The struggle is real if you suffer from mouth sores. These little ulcers appear in your mouth for variety of reasons: stress, accidental cheek biting (why mother nature didn’t fix this glitch I don’t know), food allergies, and even simply having genes more susceptible to them.

BUT THAT DOESN’T TAKE AWAY THE PAIN.

There are far worse things that plague the average person, but I’ll be damned if I don’t get to waste some internet megabytes complaining about mouth ulcers. If you’re also a sufferer of these cakehole satans, the following most likely applies to you.

1. They just seem to appear out of nowhere.

You’re going about your day at work, and it’s a really good day. The sun is shining, so you go outside on your lunch break for a sandwich. Nice. Perfect.

But, as you take a bite into your cheese and tomato sandwich (for this character, you’re a vegetarian that really likes that acidic-dairy combo) you form a silent scream in your head as the tomato juices stumble upon that hell-blister:

“Hello,” the mouth sore says, now able to communicate telepathically to you, for some reason. “What is up, my dude?”

“I am trying to enjoy my delicious cheese and tomato sandwich that brings me joy on a work day,” you respond, probably also telepathically. “Please let me experience that delicious escapism I so crave.”

The mouth sore laughs.

“NO.”

2. It’s now noticeable ALL THE TIME.

Bless you, for thinking you could ignore the devil boil in your chomper. Despite your love of udder curd and red fruit, you take it upon yourself to consume something different; something less acidic and salty.

Aside from everything about them, the worst part of having a mouth ulcer is that anything affects it regardless of its sodium content or pH level. You could be nibbling on a piece of toast or even a banana--- but one small nudge against that ulcer creates a sharp, lingering pain that makes every bite uncomfortable.

3. Abandon salt all ye who have mouth sores.

Ever wondered what it feels like to be a slug? Slugs are mucus-ridden creatures that majorly consist of water, so when salt comes into contact with them they get incredibly dehydrated. Salt affects fluid in humans similarly as a higher level of salt and electrolytes stimulates our pain-sensing neurons, which are sensitized by damage.

Salt interacting with your mouth sore hurts like hell because of these factors, and it makes eating potato chips or anything else with a sprinkle of sodium on it feel like someone is poking your gob with an acidic needle.

Using salt, or salt-water---that is, if you’re not a sadist, can supposedly help speed up the recovery process for a cheap and easy fix. It's arguably worth it, but when sodium touches your sore it might just be one of the worst feelings in the world.

4. When your ulcer disappears, you praise the heavens.

You know that feeling when you have a blocked nose and can’t help but reminisce about the good old days when air just flowed through those diddy face holes so freely? That’s also how it feels when you have a mouth ulcer because my goodness is it freedom when you escape from those hell blisters.

It typically takes a while to go, so you’re usually suffering for up to two weeks with a little Lucifer hanging around rent-free in your cavities. It took away your lemon juice and your potato chips and stole your pleasurable tasty oranges. But it’s finally gone, so bring on all the food you got.

However, unfortunately, if you’re anything like me, they like to return to plague your mouth often...so maybe not.

5. Usually, they’re persistent.

Again, if you’re genetically inclined to have mouth sores or someone that experiences a lot of stress, ulcers might come back quite a lot. Sometimes you may get more than one, or another sore that appears after one just left, and that is one of the most unsatisfying experiences ever recorded in history.

But, having them a lot can also be a sign that you need to go see a doctor just to ensure you don’t have an infection like hand, foot and mouth disease (possibly the most uncreative name for an infection in all of history).

Typically, though, mouth ulcers aren’t dangerous. Regardless, any sufferer will know that cavity sores like these are pure evil, and sometimes you just gotta wait them out. That can be the worst part.