Sleeping While Grinding your Teeth

 This isn’t the only thing that people have to deal with when sleeping in the same room as another person. Some people have to deal with the night time teeth grinding that many people have and that can be just as bad as listening to someone snore all night long.

 If you live with someone that grinds their teeth all night long, you know how annoying it is to try to get to sleep. Most of you will simply roll over and put a pillow over your head in the hopes that you can drown out the sound of the other person’s teeth slowly grinding against each other. Of course, this never really works and you end up not getting near enough sleep at night, making your mornings even more unbearable than they already are for you. The good news is that there are things that you can do to help yourself and the person grinding their teeth.

 The first thing you should be aware of is that the person who is grinding their teeth doesn’t actually know they are doing it. In fact, this is a completely subconscious action on their part and they will probably argue with you about it in the morning if you say anything. Unless they have issues with sore jaws or teeth or find that they have a persistent headache every morning after they wake up, they might actually think you are the one grinding your teeth and not them.

 You can suggest that they use a mouth guard when they sleep and, if they are aware that they are the ones grinding their teeth, this may actually work out very well for both of you. If you feel that it might be more stress related issues rather than anything else causing them to grind their teeth, you might want to take 30 minutes before going to sleep to relax. You can put on some relaxing music and both of you do a simple meditation before lying down. It may not work the first couple of nights, but it will eventually get better the more you do it. This means a better night’s sleep for both you and the person that is grinding their teeth all night long, every single night.