Today we're talking about stress reduction. I'm going to share some of my little things that I do to help alleviate stress, but I'm also going to get real with you guys about how much I'm actually struggling right now. Hey Clutterbugs, welcome back to the Clutterbug Podcast where we're talking about stress today.

I am so stressed out. I'm going to just share a little bit about what's going on in my own life and how I'm trying to combat this.

I think right now is stressful for a lot of people because of COVID.

There's this underlying stress we don't even realize that we have so even if you're not

stressed about it I think just because there's so much craziness going on in the world we do have an

added layer of underlying stress.

But I have other things going on in my life that are definitely piling on, things that I haven't had to deal with before,

and the truth is I didn't even realize how anxious and overwhelmed and stressed out I was feeling until I went to the dentist.

I went to the dentist because my mouth was hurting.

I go to the dentist all the time and he said,

wow, like your teeth have really filed down and I see some sort of jaw damage to suggest that you are clenching your jaw really tight while you sleep.

And this is new. I haven't seen this before, like what's going on.

And I was like, oh, I didn't even realize I was doing it.

So he recommended a mouthguard.

So I got a mouthguard, but I was still clenching so tight at night that when I woke up in the morning I could hardly move my jaw

like it hurt so badly and this is all really recently probably in the last six

months something that I've never done before in my life, and now all of a sudden

I'm clenching my jaw while I sleep. I have to wear a mouth guard, you guys. I'm taking muscle relaxers and anti-anxiety medication before

bed and still clenching my jaw. So I made it my mission these last few weeks to just read everything I could and to try all the things

that I could to try to alleviate my stress and some things I've noticed have worked, other things,

not so much. So I wanted to share those things with you what

I'm doing to help alleviate this stress, but I also wanted to just be open and frank with you

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