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stop biting the dead skin around my fingernails
the trouble is, I like it... 5 months ago

at first, then it gets painful and dreadful to look at. They heal, then during an even mildly stressful time, I start again before I’ve even noticed. Never seen anyone else do it. Just decided to google it… I have been doing it for decades … help!



stop biting the dead skin around my fingernails
I want to stop biting my skin and fingernails. 15 months ago

I’m 52 and have little hope – but it is too much for me to continue. I want to make it for two weeks without doing this.



stop biting the dead skin around my fingernails
oh my god 20 months ago

i never knew other people did this! as stupid and naive as that sounds, this actually makes me so happy!! i’ve been to 4 dermatologists & used endless creams & medications to try & stop biting but i can’t! i’ve been doing it since i was 8, now 19… 11 years of biting skin… grosses me out so much but every ten minutes or so i find myself sitting there looking at my fingers deciding which one isn’t in too bad of shape so i can get at it… at this point i’m feeling like i need therapy… will it everrrr stop



stop biting the dead skin around my fingernails
Im screwd 2 years ago

I will never stop…ive tried, but nothing works…



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Been a week. 4 years ago

It’s been bite-less week, though I almost gave into temptation last night. I found a good way to deal with this is by keeping my nails short at all times (to prevent ‘picking’). I cut them last week, and didn’t realise how fast they’d grow.



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Day 2 4 years ago

W00t w00t!

No biting anywhere.

I never realised how fast they start to heal (because I never gave them the chance). The skin’s already stopped being red, and little dry bits of skin are starting to cover the surface (which would normally drive me insane, but I’m sustaining).



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Untitled 4 years ago

Yeah, not only have my hands not approached my mouth in the last 24 hours, but my fingernails look snazzy thanks to the varnish.

Alright!



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Just put nail varnish on my fingers 4 years ago

This is certainly helping. Haven’t had a go at my fingers all morning.

It’s scary, because I just realised how often I’d been doing this. Literally, there has not been an hour in the last 12 years (with the exception of when I’m asleep), that I’ve not had my fingers in my mouth. My fingers never have time to heal because I’m always going at them.

It’s also a shame that whenever someone takes a good look at my hand, I am suddenly frozen with panic, realising that my hand looks like a chew toy.



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Strike three! 4 years ago

Gotta figure out a way to alert my brain. I got a bleeder here…

displays blood-clotting middle finger



stop biting the dead skin around my fingernails (read all 7 entries…)
And there it goes again... 4 years ago

Just sitting here, reading over my ‘things’ (14 in total at the moment), when I come across this one and realise I HAVE MY FINGERS IN MY MOUTH.

Uh.

It’s almost midnight, maybe I should start with that?



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