However, other factors can contribute: Your sleep position: Side or stomach sleepers drool more because of gravity. Sleeping on your back helps reduce it. Nasal congestion: When your nose is blocked due to a cold or allergies, you breathe through your mouth, increasing drooling. Excess saliva: Some medications, acid reflux (GERD), or simply natural overproduction can lead to…
If You Drool While Sleeping, It’s a Sign That Your Brain Is Deeply Relaxed — But Sometimes, It May Mean More. Drooling during sleep is usually harmless and often a sign that you’ve entered deep, restorative sleep. During these stages, especially REM sleep, your body relaxes so much that your swallowing reflex slows down, allowing…
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Our dad chuckled. The crowd’s laughter froze when the CEO of my former company walked in, his eyes locked on me. This wasn’t a performance review. This was the end of their world. The cardboard box appeared on my desk out of nowhere. Karen from HR materialized beside me with that practiced sympathy face she…
At my brother’s promotion party, he raised a toast. “To my sister, Willow,” he slurred, his eyes finding mine across the crowded room. “Fired again. Maybe stick to stripping. At least she’s good at that.”
When they walked in, Stephanie flashing her diamond ring with that smug smile, I felt a calm I never expected. She had no idea who was waiting to meet her. My mother, Eleanor, was always the glue that held our family together. Growing up in a modest suburban home outside Boston, she was the one…
My name is Rebecca Wilson. At thirty-eight years old, I found myself standing at my mother’s funeral, dreading the moment my sister, Stephanie, would arrive. Six years had passed since she stole Nathan—my millionaire fiancé, the man I was planning to spend my life with. I hadn’t seen either of them since.
People stopped. Someone suggested buying her water, another said to call social services. The girl looked well cared for, not like a homeless child. But she remained silent, until she whispered: — I heard voices… That made everyone uneasy. Eventually, someone called the police. Fifteen minutes later, a young sergeant arrived — with tired eyes….
No one immediately understood where she had come from. A little girl, about six years old, stood on the sidewalk wearing an elegant white dress — as if she had just left a party.
Then came the scream—a high, terrified wail that shattered the air. “Mommy, my eyes!” I dropped the plate. It shattered on the linoleum. I ran. He was on the floor near the hallway, curled into himself, his small hands pressed against his face as red-tinged tears dripped through his fingers. “Jesse? Baby, look at me!”…
The scent hit me before the scream. I was rinsing dishes in the cramped kitchen of my parents’ house, my hands trembling from hours of babysitting my niece while they all watched TV. My seven-year-old son, Jesse, had been playing quietly in the corner with his coloring book. He wasn’t loud. He never was. In…