[Did] Three alarms to catch my jaw clenching at work

Hatchling MossBaby · 2026.11.02 23:15 · Views 41 · Likes 4

Following up on the jaw clenching thing from my last post – wanted to actually test it instead of just reading about it.

Set three alarms on my phone, labeled “jaw” – 10:30am, 1pm, and 3pm. Whenever one went off I stopped whatever I was doing for about 10 seconds. Unclenched my jaw, dropped my shoulders down from my ears (they were way more up there than I realized, that part surprised me more than the jaw did), rolled my neck once each side.

Did this for 6 days straight at work.

– Day 1-2: barely remembered to do anything, just noticed the alarm and kept going
– Day 3: actually caught my jaw tight at the 1pm alarm
– Day 4-5: same pattern, 1pm was the one that caught something every time
– Day 6: the 3pm headache didn’t show up at all, first time in weeks

Might just be me, but I think the shoulders were the bigger find here, not the jaw. 6 days isn’t enough to call it anything real. Keeping the alarms going into next week to see if day 6 was a fluke.

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dewdrop11.02 23:31
Stealing this, my jaw’s been locked all week… setting one for 2pm too
honeyoatmeal11.03 01:29
this is such a good idea, never thought to check my shoulders too… might set one for 11am during my commute
FreshFaceJourney11.03 01:30
Fixed times being the key variable here is actually the opposite of what I found. I ran basically the same setup for about 2 weeks, alarms at 9am, 1pm, and 4pm, and by day 5 or so my jaw was already unclenched before each alarm went off, like my body had learned the schedule and relaxed in advance instead of catching anything automatic.
→ FreshFaceJourneyMossBabyAuthor11.03 03:23
That’s a good point, maybe the timing matters less than just training yourself to check in.