what does it mean when you bite your tongue?
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bite your tongue. to stop yourself from saying something that you would really like to say: I wanted to tell him exactly what I thought of him, but I had to bite my tongue.
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It tends to show up in people who are nervous, anxious or feeling down. It's a way to cope with these feelings. You may also find yourself doing it when you're bored, hungry or feeling insecure. Most nail biting is automatic -- you do it without thinking.
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Often it means they are thinking of something and lack just the last bit. They are having the feeling of having something on the tip of their tongue.
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In some cases, physical conditions can cause a person to bite their lips when they use their mouth for talking or chewing. In other cases, the cause can be psychological. People may bite their lip as a physical response to an emotional state, such as stress, fear, or anxiety.
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Nail biting could also cause your teeth to break or could damage your tooth enamel. The germs could also potentially infect, or cause irritation, to your gums. Also, the bacteria that is on your fingers or nails can linger in your mouth and cause halitosis, or bad breath.
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Under the tongue is a common spot for canker sores (shown here) -- small, painful, reddish bumps that come and go on their own. A single, painful bump at the tip could be transient lingual papillitis, “lie bumps,” which can pop up if your tongue gets irritated.
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Biting your lip from time to time isn't a problem. However, in some cases, people are unable to control the habit, and it becomes what's known as a body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB).
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The gesture of sticking out one's tongue, she said, can have multiple meanings. It can be an act of rudeness, disgust, playfulness or outright sexual provocation. "It's like the eyes," she said. "An eye gaze can be aggressive to an enemy, but eye gaze can also be the height of intimacy."
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Inflamed papillae, or taste buds, are small, painful bumps that appear after an injury from a bite or irritation from hot foods. A canker sore is another common cause of pain on or under the tongue.
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Many men consider biting their lip while looking at someone to be a way to show that they are attracted to that person. If he did bite his lip due to being attracted to you then it would be likely that he would also have shown other signs of being attracted to you in his body language and behavior.
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An aggressive lip-biter, one who bites down HARD on your lower lip, is going to be a fiery, emotionally loaded, aggressive creature in the bedroom. Look, it's not everyone's style, and I get it. Most people don't really like to get bitten. But some people I know (me) like it a little rough.
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Some people think of cheek biting as a harmless, bad habit similar to nail biting. Though it appears to be a repetitive behavior, it can be a sign of a mental health condition similar to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) driven by stress and anxiety.
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If you are biting someone else or you are being bitten yourself. This dream is associated with addiction or trying to express yourself to others. This dream can also mean that you have a fear or aggression inside that is waiting to arise. ... Thus, biting in a dream may be a symbol of scared feelings.
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People with dermatophagia—literally meaning “skin eating”—regularly experience the urge to bite their own skin. This disorder falls into the body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB) family and is widely accepted as being related to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
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to stop yourself from saying something that you would really like to say: I wanted to tell him exactly what I thought of him, but I had to bite my tongue.
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This is the area you'll need to focus on whenever you brush or clean with a tongue scraper. Unfortunately, the back portion of your tongue can also trigger your pharyngeal reflex or gag reflex. If you accidentally place your scraper or toothbrush too far back while you clean, you may find yourself heaving.
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This obviously relates to speech, and the capable expression of what you feel. ... So dreaming of the tongue being cut out shows real feelings of being mute and not able to express clearly. Dreaming of any pain or injury to the tongue can either mean a problem with speech, or that you are being hurtful in what you say.