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I Keep Cracking My Jaw And I Can't Stop...

flex99923 said:
i suffer from this also

i suffer from this unwated sh*t i have been doing it for about a year now and cant stop it sometimes locks and then i have to kinda puch it 2 get it back in place which sometimes causes me pain but i like releasing the tension building up i know its the worst habbit ever :eek: but i know i have no way of stopping it .....
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[doublepost=1545709758][/doublepost]There is always a way..
Don't treat it as a bad habit..
Treat it as an addiction..
Coz there is no tension in your jaw muscles, and never was.. May be a little..
But its just that feeling of popping sound that makes u feel good..
And as time goes on.. The popping sound needed to satisfy yourself becomes big.. That you become uncomfortable if you don't hear a big pop..
So..
Nothing to worry..
The solution is.. To stop it..
Don't stop doing it directly in one go.. But just keep on reducing it..
Day by day..
It may make you very uncomfortable but..
Consider this as the cost..
And it will surely go.. The same way it came to you..

I have been in that situation too.. So listen to me.. Coz I am sure you would not like to see how worse it can get..

Use can search Internet, and consult a doctor, or use any other method to stay away from it.. But do try to get rid of it.. Coz it's Worth..
Remember.. The hardest choices require strongest will.. Thanks..
And remember.. Idle mind is devil's workshop.. So stay. busy.. Stay connected..
 
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SamIchi said:
So like a month ago, I was moving my jaw around and I heard this huge crack. I didn't think much of it, it didn't hurt, and felt kinda of good like cracking my knuckles. After a few days I did it again, and eventually I figured out which way to move my jaw to crack. So now I do it more often like cracking my knuckles. Is this ok?

I can do it to both sides of my jaw. After it's cracked I can't do it for a while, and I can hear fluid movin' around cause it's right next to the ear. The other day I tried cracking it too many times in a day and it got really sore so I stopped. I'm always moving my jaw now, I can't stop. :eek: What should I do? Can anyone else do this?
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Yes, I was messing around with my jaw once and then later found out how to crack it. I out my finger right under my ear and move and and boom I hear and feel it crack ;0; now I'm constantly doing it. So I can do it.
[doublepost=1548920453][/doublepost]Yes, once I was messing around with my jaw and I heard and felt a crack I freaked out and the next day I moved it around and I felt it again. Soon I did it repeatedly and enjoy it. I put my finger right under ear and move my jaw and boom it cracks. I do it all the time now.
 
Wow, I can't believe this thread keeps getting revived.

I have since stopped this. Just took some will power. Rarely am I tempted to do it. I do have a weird click in my jaw that has developed since then, but I'm not sure where it came from. Not sure if it's from cracking but it's doesn't cause any problems.
 
SamIchi said:
Wow, I can't believe this thread keeps getting revived.

I have since stopped this. Just took some will power. Rarely am I tempted to do it. I do have a weird click in my jaw that has developed since then, but I'm not sure where it came from. Not sure if it's from cracking but it's doesn't cause any problems.
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You may have stop the clicking/cracking on your own, but you jaw could still feel out of alignment as if you had to click but like its there for you to do but you just don't do it.
 
Hi how is it going..
I've been ckracking/popping my jaw since i was around 13 years of age and am about to be 29 ... The day i started popping was when i woke up and popped my jaw by axcident and felt kinda good, so i found a way to keep doing so. And now i am still doing so, i want to find a way to stop. Everytime i try to stop i just say ... just this once i want to pop it again just 1 more time and thats it !! But nope... i still do so... i heard that its bad for your tendelions or whatever you have up in between the jaw muscle. I dont think its like medical but its just a VERY BAD HABBIT. That i hope i can stop !
 
I have been doing it for like a year now. I push my right hand against my right ear and move my jaw to the left and I hear this loud crack that no one else can hear. Then I do the same to the left side. I used to only do it once a day on each side but now I do it like 5 times on each side cause it is so satisfying. I can’t be stopped. I must be stopped. Help me.
 
Dodgeman said:
Yeah. Any remedies yet from people?
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As an update, I will say mine has stopped. It started in about 10th grade for me, and both sides would pop multiple times a day. I sympathize with the fact that it was addictive and somehow relieving when it did pop! I had "freerer" movement of my jaw despite the squishy sounds in my ears after it popped.

Years ago I finally made a personal point to STOP *making* it crack/pop. It seems to have worked. SOMETIMES/RARELY I try to make it do it, but it won't. I still sometimes get the squishy sound when opening my jaw wide or clenching my teeth, but nothing like before. It never cracks/pops (like a knuckle pop) like before anymore.

Every time you feel the need to do that, just tell yourself you're not going to do that anymore.
 
SamIchi said:
So like a month ago, I was moving my jaw around and I heard this huge crack. I didn't think much of it, it didn't hurt, and felt kinda of good like cracking my knuckles. After a few days I did it again, and eventually I figured out which way to move my jaw to crack. So now I do it more often like cracking my knuckles. Is this ok?

I can do it to both sides of my jaw. After it's cracked I can't do it for a while, and I can hear fluid movin' around cause it's right next to the ear. The other day I tried cracking it too many times in a day and it got really sore so I stopped. I'm always moving my jaw now, I can't stop. :eek: What should I do? Can anyone else do this?
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I do that all the Time.
No adverse effects, yet!! :D
 
Many years ago during a function I sneezed while yawning and seemed to have done a number on my jaw joint. I had cracking issues for just over a year but they subsided. I had a scan done and there was no damage. I tend to be careful when sneezing now. My left jaw joint was affected. I could yawn and close and feel a slip/crack when closing my mouth. It wasn't a very pleasant experience either. Sometimes it seemed as if my jaw was stuck in position, too.
 
Mylovvv said:
I have been doing it for like a year now. I push my right hand against my right ear and move my jaw to the left and I hear this loud crack that no one else can hear. Then I do the same to the left side. I used to only do it once a day on each side but now I do it like 5 times on each side cause it is so satisfying. I can’t be stopped. I must be stopped. Help me.
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So this is an update. After doing it so many times it caused pain as it would hurt when I would eat. I was chewing a peanut butter sand which and my jaw was in so much pain. So I stopped doing it and took a break for like a day and a half cause my jaw was sore and it hurt to talk. And now it feels normal but I still do the bad habit. Every time I do it I feel a liquid or something in the back of my throat go down my throat. I try to stop but I can’t. I even recorded it for some ASMR. I tell people and they get close enough to hear it and they say that’s not normal.
 
I joined this forum today just because of this very old thread. Thank you to the mods for not closing it.

I discovered I could do this when I was about 8 and became addicted immediately, cracking dozens of times a day. I'm in my 70's now and it has been a lifelong battle. I was a stage performer for a time and there are many otherwise great photos of me that show my jaw in a weird position because they caught me mid-crack :-( If for no other reason, it is good to stop because of what other people can see, it is not normal.

I can literally crack my jaws every few seconds all day long. Both sides. As time has passed there is more 'crepitus' sound and less single loud crack sound. I still do not have any diagnosis of TMJD or similar, but can definitely cause discomfort and soreness if I keep it up.

The advice already given to will oneself into stopping is good - and it does work - but difficult to stick to. I can stop for a time as long as I am consciously monitoring my behavior, as soon as I am focusing elsewhere the habit returns and I'm often not immediately aware that has happened.

Throughout my life the urge has always increased when stressed or having 'manic' periods, too much caffeine, or not enough sleep. At one point I was prescribed mild tranquilizers for insomnia for a short period, and the urge stopped during that time. It will also stop if I am extremely tired and fatigued.

Something that has really helped - though not cured, unfortunately - are exercises designed to help treat TMJD at home. Google these! Please don't hesitate to speak with a dentist or doctor if you have any concerns at all about trying them. You don't want to lock your jaw accidentally or cause damage.

The exercises that have helped me are: 1. Pushing my jaw from side to side at various points along the jaw, from in front of ears to places under cheekbones, using my fingertips and heels of palms, 2. Closing my jaw, then pushing up under my chin for resistance while I try to open my jaw, and 3. Opening my jaw wide then pushing down on my chin for resistance while I try to close it. These three exercises temporarily curb my urge to crack, I believe by relieving tension which for me I think is at the heart of my addiction. The exercises find tender and sore spots I didn't know were there and provide relief for me from those as well.

I wish I knew how to stop doing this permanently. I may not officially have TMJD but I'm sure the whole situation isn't healthy.
 
SamIchi said:
So like a month ago, I was moving my jaw around and I heard this huge crack. I didn't think much of it, it didn't hurt, and felt kinda of good like cracking my knuckles. After a few days I did it again, and eventually I figured out which way to move my jaw to crack. So now I do it more often like cracking my knuckles. Is this ok?

I can do it to both sides of my jaw. After it's cracked I can't do it for a while, and I can hear fluid movin' around cause it's right next to the ear. The other day I tried cracking it too many times in a day and it got really sore so I stopped. I'm always moving my jaw now, I can't stop. :eek: What should I do? Can anyone else do this?
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I do that from time-to-time as well. Not enough for it to hurt, but I do get relief from it. If it doesn’t hurt or bother anyone, it’s no big deal. But if it starts to hurt, then I’d say it’s more than a habit by this point.
 
yea I think I displaced my disc on my right side. It started from relieving etd , I had some new planar magnetic headphones that cause vacuum pressure in my ears, like baro trauma for divers. excessive loud music would make my ear feel sticky, stuffy. Read about drinking lots of water , thinning your mucus and having you ear tubes open up, was tending to more by moving my jaw around and sucking air in awkward motions like reverse popping you ears. One morning i was doing this and my right side jaw joint cracked loud. onset of tmj, that was a year ago. through some bad, more painful parts of it and believe the cronic cracking I do is because it is slightly off place. I don't understand, tension builds up and it's impossible not to crack sometimes. I can relate to a lot of these comments. but the cycle of cracking causes more stiffness in the end, almost have to be at ease with my jaw having less motion to quit. seriously a ****ed up thing and very hard to explain to people. its bad recently because I can feel more pressure/fullness in my ears . can make you feel foggy and the squishy fluid feeling which used to make me quite anxious, is now just a downer. I can't not crack each side daily a few times, the stiffness will build and It will happen unintentionally. As much relieve and satisfaction I could get from seeking the cracks it is short lived, because the fullness feeling in ears is too much,and leads to tons of little unintentional cracks . i wanted to believe Its still adjusting and settling , the mandable can mold to new tissue and cartilage. I could pay the dentist for the 2000$ plastic retainer that may not do ****. I should have those MRIs CI scans done. I want to stop. Mortin helps . staying busy helps, a bit, but over working causes more dehydrated loud cracks. I will try to stop making it crack , build the flexibility without having to , chew gum during times I would clench. IDK this unwanted **** is evil and could very well be the most satisfying crack a human body can do that becomes the most manic, mannerism orientated , addiction , compulsion. My scenario anyways. read, watched so much on this stuff,
 
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