[kowlo]

Stress is terrible.

Work overloaded me and caused so much stress that I had stress-induced alopecia. My beard fell out in patches, and I had random patches of hair fall out on the back of my head, almost like perfect circles. Besides that, I couldn't really enjoy myself anymore, and I would often spend my non-work time vegetating.

Then there's the teeth grinding and all the damage that comes with that.

The hair came back, but the damage done to my teeth is not reversible.

These are just the physical damages, the damages to mental health are either still on the mend or scarred.

[300bps]

I’m sorry you went through that. Someone on this site recommended a book years ago - Learned Optimism. They said it would change your life.

I read the book and did the work (similar to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and can honestly say it changed my life. I went from catastrophizing just about everything to not worrying pretty much at all.

I can’t imagine going back to the stress levels I used to have.

[shostack]

Had severe jaw pain from grinding in my sleep and clenching last year. Largely because of the last administration, but also starting a stressful new job situation and general 2020 pandemic stress.

Apparently my dentist was seeing a ton of this.

Got a night guard and felt immediately better with some of it. On stressful days I still find myself clenching or biting my tongue but it's a lot less.

[AQuantized]

Your teeth can remineralize given the right conditions and some time. Obviously the aesthetic won't change much, but if you clean your teeth thoroughly 30 mins after a meal, reduce sugar intake, chew sugar free gum for saliva and helping with ph levels etc. it should help.