stop chewing the inside of my mouth

It is such a disgusting habit, and one looks like a weirdo while doing it. I do it while studying, when bored etc.etc. and I would really like to stop. It just cant be healthy to bite open the same place over and over again.. So Ive decided to quitt or at least become more aware of it, I have stopped myself from doing it several times today already, but its not easy…

UURRGGGG…. this is insane! I have had this stupid habit, this gross habit for about 15 years and I’m only 26. I know exactly when I started it and I keep relapsing. Currently, I am in one of my relapses for probably the 1000x. I found one little imperfection last Sunday night and I just had to fix it… which means gnawing at it with my teeth. I keep going and going and going and after a few hours, that little imperfection had exploded in my mouth covering everything on the inside. I don’t have one good inch left right now. In addition to just finding that one imperfection, I do this because I am stressed, bored, hungry, tired, irritated, when I am studying, driving, and thinking in depth…. just writing this, I have caught myself feeling around for another inch that is not perfect, either that or I am just ‘licking my wounds’. I have made myself bleed profusely, blister mouth wide to where I cannot open as wide. I’ve even started to tear up in my eyes just thinking, “Just this last bite, just this little pull to fix it and then I will stop.” I promise myself each time that I will stop after this last rip. It’s gotten to the point that it will not end with just the inside of my mouth but it has expanded to the outside of my lips to where they will bleed. I feel around and taste what I have done. That taste of what I have caused and what is trying to heal. It’s usually a warm, sweet taste. I have caused deep holes in my mouth which took over two weeks to heal because I had to force myself to stop. Just a couple of weeks ago I was thinking, “Wow, I have not bitten myself in a while, that’s really good.” A while to me would be a few weeks… then, it happens.

Did it this morning because I wasn’t sure if I would get to work earlier than I have been.

haven’t done it today, yet.. so happy about that.

I did it again this morning on my way to work. I think its because I put my tongue over the spot..it feeds the urge to do it.

did it this morning on my way to work. I wish I knew what triggered it, but I am stumped. lol. I guess I will have to quit cold turkey to figure it out.

It’s worse than ever. Afternoons, never mornings. Imperfections, as someone here has rightly called them, that are there all of a sudden. Still haven’t got around yoga, and lately considered hypnosis, too – next yoga session at the gym is Monday night and I should go. About hypnosis, I’m really, really not the type for that… but desperate. I begin to think that I should wear this mouth guard at ALL times – but that doesn’t guarantee that I won’t start again a few months from now. So, what triggers this? Is it “only” nervosity, or something else?

I bite my lips and the inside of my mouth when i get stressed or bored. It starts with finding a small imperfection then i just keep going, sometimes until it hurts. I’d really like to stop.

Reading this site has made me stop for a few minutes, which is probably more than when I get told off by my boyfriend for doing it.
Can’t remember when I started this habit but recognised I was doing it more when I was on a restrictive diet (it could be that I chew if I’m hungry but more because it was an anxious time in my life).
Sometimes if I put a finger on my mouth I just won’t bite or chew, so maybe a mouthguard or a dummy (soother) might help?

This truly is a habit that always comes back. I think I have to accept that I’ll go through these phases and eventually come out of them. My mouth is torn up so badly and I hate how much time I waste doing this. I wonder how long it will take to stop this time.