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    Just call me Nubs 22 hours ago

    Ya I’m a biter. I have been doing it since before I can remember. I gave it up for a month when I had to go on a very adult business trip away from home. Being the youngest person there I didn’t want to make myself look like more of a kid with my fingernails. I made it through and actually had some nails, but as soon as I came home I bit them right off again. Boo.



    Got my nails done 2 days ago

    I got my nails done almost a week ago. I have a really bad habit of biting my nails, but I realized that if I get my nails done, I don’t want to bite them because of two reasons.

    1) I’ll ruin my nails
    2) I paid to get my nails done, so if I bite/ruin them, it would be a waste of money.



    stop biting my nails 1 week ago

    I have been biting my nails for over 10 years now. I do it when i’m bored, nervous or thinking. Sometimes I don’t even realize I bite my nails until my mom gives me a dirty look and tells me to get my fingers out of my mouth. This has been a New Year’s Resolution for sooo long and I just want to be able to accomplish this goal and finally wear nail polish on my fingers.



    jakthund I want to follow my dreams, or at least have dreams.

    2 WEEKS 1 week ago

    I haven’t bitten my nails for more than two weeks now, and they are starting to grow out and they actually look quite good now. But I want to be sure that I don’t fall back into bad habits before considering this goal as accomplished. Sometimes I catch myself with my fingers in my mouth, but then I realise what I’m doing and I stop it right away before any damage is done. So I’m going to continue doing what I’m doing, and have beautiful hands for the rest of my life, and in two more weeks I’ll remove this goal from my list.



    Nails 1 week ago

    I need to stop biting em i want to grow em



    No success 1 week ago

    I haven’t written in a while but I still can’t seem to stop biting my nails.

    I seem to be getting both better and worse. I can go for longer without biting. And sometimes when I bite one, I don’t have to bite off every other nail that has grown.

    However, I’m still biting and picking, and biting down lower then I used to. I also still pick at my skin and calluses and toenails, but the nail biting is the only one that is really uncontrollable. It’s the only one that is so strong and so impulsive.

    None of the tricks online seem to work for me, for instance bad-tasting polish I always get used to, nail polish I scrape off and when I used to chew gum, I did it so much my lower jaw temporarily dislocated (seriously! And it happens more often now that it’s happened once, there’s a weird clicking sound in it.) I really don’t know what to do.



    Brad27 is chillaxing :)

    Good start :) 1 week ago

    I always have had a habit of biting my nails, i am a confident person but it gives off a nervous and unconfident vibe. I realised that i bite my nails when i’m bored, so this week i am aiming to keep myself entertained and to neaten them up so im not tempted.



    I've lost count--8th attempt? 1 week ago

    Two and a half years after my first and only successful attempt at breaking this habit, I’m trying to overcome it again. I’ve tried so many times that I’ve lost count.

    My sister brought me to a nail salon and got my nails done. I’m really hoping that this will be the last time I try to break this habit!!

    Day 4



    SeaSpirit88 is starting to learn french

    Stop nail biting 1 week ago

    I have stopped but don’t have nails yet..
    Once I have nails long enough a manicure is in order.. then success!



    ihatetopaint is wishing I had hundreds of cheers to give out!

    I remembered how to use a nail clipper!!! 1 week ago

    Yes, it is true, I actually used a nail clipper today- not my teeth! And I am damn proud of myself:)



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    Vicky asks, “I've stopped biting but how do I make them grow faster?”
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    LittleWhiteShadows asks, “I've been biting all my life. Any ideas for a guy? (e.g. doubtful I would commit to nailpolish)”
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    leswash asks, “how do you stop biting your nails? I think the only time i dont bite them is when my hands are busy, but subconsciously im biting them when im impatient or nervous”
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    leswash asks, “how do you stop biting your nails? I think the only time i dont bite them is when my hands are busy, but subconsciously im biting them when im impatient or nervous”
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