Biting your nails, and other bad habits! - General

I chew on the skin around my knuckles and joints so now they look similar to this: (this is from Wikipedia, not my photo) [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Dermatillomania_fingers.JPG/220px-Dermatillomania_fingers.JPG[/img]

I chew the skin off my fingers, the skin off my lip, the skin off my cheeks, the skin off my toenails, i bite my toenails, bite my fingernails, i pop every zit i get, even nodules which are under the skin. I have a habit of singing to myself about my surroundings, i tend to flail my arms about a lot in private, when alone i usually make weird faces as i do everything, i talk to myself constantly, i have a lot of OCD moments as well, where i have to walk a certain way or do something in a specific sense, oh i almost always find myself hunched over when sitting in a chair. That's all i think....

Poor personal hygiene.

I constantly tap my fingers to any beat which pops into my head. Also, I can't seem to stop grinding my teeth along the insides of my cheeks..

Throw things up and down all the time.

Talking to myself. :frown:

Shoving usb cords up my ass(Don't judge me)

You sure as hell need a box for your cords. Have one :)

Sleeping through my alarm. You know it's a problem when your alarm is an [b]inch from your face[/b] turned up all the way and you sleep through it.

[QUOTE=TippZ;20347959]So, I have always been biting my nails, and I just stumbled upon a wikipedia article about the negative effects of biting them. Thing is, I just can't stop biting them! I know all about these negative effects but with all I've tried, I just can't stop biting them! I also have a bad habit where I bite off the "skin", inside my mouth! Does anyone have any tips for me and for the other nail biters out there? Anyone else got any bad habits that they might want to share? Please, share your stories![/QUOTE] All of my fingers look exactly like that in the picture, if not, worse. On my right hand middle finger, the skin is really tough and hard. I read up on it, they say that the reason why we do it is because it doesn't look perfect, so we try to make it better and end of up making it worse, thus making us want to do it more. Also they say it is relieving to do it and makes us feel not as stressful. I do it for both of these reasons so meh. But the main thing I try to do to stop is when I start doing it, is to keep telling myself to stop and put my hands in my pockets or something. If your skin is hard like I described, I was told putting some lotion or lip balm on it will help.

I swear, I was just bitting my nails while searching through the fourms anyways bitting nails stretching remembering funny things at the wrong time playing drums with my hands on things. toching everything in stores.

[QUOTE=PenguinKris;20348704]It makes your nails look like shit, i guess[/QUOTE] And they can sometimes bleed and hurt, I bite my nails all the time, usually when I watch a movie or am nervous/excited about something.

I randomly put my finger on my eye ball. I always scratch my back and in the corner of my eye. Every time I see a table or a stood, I tap my fingers on it while memorising a tune.

I used to bite my nails but then stopped

[QUOTE=Mr_Sun;21526643]I used to bite my nails but then stopped[/QUOTE] I was biting my nails about 2 years ago. Until I saw this polish that helped me stop and now my nails are normal.

I bite my nails ALL the time, any tips on how I can stop?

[QUOTE=MakeR;21526772]I bite my nails ALL the time, any tips on how I can stop?[/QUOTE] Well, let me think... [img]http://dethroner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/distehano_nails.jpg[/img] If you wanna be like that, then no one will come near you. Don't wanna end up like that vile zombie hand picture. [editline]09:00PM[/editline] I actually feel sick after posting that picture.

[QUOTE=Amy Lee;21526901]Well, let me think... [img]http://dethroner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/distehano_nails.jpg[/img] If you wanna be like that, then no one will come near you. Don't wanna end up like that vile zombie hand picture. [editline]09:00PM[/editline] I actually feel sick after posting that picture.[/QUOTE] Real tips.

I hate myself for it, but I've been biting my nails for years, especially when I'm stressed. And since I just got through my first year at university, I've really been at it.

[QUOTE=tomirlik;21527061]I hate myself for it, but I've been biting my nails for years, especially when I'm stressed. And since I just got through my first year at university, I've really been at it.[/QUOTE] Same, I'm coming up to the end of my first year at uni, I have been biting my nails a lot more recently.

I compulsively pick at the acne on my arms, except it's not really acne. It's an infected area that resulted from me picking at it. So I have no idea how it started but my upper arms look fucking gross. I'm trying to psychologically bully myself into stopping but it's a bit difficult. I tend to do it when I'm stressed out, and it's almost finals week, freshman year at Uni.

I bite my fingernails and I used to bite the erasers off of pencils.

[QUOTE=MakeR;21526982]Real tips.[/QUOTE] Fine, chew a piece of gum when you feel the need to bite your fingers, or get something to nibble on that isn't on your body. And wear gloves if you don't want to chew anything. It's stupid but it will work.

I've heard that you can get some nail polish stuff that tastes really bad, I might give that a go.

[QUOTE=MakeR;21527100]I've heard that you can get some nail polish stuff that tastes really bad, I might give that a go.[/QUOTE] Yeah, I tried that. Works too.

[QUOTE=Amy Lee;21527134]Yeah, I tried that. Works too.[/QUOTE] All right, Thanks.

I have tics. Another earlier poster said they did too. I don't have it nearly as bad. I bite my nails, pretty much always have something in my mouth to chew/bite and crack my fingers. Along with some extreme crazy eye blinking and a rapid exhale that happens every 15 or so seconds. I might have Tourettes but I don't fill all the descriptions of it. The doctors aren't sure. I do go on rampages when I'm really angry, which is a sign of it but another sign is increased athletic ability, which I don't have. And if I do have it, it's a very mild case.

I don't bite anything, all I have that's a bad habit is not brushing my teeth good. 5 Extractions. :X

[QUOTE=Nimda;20349644]I bite my nails, draw on my paper when I'm done something in class, crack my nuckles, neck, and back... That's all I can think of[/QUOTE]

I don't get why people bite their nails so short. It's nasty. I bite my nails, but I only do it to the point you'd cut them to.