13/01/2026
❤️ This past week I travelled to Italy to see my family. During the flight, I took a powerful 15-minute nap. When I
woke up, I started to feel a strange sensitivity in the upper left quadrant of my teeth. At first, I thought I might
have grinded my teeth in my sleep or clenched my jaw too hard.
But about ten minutes later, it was clear that wasn’t it.
The pain began to intensify, and I could sense its full potential — the kind of pain that could make my entire
head explode if I didn’t take a painkiller immediately.
😵💫 I started doing some MFR on my jaw, holding my face and wondering whether this could be a psychosomatic
expression of the not-so-pleasant changes taking place in my life at the moment. After a few minutes, I decided
to try something else. I took off my shoes and began some self-reflexology (to the disbelief of my seat neighbour
but I don’t have smelly feet, so I figured it would be fine).
🦶I started pressing the reflexology points corresponding to the teeth.Nothing.Ugh.
💡Then I remembered that sometimes, when treating issues affecting the body from the waist up, working on the
hands can be more effective. So I shifted my attention to my fingers. As I worked my way through them, I found a
very painful spot on my left third finger — corresponding to my fourth tooth. I held the pressure and at that
point, I couldn’t tell whether the pain was stronger in my tooth or in my finger.
🤯 And then — to my complete disbelief — after about five minutes, the pain in my teeth disappeared. Completely.
As if it had never been there.
No painkillers. No gradual fading. Just switched off.
Moments like this remind me how often we underestimate our own capacity for self-regulation and healing.
Sometimes relief comes from trusting subtle interventions. A small pause, a different access point, a deeper
listening, and suddenly, the system resets.
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