stop chewing the inside of my mouth

so. this sounds stupid but I am allowing myself to bite the right-hand side of my mouth, while letting the left side heal. I’ve been rinsing with salt water every day to speed this up. one week and going strong!

this is so hard. it’s almost impossible. I’m trying to chew gum and eat hard candies but I know I need to get my mouth out of the habit of being active all the time. still trying…

this is one of the hardest things to stop. but today I did pretty well. I’ve decided to try to do it in stages— I will let myself bite the front bits, but not the sides, until that part heals over. then gradually I will stop everywhere.
I’ve been doing this forever, and have tried unsuccessfully to stop a few times.. but this time I will really do it!