Why do people bite they're fingernails?

Question

i dont, but a friend of mine does. why is this so common??

Answer 1

I bite my nails when they get to long and crack or break. I have to bite them all to make them even. It feels better than cutting them. I don't bite them too short though. I use an emery board after wards when they end up jagged and annoying.

Answer 2

When people are nervous, they usually prefer something to help them concetrate. Biting fingernails was the most obvious when man was created and after a while, it became like an instinct to some.

Answer 3

Oh yeaaaah. I used to. yet I nonetheless have a backslide once in a lengthy time period and bite them again. I stop from putting nailpolish on my nails each of the time and then even as my nails were lengthy i'd carry a nail document alongside with me everywhere to continuously keep my nails smooth. i stumbled on that if there have been jagged edges i'd opt to bite them extra. And yeah factor 2 does stink would not it?

Answer 4

Why do people bite their nails and what is the compulsion to do this when you are worried or concerned?
Some people bite their nails just to keep them short but, generally speaking, nail-biting is a "control pattern". The purpose of a control pattern is to stop or reduce the effects of bad feelings. These feelings may be difficult to control or they may be old ones which we have grown used to controlling.
If we are worried about something and are unable to tell anyone about it, then the problem occupies our minds. However, if we can tell someone about it (without interruption) then we are able to view it with a more relaxed attitude and the control pattern loses its purpose and reduces or stops.
Unfortunately most people are not trained to listen well to other people - most of our conversations consist of interruption - and the upsets that we have experienced accumulate day after day. These build up over the years and can lead to many stress-related problems including illness and anti-social behaviour. We have all learnt how to distract ourselves from these bad feelings and nail-biting is one of the ways we do it.
Control patterns differ from person to person, but there are many obvious signs apart from nail-biting: jiggling the leg, hard or frequent blinking, hand wringing, sniffing, fiddling with something and many others.
Other not so obvious ones include smoking, talking too quickly about trivia, talking too slowly, eating and drinking when not hungry, cleaning things that are not dirty, being busy when it is time to relax, overworking and being too serious or too trivial.
Much medical time is wasted treating the control pattern and not the underlying worries. Boys are especially prone to being unable to talk about their problems and are criticised for having obvious control patterns. As they get older, many men (and women) drop the obvious control patterns and substitute them with others such as tobacco, alcohol or drug abuse.
Other manifestations include driving too fast or exercising unreasonable control in personal relationships. These control patterns are seen by some as being macho and are reinforced in our society by advertising.
The good news is that by learning how to exchange good listening time with other people, we can release the bad feelings and, reduce stress and the subsequent need for the control patterns.

Answer 5

People generally lose self confidence for a short-while and start imagining certain connected and unconnected subjects. While they are in such a dilemma the finger (in hands only) nail tastes well. Why they are not biting the finger nails in the feet? Have you ever thought about it?

Answer 6

I think it's a "nervous habit". People who have a lot of anxiety tend to do this as a "release" although they might not be conscietiously doing so.

Answer 7

Nervous habit.

Answer 8

i think that some people bite there nails because there nervous or its a habit

Answer 9

fingernails taste like chicken

Answer 10

because this is the easiest way in which someone can put their nervousness on their nails and that way they can talk in public by biting it. sometimes they may hate to talk to someone so theydo so by occupying themselves with their nails