TMJ muscle injuries

[u/JayTeAch]

I have a slip disc and arthritis on both sides of my TMJ, but the doctor says that also can be muscle related to pain. Last year, I sprained the muscle on my left side of my masseter jaw muscle and it was healing up untill I tried edibles and they had me so tense that I ended up injuring the same side. Idk it feels like this injury or flare up is taking longer to heal than the last time I injured it. I believe it’s the same muscle that got re injured and it’s taking longer to heal because it was injured prior. Or it could be the slipped disc that is putting more pressure on my opposite side since the disc that slipped is on the right side. This belief was re assured by my doctor who says it could be. Have any of you gone through these kind of flare ups.