LMFAOOOOOO MY BROTHER IN CHRIST WHAT DID I JUST READ 😭😭😭
Same on the first ten years, but it didn’t do much if any damage aside from the couple of days I’d wake up sucking in air like a drowned bird. Also the hybrid mouth breathing and nose breathing is pretty common, just do more nose breathing than mouth breathing.
I highly doubt she spent a whole 40+ years mouth breathing. She probably breaths through her mouth on and off like when you’re sick and both nostrils are plugged or the period in which mouth breathing could cause crazy problems that are physically visible has passed. The risks are still there fr. It’s like if I eat sugar all day everyday and don’t have diabetes it doesn’t mean the risk isn’t there. Maybe your mom won’t develop sleep apnea which is really good but small things that aren’t present while she’s awake and in good health won’t be as well hidden when something serious happens (god forbid). The unseen repercussions of mouth breathing can be very obvious later on. For example, mouth breathing can lead to a recessed jawline,as we already know, and a slacked jaw which compromises your ability to breathe since your air way has now been restricted or worse, collapsed. I’ve actually had sleep apnea, temporarily, before from being a mouth breather when I was younger since I kept getting sick, learned I couldn’t handle cold climates. Your mom must be hella built cause I got my shit wrecked for being a mouth breather.
Anyways, I’ve had to hold people’s heads up and place a towel or something of the sort under their chins to keep their mouths closed so their air way can stay open while they’re unconscious, not including the people who almost drowned in their vomit because they forgot how to breath through their nose or were too used to breathing through their mouths. The added stress it puts on the TMJ muscle is also hella scary and trust me having it lock on you is no joke, I was petrified and couldn’t eat for days.
Anyways, try to make it a habit to breathe through your nose, it’s safer. Idc for the aesthetics of breathing through your nose or mouth but health wise go with your nose. :3
