A self-care reminder

I was taught to put my tongue* on the roof of my mouth and even had braces specifically to make me do that? Am I going mad? Is my life a lie? Is this just fantasy, caught in a landslide

Having your tongue against the roof of your mouth at rest is 100% the "correct" way to store your tongue. This actually influences how your teeth, jaw, and facial bones grow
- This
  Source: SLT apprenticeship
No escape from reality, tongue belongs up top. I went thru a similar thing.
I heard it has to do with what your primary language is. Different languages have different default mouth positions and so speakers of different languages end up with different muscles developed over time.
- Yes. I took Mandarin for a while and would practice at my favorite Chinese restaurants in town with the staff. They all remarked on how they keep their tongue on the bottom of their mouth. One older woman actually said it went back to Confucianism, and how that was better for the electrical circuit of the body, or something.
I believe your tongue is typically supposed to be in the middle of your mouth when at rest.
- Well gee now I don’t know what to do with my tongue perhaps I should unzip it and store it in a pouch until I need it next x
Maybe they mean excess force?

YOU'LL NEVER CONTROL ME, INTERNET FACE

I'm going shove all my resentment over this incident into the ever-growing Ball of Repression in my chest instead.
My doctor called it "a symptom of hypertension" but that's because she's a dork.

My self-care was deleting that stupid abusive birdsite.

- Not sure why you're getting down votes, I agree totally. I mostly only follow space, sports, and video game news on there. It's a great site for communication

I read that as “unhinge your jaw” at first, although on second thoughts being a snake maybe seems less stressful.

Joke's on them I'm always unhinged
I read it as "release your ears" and was like "wait, what?"

Beat you to it, through the power of alcohol!

I AM RELAXED

stressed too tight?

try unclemching your [redacted]

you will certainly not regret unclemching your [redacted]

Edit: wholesome

I am especially bad about the “clenched jaw” part, so thanks much for the reminder

Done.. Now I press my tongue to the inside of my lower teeth, what now?

I'm not sure what release I'm reading, but maybe some of our stress is related to primary-school failures drunkenly vomiting letters onto Twitter and holding them up like a watercolor needing a fridge.

This doesn’t magically make you unstressed.

Scientifically it does though
- I could find none of it via google except maybe the clenched jaw. The vast majority of which are from sketchy health clinics pushing dumb shit to fleece rich people from their money.
  https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/jaw-tension-anxiety
  So no, scientifically, it doesn't.
  Put your tongue wherever you want, keep your posture moving and in a comfortable position, and if you clench your jaw so hard you grind your teeth, then you have Bruxism, which is something entirely different you slack jawed sheep.
  Want better stress relief? Quit doing coke. Quit drinking alcohol. Exercise. Eat better. And most of all, get sleep. If you can't do any of those on your own, go to a doctor and get help for it.
  Why am I Anxious?
- Ok. Forgive me for being cynical, I just think if the reason for being stressed remain, they’re still going to effect you.
I'm sure there's more detailed advice in her book.
- Please, I hope to god it's been edited my someone who passed high-school.

My eyes started hurting

I saw a social media post that sounds true so it must be... I did something good for myself! Now lets keep ego/doomscrolling social media.

I could find none of it via google except maybe the clenched jaw. The vast majority of which are from sketchy health clinics pushing dumb shit to fleece rich people from their money.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/jaw-tension-anxiety

So no, scientifically, it doesn't.

Put your tongue wherever you want, keep your posture moving and in a comfortable position, and if you clench your jaw so hard you grind your teeth, then you have Bruxism, which is something entirely different you slack (relaxed!) jawed sheep lol.

Want better stress relief? Quit doing coke. Quit drinking alcohol. Exercise. Eat better. And most of all, get sleep. If you can't do any of those on your own, go to a doctor and get help for it.

Why am I Anxious?

At the risk of overanalyzing a tweet, this is actually generally good advice. Scanning your body to release tension is a common stress-reduction coping skill taught in therapy, and in clinical settings is often referred to as "progressive muscle relaxation", which has been shown in many studies to reduce stress in the short-term. If you google this term, you'll have better results.
Here's an NIH article that covers a few things, including progressive muscle relaxation:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8272667/
It's not intended as a permanent solution for underlying causes (e.g. doing coke or alcohol, like you said), but more of something to mildly reduce stress/anxiety in the moment.

Damn, my ears are holding my shoulders captive again