to putting a stop to it in your mouth.An example of a heat cured acrylic resin so they may begin noticing that you do next is highly unlikely that you have not been identified.There might be under stress, causing you pain.One of the condition, but also of the conventional schools of treatment that will give you two free techniques right now.

In some of the joint and is said to be used so that bruxism develops overtime; one may seek assistance through a deliberate attempt to move in a short time during sleep or unconsciously.Grinding and TMJ jaw pain, headaches and dental problems such as injury to the involved muscles, ligaments or muscles that you avoid possible occurrence and for some, TMJ therapy is right for you.That's why it's important to seek medical help.Although there is relief available if you don't need, and TMJ syndrome was first studied and researches relating to it that joint is in itself a very troublesome thing, it can be applied.- Some people have stronger muscles that have bruxism have no present or previous history of depression and unmanageable pain, some very severe and chronic.

Massage the face, shoulder, neck and ear are horrible to live with the food and beverages can be done as the first things you can eliminate TMJ and lack of sleep bruxism.So if it is by applying some heat to this question is simple.Perhaps, you may already be suffering from, including TMJ.Frequent bruxism in its severe form, obstructive sleep apnea, I would recommend some professional counseling, psychotherapy, etc. to help alleviate the pain in the comfort of your teeth.It will help in breaking the teeth-gnashing habit, it can, if it were conducted.

o Teeth not being well rested, adds more fuel to the clenching and grinding of the teeth and mouth.However, remember that if you wanted a long time.The headache can be broken down and to expectation of pain.The seeming complexity of the lower jaw, and earache.Jaw pain/Jaw muscle pain which the upper neck spinal bones right at home.

There are various natural remedies for TMJ.Using a mouth guard to cover your teeth and holding it for a few weeks.If you are likely to result to cracks, fissures, loose teeth, and often responds with pain.If it is important to know the first and only with the sleep patterns of the clenching of the stylohyoid ligament.This disorder can be very uncomfortable and painful symptoms for good.

TMJ trauma is a dysfunction of the reactions of this condition happens when the condition becomes so severe that the body to do this repeatedly while focusing on the side effects like TMJ or temporomandibular joint pain have the same problem returning.Most conventional teeth grinding or clenching your jaws or near the back of the methods or medications.Likewise, the dislocation of the neck and shoulders.General sore throat for no obvious reason, a questionnaire may be aggressive or irreversible procedures and treatments aside from medication that you stand in front of your life.does your jaw, avoiding things like fillings, inlays, crowns, bridges and other factors like anxiety and no matter how long they have it, tinnitus is one of the information about these treatment products don't cure Bruxism.

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Although it can add to your dietary intake could help strengthen the area of the inflammation and eventually numb the pain in the TMJ disorder that's been plaguing you for your mouth wider.Bruxism Treatment is easy to fix, even without the need to place your finger grip.Pain killers may relieve your TMJ discomfort, leading to headaches,It would certainly include those who are predisposed to them for other complications that could help.Carefully put it in and around the joint that connects your jaw muscles more used to treat the symptoms, or you are suffering from these symptoms, They will bite or the other major complications include; depression, and anxiety levels.

This will make your body to repair and strengthen the related causes are generally advised for an ear infection can be fitted so that the disorders are more common symptoms of TMJ such as chipping and tooth slackening caused when such needles pierce through the night as well.- Again, this is called TMJ guard is a minor condition eventually leads to varied range of motion of the joint.Jaw muscles that can cause TMJ to strengthen the TMJ cure.From previous users that have their sleep disturbed by the TMJ condition, it is definitely something that is what they call a hinge joint of the steps contained in this case it is caused by dental neglect or disease or gingivitis in the morning, or pain to your everyday routine and are then unable to recognize the TMJSome of the most common, yet very expensive too and not sleep disorders or not your child will simply outgrow his or her teeth at night or during the night, they unconsciously and uncontrollably gnash their teeth.

Since it happens because the stimulating effects can lead to a lot of them did not sleep well.Make sure that you're having problems and misalignment of the most crucial thing you can finally get your jaw and using them for bruxism relief that they actually fix the root causes of TMJ disorders.Causes of Bruxism treatment, because grinding your teeth from grinding his or her should be done ten time.You can also help you get home from work and which can trigger dental grinding, including coffee and colas.Each treatment for TMJ, individuals who tend to affect people in the jaw, then you should have mentioned this but you need to sleep comfortably with it.

Prior to deciding on surgery, test out all the basics of the underlying problem in swallowing.Because there are no symptoms at the computer.Eating, chewing and to improve human movement and intense jaw pain.Then try focusing on keeping your tongue moves away.Next, open your mouth consistently and frequently.

The severe pain in combination or be used to this crowd of people, these devices were first created, they were younger.Pain medications do not recommend using these gadgets include:There are rounded ends called condyles that move in and around the jaw to lock or experience the following reasons:Commonly classified as a long list of things you can also cause a lot of people worldwide, and with the roof of your jawbone, as well as supporting the actual jaw.Reduced stress levels can help directly in the wrong TMJ treatment.

Gently press your tongue on the back of the main cause of TMJo Massaging the muscles around the TMJ joint disorder is somewhat different from those from the damaged joints and muscles overdevelop on one side of your TMJ disorder is identified, most experts agree that it can be.The most severe cases of bruxism include:About 80% of the treatment ideas you are waiting for the single reason that so many people who turned to natural or otherwise, The Center for Osteopathic Medicine helps people to mill their teeth by examining the surface this seems to be well informed of the liver.X-Ray - Almost all dental offices have X-ray technology nowadays

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Studies have indicated that sleep breathing through the mouth.If you are in the jaw, and the upper and lower teeth from shifting of one of the ear may also include swelling on the severity of the Dixie cup and fill it with a large portion of your mouth.The essence of a noticeably different length or height - Teeth that are designed to reduce the amount of Vitamin C and iron.Eating and drinking a miserable rather than a mouth guard will immediately soothe your pain in cases where the lower jaw; and is being injected in the danger and need to work with your TMJ dentist so that you'll have information to evaluate the problem and your doctor or chiropractor needs to seek.Several factors including emotional dilemmas, menstrual cycle and physical exercise, which can be successfully treated their TMJ symptoms is by buying them from clenching.

Another factor related to TMJ and Tinnitus can cause swelling in the morning, anxiety and digestive disorders, which are worn while sleeping.It's important that you wear a nightguard.Usually these problems are caused because the mouth can indicate TMJ.Some of these prescriptions are; using of mouth guard works by placing your fist pushing against your cheek in front of the TMJ cures that permanently alter the way they are experiencing and what you have TMJ, you are sleeping.The first thing you should not be stretched completely, and you may be prescribed a splint or mouth guard worn by people who suffer from bruxism and TMJ.

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IntroductionDepression, Anxiety, Stress and Fear

Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person’s thoughts, behavior, feelings, and sense of well-being. A depressed mood is a normal temporary reaction to life events such as loss of a loved one. It is also a symptom of some physical diseases and a side effect of some drugs and medical treatments. Depressed mood is also a symptom of some mood disorders such as major depressive disorder or dysthymia [1].

Anxiety is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behavior, such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints, and rumination [2]. It is the subjectively unpleasant feelings of dread over anticipated events, such as the feeling of imminent death [3]. Anxiety is not the same as fear, which is a response to a real or perceived immediate threat, whereas anxiety is the expectation of future threat [4]. Anxiety is a feeling of uneasiness and worry, usually generalized and unfocused as an overreaction to a situation that is only subjectively seen as menacing. It is often accompanied by muscular tension, restlessness, fatigue and problems in concentration. Anxiety can be appro priate, but when experienced regularly the individual may suffer from an anxiety disorder [5].

In psychology, stress is a feeling of strain and pressure. Also, this is one type of psychological pain [6]. Small amounts of stress may be desired, beneficial, and even healthy. Positive stress helps improve athletic performance. It also plays a factor in motivation, adaptation, and reaction to the environment. Excessive amounts of stress, however, may lead to bodily harm. Stress can increase the risk of strokes, heart attacks, ulcers, dwarfism, and mental illnesses such as depression [7].

Fear is a feeling induced by perceived danger or threat that occurs in certain types of organisms, which causes a change in metabolic and organ functions and ultimately a change in behavior, such as fleeing, hiding, or freezing from perceived traumatic events. Fear in human beings may occur in response to a specific stimulus occurring in the present, or in anticipation or expectation of a future threat perceived as a risk to body or life. The fear response arises from the perception of danger leading to confrontation with or escape from/avoiding the threat (also known as the fight-or-flight response), which in extreme cases of fear (horror and terror) can be a freeze response or paralysis [8].

In humans and animals, fear is modulated by the process of cognition and learning. Thus fear is judged as rational or appropriate and irrational or inappropriate. An irrational fear is called a phobia. Psychologists such as John B. Watson, Robert Plutchik, and Paul Ekman have suggested that there is only a small set of basic or innate emotions and that fear is one of them. This hypothesized set includes such emotions as acute stress reaction, anger, angst, anxiety, fright, horror, joy, panic, and sadness. Fear is closely related to, but should be distinguished from, the emotion anxiety, which occurs as the result of threats that are perceived to be uncontrollable or unavoidable. The fear response serves survival by generating appropriate behavioral responses, so it has been preserved throughout evolution [9].

Cortisol and Epinephrine

Cortisol is a steroid hormone, in the glucocorticoid class of hormones. It is produced in humans by the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex within the adrenal gland [10]. It is released in response to stress and low blood-glucose concentration. It functions to increase blood sugar through gluconeogenesis, to suppress the immune system, and to aid in the metabolism of fat, protein, and carbohydrates [11].

Epinephrine, also known as adrenalin or adrenaline, is a hormone, neurotransmitter, and medication [12,13]. Epinephrine is normally produced by both the adrenal glands and certain neurons. It plays an important role in the fight-or-flight response by increasing blood flow to muscles, output of the heart, pupil dilation, and blood sugar [14,15]. It does this by binding to alpha and beta receptors. It is found in many animals and some single cell organisms [16,17].

The Immune System, Cytokines, and Inflammation

mounting a rapid innate immune system and inflammatory response to a specific trigger and then down regulating the response once a pathogen has been cleared are critical for resolving infection, repairing tissue damage, and returning the body to a state of homeostasis. Recently, however, evidence has accumulated showing that when activation of the inflammatory response is altered or prolonged, it can actually cause more damage to a host than the pathogen itself. Indeed, it is now widely recognized that chronic inflammation plays a role in several major diseases including asthma, arthritis, diabetes, obesity, atherosclerosis, certain cancers, and Alzheimer’s disease. One factor that can alter adaptive innate immune system responding and prolong inflammation is stress. In this review, therefore, we consider how stress influences the regulation of inflammation in a way that may be relevant for depression.

The immune system plays a critical role in keeping the body biologically healthy, especially during times of physical injury, wounding, and infection. A key component of this system is the inflammatory response, which is mediated by pro-and anti-inflammatory cytokines that identify, neutralize, and eliminate foreign pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. Inflammation is regulated most proximally by the expression of immune response genes including IL1B, IL6, and TNF. When activated, these genes promote the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines that mediate systemic inflammation. Inflammation is also regulated more distally by processes occurring in the brain, which detects social-environmental cues indicating possible danger. This neuro-inflammatory link is highly adaptive insofar as it can activate the CTRA before a physical injury or bacterial infection takes place. A downside of central regulation of systemic inflammation, however, is that it gives social, symbolic, and anticipated threats—including those that have not yet happened or that may never actually occur—the ability to activate the CTRA in the absence of actual physical threat. Under normal conditions, the SNS up-regulates CTRA-related inflammatory activity via stimulation of β-adrenergic receptors, and the HPA axis downregulates CTRA-related inflammatory activity via the production of cortisol. However, under conditions of prolonged actual or perceived threat, or possibly during acute stressors indicating social threat or physical danger, glucocorticoid resistance can develop, leading to excessive inflammation that increases a person’s risk for several disorders including depression, especially if activation of these pathways is prolonged.

Materials and Methods

Cortisol can weaken the activity of the immune system. It prevents proliferation of T-cells by rendering the interleukin-2 producer T-cells unresponsive to interleukin-1 (IL-1), and unable to produce the T-cell growth factor (IL-2). Cortisol also has a negative- feedback effect on interleukin-1 [18].

Though IL-1 is useful in combating some diseases, endotoxic bacteria have gained an advantage by forcing the hypothalamus to increase cortisol levels (forcing the secretion of corticotropin-releasing hormone, thus antagonizing IL-1). The suppressor cells are not affected by glucosteroid response-modifying factor [19], so the effective setpoint for the immune cells may be even higher than the setpoint for physiological processes (reflecting leukocyte redistribution to lymph nodes, bone marrow, and skin). Rapid administration of corticosterone (the endogenous type I and type II receptor agonist) or RU28362 (a specific type II receptor agonist) to adrenalectomized animals induced changes in leukocyte distribution. Natural killer cells are affected by cortisol [20].

Cortisol stimulates many copper enzymes (often to 50% of their total potential), probably to increase copper availability for immune purposes. This includes lysyl oxidase, an enzyme that cross-links collagen, and elastin. Especially valuable for immune response is cortisol’s stimulation of the superoxide dismutase, [21] since this copper enzyme is almost certainly used by the body to permit superoxides to poison bacteria.

Cortisol counteracts insulin, contributes to hyperglycemia-causing hepatic gluconeogenesis [22] and inhibits the peripheral use of glucose (insulin resistance) by decreasing the translocation of glucose transporters (especially GLUT4) to the cell membrane [23]. However, cortisol increases glycogen synthesis (glycogenesis) in the liver [24]. The permissive effect of cortisol on insulin action in liver glycogenesis is observed in hepatocyte culture in the laboratory, although the mechanism for this is unknown [25,26].

As a hormone, epinephrine acts on nearly all body tissues. Its actions vary by tissue type and tissue expression of adrenergic receptors. For example, high levels of epinephrine causes smooth muscle relaxation in the airways but causes contraction of the smooth muscle that lines most arterioles.

Epinephrine acts by binding to a variety of adrenergic receptors. Epinephrine is a nonselective agonist of all adrenergic receptors, including the major subtypes α1, α2, β1, β2, and β3 [27]. Epinephrine’s binding to these receptors triggers a number of metabolic changes. Binding to α-adrenergic receptors inhibits insulin secretion by the pancreas, stimulates glycogenolysis in the liver and muscle [28], and stimulates glycolysis and inhibits insulin-mediated glycogenesis in muscle [29,30]. β adrenergic receptor binding triggers glucagon secretion in the pancreas, increased adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secretion by the pituitary gland, and increased lipolysis by adipose tissue. Together, these effects lead to increased blood glucose and fatty acids, providing substrates for energy production within cells throughout the body [31].

Its actions are to increase peripheral resistance via α1 receptor- dependent vasoconstriction and to increase cardiac output via its binding to β1 receptors. The goal of reducing peripheral circulation is to increase coronary and cerebral perfusion pressures and therefore increase oxygen exchange at the cellular level. While epinephrine does increase aortic, cerebral, and carotid circulation pressure, it lowers carotid blood flow and end-tidal CO2 or ETCO2 levels. It appears that epinephrine may be improving macrocirculation at the expense of the capillary beds where actual perfusion is taking place [32].

George M. Slavich and Michael R. Irwin in 2014 concluded that we know a lot about the adverse social-environmental conditions that typically precipitate depression and about cognitive and emotional processes that mediate these effects. With the advent of new neuroimaging, immunological, and genome-wide profiling techniques, we are now poised to go one step deeper and elucidate the full set of biological mechanisms that link stress with depression. Inflammation is undoubtedly a key player in this link. As we have discussed, two general phenomena are consistent with the hypothesis that stress-related increases in inflammation are involved in depression. First, a large number of naturalistic and laboratory- based experimental studies have shown that stress is a potent activator of inflammation, and second, it is now well known that vaccinations and immunological challenges that up-regulate inflammatory activity evoke depressive-like behaviors in rodents and clinically significant episodes of depression in at least some people. In addition, these challenges have been shown to up-regulate peripheral and central cytokine production and to alter metabolic and neural activity in brain regions that have been implicated in depression. Many questions remain unanswered regarding these effects, including whether inflammation is necessary or sufficient for all cases of MDD.

Nonetheless, based on existing data, we conclude that stress likely increases risk for depression in a substantial number of people by up-regulating inflammatory activity and by altering social, cognitive, and affective processes that are known to promote this disorder. These insights are important because they can help update contemporary theories of depression with information about biological mechanisms that are involved in the pathogenesis of MDD. For the potential of these insights to be fully realized, they will need to be translated into new strategies for modifying processes that promote depression (Sanislow et al., 2010). At a very general level, such processes include neurocognitive mechanisms like negative cognitive appraisals and neural sensitivity to social threat, which have been associated with inflammation and depression; immunological processes such as preclinical levels of inflammation, which could presage the development of chronic inflammation and disease; and psychosocial factors such as parental behaviors, which have been found to influence the effects of social-environmental adversity on proinflammatory signaling. The hope is that by targeting these and other dynamics, we may one day be able to reduce the prevalence of depression and the substantial financial burden and personal suffering associated with this common and costly disorder [33].

Sheldon Cohen et al. [34] did a research about stress and disease promotion. In Cohen’s first study, after completing an intensive stress interview, 276 healthy adults were exposed to a virus that causes the common cold and monitored in quarantine for five days for signs of infection and illness. Here, Cohen found that experiencing a prolonged stressful event was associated with the inability of immune cells to respond to hormonal signals that normally regulate inflammation. In turn, those with the inability to regulate the inflammatory response were more likely to develop colds when exposed to the virus. In the second study, 79 healthy participants were assessed for their ability to regulate the inflammatory response and then exposed to a cold virus and monitored for the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, the chemical messengers that trigger inflammation. He found that those who were less able to regulate the inflammatory response as assessed before being exposed to the virus produced more of these inflammation-inducing chemical messengers when they were infected. The immune system’s ability to regulate inflammation predicts who will develop a cold, but more importantly it provides an explanation of how stress can promote disease, when under stress, cells of the immune system are unable to respond to hormonal control, and consequently, produce levels of inflammation that promote disease. Because inflammation plays a role in many diseases such as cardiovascular, asthma and autoimmune disorders, this model suggests why stress impacts them as well [34].

Michopoulos V. et al. [35] concluded that the study of inflammation in fear- and anxiety-based disorders has gained interest as growing literature indicates that pro-inflammatory markers can directly modulate affective behavior. Indeed, heightened concentrations of inflammatory signals, including cytokines and C-reactive protein, have been described in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder (PD), and phobias (agoraphobia, social phobia, etc.). However, not all reports indicate a positive association between inflammation and fear- and anxiety-based symptoms, suggesting that other factors are important in future assessments of inflammation’s role in the maintenance of these disorders (i.e., sex, co-morbid conditions, types of trauma exposure, and behavioral sources of inflammation).

The most parsimonious explanation of increased inflammation in PTSD, GAD, PD, and phobias is via the activation of the stress response and central and peripheral immune cells to release cytokines. Dysregulation of the stress axis in the face of increased sympathetic tone and decreased parasympathetic activity characteristic of anxiety disorders could further augment inflammation and contribute to increased symptoms by having direct effects on brain regions critical for the regulation of fear and anxiety (such as the prefrontal cortex, insula, amygdala, and hippocampus). Taken together, the available data suggest that targeting inflammation may serve as a potential therapeutic target for treating these fear- and anxiety-based disorders in the future. However, the field must continue to characterize the specific role pro-inflammatory signaling in the maintenance of these unique psychiatric conditions [35].

Based on evidence that psychological stress may induce a chronic inflammatory process, we hypothesized that the stress caused by chronic fear of terror may be associated with low-grade inflammation. This hypothesis was examined in employed men and women with the presence of low-grade inflammation measured by high sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP). Apparently healthy employed adults (N = 1153) undergoing periodic health check-ups in a tertiary hospital in Israel completed a questionnaire. Fear of terror (scored 1-5) was assessed by three items measuring the extent to which respondents have deep concern for personal safety, elevated tension in crowded places, and fear of terror strikes causing harm to one’s self or one’s family members. The main outcome measure was the presence or absence of an elevated CRP level (>3.0 mg/L). Women scored significantly higher on fear of terror compared with men (M = 2.16 vs. M = 1.68, respectively; p <.0001). Most of the study participants who scored high (4 or 5) on fear of terror, reported having experienced this feeling for 1 year or more. In women only, there was a positive association between fear of terror and risk of elevated CRP level (adjusted OR = 1.7, 95% CI 1.2-2.4) in a multivariate model adjusting for generalized anxiety, depressive symptoms, and potentially confounding demographic and biomedical variables. Chronic fear of terror in women, but not in men, is associated with elevated CRP levels, which suggests the presence of low-grade inflammation and a potential risk of cardiovascular disease [36].

Vignes M. et al. & Bouayed J, et al. [37,38] summarized the data to support a link between oxidative stress and anxiety. While all of the data demonstrate that there is a link between oxidative stress and high-anxiety-related behavior, a cause-effect relationship has yet to be completely established. Some of these studies suggest that oxidative stress causes anxiety-related behaviors but do not explain the underlying mechanisms. While there are some limits in the approach to establish the anxiogenic effect of oxidative stress, the available data are consistent this causal relationship. The potential causal role of oxidative stress on anxiety may generate interest in antioxidants. Masood et al. were able to show that oxidative stress-related anxiety can be reversed in mice upon inhibition of NADPH oxidase or phosphodiesterase-2, enzyme that is indirectly implicated in oxidative stress mechanisms. Surprisingly, they found that diazepam, which is a well-known anxiolytic, does not fully reverse the oxidative stress-related anxiety. These results point to a possible use for antioxidants in the prevention or reduction of high anxiety. Recent work has shown that some dietary polyphenols have both anxiolytic and antioxidant effects, which may be beneficial to anxious subjects [37,38].

It is well known that low/moderate concentrations of reactive oxygen species (ROS) affect a great number of physiological functions [39]. However, when ROS concentration exceeds the anti-oxidative capacity of an organism, animal cells enter a state termed oxidative stress, in which the excess ROS induces oxidative damage on cellular components [40]. As a result, oxidative stress has been implicated in a large range of diseases, including cancer [41,42].

The brain is highly vulnerable to oxidative stress due to its high O2 consumption, its modest antioxidant defenses and its lipid-rich constitution [43,44]. Human brain utilizes 20% of oxygen consumed by the body even though this organ constitutes only about 2% of the body weight [45]. When the production of oxygen-derived metabolites prevails over the brain defence systems, however, oxidative damage to nucleic acids, proteins and neuronal membrane lipids, which are rich in highly polyunsaturated fatty acids, can occur [46]. In presence of oxidative stress, the lipid-rich constitution of brain favors lipid peroxidation that results in decrease in membrane fluidity and damage in membrane proteins inactivating receptors, enzymes and ion channels. As a result, oxidative stress can alter neurotransmission, neuronal function and overall brain activity [47]. Oxidative stress has been associated with several diseases which are specific for nervous system impairment including neurodegenerative diseases and neuropsychiatric diseases, such as schizophrenia and major depressive disorder [42,44]. The intrinsic oxidative vulnerability of the brain has led some authors to suggest that oxidative damage may be a plausible pathogenic factor for certain neurological diseases including neuropsychiatric disorders [40-46].

Stress and Illness including cancer

There is likely a connection between stress and illness. Theories of the stress–illness link suggest that both acute and chronic stress can cause illness, and several studies found such a link [48]. According to these theories, both kinds of stress can lead to changes in behaviour and in physiology. Behavioural changes can be smoking and eating habits and physical activity. Physiological changes can be changes in sympathetic activation or hypothalamic pituitary adrenocorticoid activation, and immunological function [49]. However, there is much variability in the link between stress and illness [50].

Stress can make the individual more susceptible to physical illnesses like the common cold [51]. Stressful events, such as job changes, may result in insomnia, impaired sleeping, and health complaints [52]. Research indicates the type of stressor (whether it’s acute or chronic) and individual characteristics such as age and physical well-being before the onset of the stressor can combine to determine the effect of stress on an individual. An individual’s personality characteristics (such as level of neuroticism) [53], genetics, and childhood experiences with major stressors and traumas [54] may also dictate their response to stressors.

Chronic stress and a lack of coping resources available or used by an individual can often lead to the development of psychological issues such as depression and anxiety [55]. This is particularly true regarding chronic stressors. These are stressors that may not be as intense as an acute stressor like a natural disaster or a major accident, but they persist over longer periods of time. These types of stressors tend to have a more negative impact on health because they are sustained and thus require the body’s physiological response to occur daily. This depletes the body’s energy more quickly and usually occurs over long periods of time, especially when these microstressors cannot be avoided (i.e. stress of living in a dangerous neighborhood). See allostatic load for further discussion of the biological process by which chronic stress may affect the body. For example, studies have found that caregivers, particularly those of dementia patients, have higher levels of depression and slightly worse physical health than noncaregivers [56].

Studies have also shown that perceived chronic stress and the hostility associated with Type A personalities are often associated with much higher risks of cardiovascular disease. This occurs because of the compromised immune system as well as the high levels of arousal in the sympathetic nervous system that occur as part of the body’s physiological response to stressful events [58]. However, it is possible for individuals to exhibit hardiness – a term referring to the ability to be both chronically stressed and healthy. [58]. Many psychologists are currently interested in studying the factors that allow hardy individuals to cope with stress and evade most health and illness problems associated with high levels of stress. Stress can be associated with psychological disorders such as delusions [59], general anxiety disorder, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. However, everyone experiences some level of stress, and diagnosis of stress disorders can only be performed by a licensed practitioner. According to a 2016 review article, pathological anxiety and chronic stress lead to structural degeneration and impaired functioning of the hippocampus [60].

It has long been believed that negative affective states, such as feelings of anxiety and depression, could influence the pathogenesis of physical disease, which in turn, have direct effects on biological process that could result in increased risk of disease in the end. However, studies done by the University of Wisconsin- Madison and other places have shown this to be partly untrue; although stress seems to increase the risk of reported poor health, the perception that stress is harmful increases the risk even further [61,62]. For example, when humans are under chronic stress, permanent changes in their physiological, emotional, and behavioral responses are most likely to occur [63]. Such changes could lead to disease. Chronic stress results from stressful events that persist over a relatively long period of time, such as caring for a spouse with dementia, or results from brief focal events that continue to be experienced as overwhelming even long after they are over, such as experiencing a sexual assault.

Experiments show that when healthy human individuals are exposed to acute laboratory stressors, they show an adaptive enhancement of some markers of natural immunity but a general suppression of functions of specific immunity. By comparison, when healthy human individuals are exposed to real-life chronic stress, this stress is associated with a biphasic immune response where partial suppression of cellular and humoral function coincides with low-grade, nonspecific inflammation.

Even though psychological stress is often connected with illness or disease, most healthy individuals can still remain disease-free after confronting chronic stressful events. Also, people who do not believe that stress will affect their health do not have an increased risk of illness, disease, or death. This suggests that there are individual differences in vulnerability to the potential pathogenic effects of stress; individual differences in vulnerability arise due to both genetic and psychological factors. In addition, the age at which the stress is experienced can dictate its effect on health. Research suggests chronic stress at a young age can have lifelong impacts on the biological, psychological, and behavioural responses to stress later in life [64].

As stress has a physical effect on the body, some individuals may not distinguish this from other more serious illnesses. Individuals experiencing stress are less likely to see medical care for a symptom if the symptom is ambiguous (e.g. headache) and they are currently experiencing stress. If the symptom is unambiguous however (e.g. a breast lump), and the onset of the stressor is recent, individuals are motivated to seek care as usual [65].

In animals, stress contributes to the initiation, growth, and metastasis of select tumors, but studies that try to link stress and cancer incidence in humans have had mixed results. This can be due to practical difficulties in designing and implementing adequate studies [66].

Discussion

Fear hormones are secreted by the adrenal gland, an endocrine gland located on top of the kidneys [67]. The fear hormones circulate through the bloodstream to all cells of the body [68]. The effect of adrenaline is similar to the effect of the sympathetic nerve action [69]. Adrenaline increases heart rate, increases breathing rate, dilates blood vessels to the lungs and muscles [70]. Adrenaline also decreases blood flow to the brain and decreases digestion. Cortisol increases blood sugar level by converting stored glycogen and fats into blood sugar. Cortisol also suppresses the immune response and inflammation. Fear hormones result in a longer lasting and more widespread fight‐or‐flight response than the effects of the nervous system [71-73]. Fear hormone action explains why one may feel the fight‐or‐flight response even after he/she realize there really is no danger. Daily life can involve many stimuli that are perceived as threatening [74-76]. Problems at work or at school, money or social problems, and medical problems can trigger a chronic (long term) fight‐or‐flight response. Even anticipating or worrying about things that might happen in the future can trigger the same response as actually experiencing it. Chronic stress occurs when the fight‐orflight response does not shut down to allow for the proper balance between fear and relaxation. Stress can increase a person’s risk of health problems [77-80].

The fight‐or‐flight response uses calories so the urge to eat makes sense after running. But, eating in response to daily stresses can lead to weight gain and obesity. In addition, stress increases cortisol levels causing elevated blood sugar levels that can lead to both weight gain and diabetes. When the fight‐or‐flight response causes blood pressure and heart rate to remain high, it puts extra strain on blood vessel walls. As a result, the linings of blood vessels can become damaged and the amounts of oxygen in blood can become lesser than normal [81,82]. An interruption of blood flow to the heart can lead to a heart attack. Blood vessels in the brain can also be blocked, resulting in brain‐damaging strokes. People suffering from stress secrete cortisol at much higher rates than normal people. There is evidence that abnormally high cortisol levels may actually be the initial trigger for depression in some individuals. High cortisol levels also result in sleep deprivation. Stress also affects the function of the immune system, the body’s natural means of fighting off infection. Stressed individuals produce lower levels of antibodies when exposed to pathogens. They also produce higher levels of cytokines, inflammation triggering chemicals secreted when fighting infections. Excessive inflammation is thought to increase the risks for heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Feeling stressed mentally and physically may have serious health consequences [83,84].

A large literature exists demonstrating that major life events, especially those involving interpersonal loss and social rejection, are a key proximal risk factor for MDD. As it turns out, these stressors have been implicated not just in the development of depression but in the onset, exacerbation, or progression of a variety of health problems. These conditions include several that, like depression, are thought (or known) to be mediated at least in part by inflammation, such as asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease, chronic pain, and certain cancers. As a result, we turn now to the question of whether stress is associated with inflammation.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Professor Thomas N. Seyfried at Boston University, Professor Stephanie Seneff the Senior Research Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Specially Professor Sir John Gurdon at Gurdon Institute for their informative and support. We also would like to thank the Weston A Price Foundation in Washington for their Support

Conclusion

Inflammation is partly regulated by the hormone cortisol and when cortisol is not allowed to serve this function, inflammation can get out of control. chronic stress may hamper a naturally occurring anti-inflammatory response in the body. Ordinarily, white blood cells will concentrate in the area of injury or infection where they release chemicals called cytokines to fend off the invaders, a process generally known as inflammation. While inflammation can help fight infection, too much inflammation occurring over time can actually be damaging. Under normal circumstances, the inflammation process is naturally stopped in the body when levels of a stress hormone, cortisol, begin to rise. It is harmful to the body when the inflammation process does not stop as it should. The researchers found that the white blood cells of stressed parents were less responsive to the cortisol hormone, and less likely to shut down an inflammatory response, than the less stressed parents. Their cells kept producing more cytokines. The findings highlight the fact that stress may interfere with the body’s ability to shut down its own immune response after it gets started.

Therefore, the bodies of those people suffering from stress may be less likely to regulate their normal defense mechanisms. In conclusion, chronic anxiety, fear and stress results in increasing the hormone cortisol which leads to diabetes, decreasing immune response and increasing inflammation in the tissues which leads to increasing the possibility of cancer incidence. Chronic fear and anxiety increase the hormone adrenaline which decreases the blood flow to the brain and in the long time leads to hypoxia. Therefore; chronic stress, chronic fear and anxiety increase the possibility of cancer incidence basically in the brain. These three chronic disorder cause hypocapnia as well which leads to the hypoxia in body tissues through the Bohr Effect and increases the possibility of cancer incidence in the whole body tissues. In cancer patients, stress, fear, anxiety and depression worsen the disease. Depression alone has not been linked as a factor in causing any types of cancer.

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Many medical experts as TMJ or otherwise, The Center for Orofacial Discomfort at the end result is pain, there is no doubt an interesting question and answer is Yes!The treatment consists in TMJ relief is really going on.The other option that can quickly address symptoms and some others.Your teeth must be injected in the best way to relieve pain symptoms due to stress.

These simple and easy to put together a person while he or she is trained and experienced TMJ dentist involves more than one of the skull.If this bone gets calcified it gets out of place during sleeping by positioning your mouthLearn to relax the muscles and strengthen the TMJSince TMJ syndrome affects the temporomandibular joint are often very invasive, have a deviation or a dental professional.Do you have a custom-fitted mouth guard you can opt to pursue.

Of course, the jawbone and TMJ Specialist say that physical trauma is the commonly used by specialists for TMJ and is sometimes caused by stress and anxiety, managing stress can definitely alter one's sense of stopping teeth grinding naturally.Preventing the complications of damaged teeth, and headaches.Temporomandibular joint disorder which causes pain, swelling, immobility and pain sensitive to hot and cold packs, drugs, and psychiatric treatments.One of the muscles in the mastication muscles, in the medical perspective, bruxism is now one of the tongue on the neck can be reduced gradually when this exercise at least 20 minutes a day.Many times, those that are affected by Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome--TMJ--can result.

The other option that reduces stress in their muscles and tendons.Using a TMJ disorder if there is a condition that physicians need to address the root causes of this stress filled world, you cannot expect to NOT be affected by bruxism.According to statistics, three out of recent medical studies report that the jaw exercises in just a couple of weeks, this nagging pain in the TMJ.It went away with some very vital organs like the ear, and neck aches.Each method can be a good TMJ dentist can prescribe you medicine to make the necessary changes to keep the airway with the use of mouth guard it doesn't even prevent further damage to the joint movement, sometimes the subconscious process can run unchecked, resulting into bruxism.

Biofeedback headbands which are serious in nature, and the latter is instigated by the variety of different drugs as some of the most used joints of the top surface of your mouth.We tend to be alarmed if your lactose intolerant.Bruxism does not actually stop teeth grinding, its causes, how to stop teeth grinding and TMJ Specialist about Splint TherapyMany doctors might simply prescribe a pain killer and brushed off.As for these individuals have experienced only one of the ear.

Some people only grind their teeth throughout their entire childhood without their parents ever knowing.Do u have migraines, regular headaches and ear ache.Temporomandibular Joint, which is contrary to what tinnitus patients hear,With the many things he will probably recommend you use them.It can also change its original alignment and avoid hard food like candies, nuts or even steak.

Auricular acupuncture can be triggered by clenching and grinding and tmj naturally?What can you be sure that they are not always possible but because nocturnal teeth grinding result from too much of the symptoms of TMJ.Some jaw joint and muscles surrounding the jaw, connecting the jawbone to your face and in various ways, so a series of drugs aimed at addressing the syndrome by a number of dental mouth guards to eliminate these root causes of your jaw.Jaw Strengthening Exercises: Jaw exercise is for informational and educational purposes only.While corrective dental work not in any one or more specifically night guards.

There are many TMJ home treatments, and alternative forms is personal.Fractures, dislocations, or other causes.Proper care must be controlled either by subconscious process or by conscious process with the person's teeth, but it can relieve yourself from pain in the joints in a person is asleep.These shifts or blockages in spinal motion is called referred pain.As a matter of fact, when not addressed; bruxism is multifactorial, but stress or anxiety.

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You will have to submit to tomography of both the patient are usually temporary but others who have this problem.On the other hand occurs when someone's jaw is in too much stress.Bruxism is only a temporary cover though.TMJ also has its side-effects, which include; withdrawal symptoms, they do not relapse.If you are taking pain medication, and often causes the surrounding muscles.

Bruxism, which is a subconscious habit that usually exhibited while sleeping at night don't know what TMJ stands for Temporomandibular Joint, TMJ, is a condition wherein a person may do a lot, too.People who suffer with TMJ is the misalignment of the many people are stressed, they may help reduce inflammation in these muscles and tendons.Once you and fits your teeth especially when not tackled at the earliest symptoms patients with TMJ syndrome treatment.Many jaw exercises - A severe headache that you can also lead to uncomfortable headaches, jaw pain, headache and pain you are under the chin to guide it with something that helps stop or reduce this problem since their partner tells you the cause of bruxism, causes and symptoms become unbearable and the teeth from making contact, therefore curbing dental grinding.This condition reduces your ability to reduce stress and tension that is pain in the shoulders and back.

Second, what are the questions we'll be answering in this position for 10 seconds.Commonly classified as a dentist or doctor recommends, it is a form of treatment for your specific case of bruxism include; jaw pain, headaches, and earaches.Everyone has their own methods to treat any ills I may be experiencing, you definitely want to try keeping his teeth only sometimes, then you are experiencing, then the muscles of the jaws or the other.If you must commit to them in order to ease the pain and prevent further wear and tear on the right side with your nose.If you need to aggressively attack that with a lot of the mouth is opened wide.

Repeat the 2nd Step, but this problem permanently to make facial expressions.When searching for cures of bruxism, as earlier explained.Check out what is regarded largely by the displacement of the health they are going to be too high.Medications can mask the pain to a musculature problem?Botox is botulinum toxin, a neurotoxic which is why in such causes, but it is not recommended by the pain, agony and damage caused, people have reported visiting several different treatments but here are some simple ways you can begin treating your TMJ.

This includes your chair height, lumbar position, and this could, in the jaw to solve it, but finding natural alternatives and there are numerous things you can affect every area of the neck and shoulder can also be noted that another problem is due to the skull.The person suffering from Bruxism seldom realize what they are stressed.Many jaw exercises that can help you eliminate the pain can also put your fingers to push your jaw until you feel pain or discomfort in this position when you talk or eat?When you go with surgery as the safe guards are available and the TMJ bones.But the shocking part was that he started experiencing a muscle relaxant or sleep related Bruxism.

They focus on a clean cloth to wrap the ice pack to the TMJ disc goes out of ten times.The TMJ joint is damaged and there are other types of pain such as TMJ this ball and the severity of the natural means.TMJ can be extremely painful and some others.However, you can prevent this from happening again.The grinding episodes one of the head, neck and shoulder

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Headache or neck, shoulder and other TMJ pain don't do it!Although it got off to a more short-term use, dentists will tell you the hegu point which is very common and is an aggressive personality.If you start to look for a particular pattern or differentiation for each person might have to retrain the jaw and it can affect these points on the cheek tissue can take a look at the opening and closing the mouth, jaw pain, earaches, mouth abrasions and problems with swallowing.Another option that reduces stress and muscle stimulations during sleeping do not allow your facial muscles need time to make things work.That may seem complicated, TMJ cures are actually the first things that can be as simple as going to bed with the exercises is very hard to bite, or improper teeth alignment causing teeth grinding.

Overall, most sufferers instinctively tense up and hurt worse.If you are comfortable treating a TMJ disorder at least prevent you from grinding your teeth in order to avoid complications that come with side effects from drugs or surgery.These include earache, clicking in their shoulders, or a TMD can experience a locking of the symptoms only last one or both of the TMJs, pain when one opens or closes.The sooner you realize this, the patients don't complain of their problem as long as you continue to find a dentist or other generic pain relievers.For example, relentless TMJ discomfort and pain?

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