Stop biting my cuticles

yeah, i just suck at this… this is the most disgusting habit in the world, and even thinking about how gross it is doesn’t stop me… what the fork is wrong with me?!

now that school has commenced for the time being, i’ve found it much easier to remind myself not to do this… i don’t really have a lot of high-stress situations to bite about right now. my right thumb is looking a lot better… my left thumb still looks like a dog mangled it to bits, but i’m sure it’ll get better. i find myself nibbling just a lil bit and then quickly remember and stop. it’s good :-)

this is so hard… i’m compulsive about this… i just get so itchy if i have any loose skin just sitting there…

i’m almost to the point of putting band-aids on all of my fingers… especially at this really crazy time of year…

this goal… is so hard to tackle! biting my cuticles is my stress-coping mechanism… i’ve tried applying that bitter-tasting stuff on my cuticles, but i still bite in… it stops me for a little while, but remembering to put it on every day is hard, and worse yet, who knows what that stuff is and what it’s doing to the environment, my body, etc…

the bad part about this is that this habit has spread to my lips… meaning i am now biting the skin on my lips… suck!