I'm eleven and I really want to stop.
2006-08-02 19:46:22 · 12 answers · asked by Ashley H 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
Thank God you have a habbit of a sucking your thumb, and nothing else.
2006-08-02 22:28:27 · answer #1 · answered by Alan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best thing to do is to get your mind off your thumb. Try a hobby likes sports so you wont have the time to suck your thumb. Just so you know you could get sick by sucking on it because of all the germs you may have touched before sucking on it, and you can get buck teeth which isnt very fun.
If that doesnt work just go with the old fashion dipping your thumb in something like bbq sauce or paint them so u wont get the paint off of them. Good luck trying to quick I know it may be hard but if you dont soon it will be harder to quit when your older.
Hope I helped you!
2006-08-02 20:21:39 · answer #2 · answered by mina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try putting a new piece of gum in your mouth and chewing it every time you get the urge to suck your thumb. I used that to help stop smoking. You may go though a lot of gum.
After you no longer have urges to suck your thumb (it's only a habit), it will be easy to go back to using chewing gum the way you did before. My jaw muscles got so tired, but I stuck with it.
2006-08-02 21:12:03 · answer #3 · answered by Smartassawhip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you only suck your thumb when you are asleep it is subconscious and short of hypnosis which I don't suggest, there really isn't anything you can do. there has been documented cases of people much later in life still sucking their thumbs in their sleep. If you are doing it while you are awake you just have to make the conscious decision to stop doing it.
2006-08-02 19:51:29 · answer #4 · answered by Amber 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have this stuff that goes on your thumb that tastes awful. I don't know the name of it, but it will change your behavior quickly. Ask the pharmacist in a drug store. You don't have to tell him that it is for you if you are embarrassed. Better yet, have your mom get it for you. It is always a god idea to run these things past your parents.
2006-08-02 19:51:48 · answer #5 · answered by lampoilman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a bad habit bc u do it when u get scared bout somethin try thing bout good things and when u catch ur self doin it stop and everythin u do it try to go long without it r jus try puttin fire sause u get from taco bell on both thumbs and everytime to suck it off do it again till u dont suck ur thumb
2006-08-02 20:03:15 · answer #6 · answered by sexy_cowgirl8321 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put some hot stuff on your thumb like chili sauce, or foul smelling stuff, put a glove/mitten, apply some nail polish, its just a matter of controlling yourself (mind over matter) you can do it , why not?? & arent you ashamed of thumb sucking youre old enough think of what others would say.you know what stage of ourlife when thumbsucking is normal?? when we were infant.,,
2006-08-02 22:03:19 · answer #7 · answered by gillette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i used to do that too(@ nite) but then i got braces so i stopped as it didnt feel right anymore, soo try wearing a gumsheild as that kinda moulds ur mouth so ull be distracted n u wont be thinking about it.
2006-08-02 23:02:01 · answer #8 · answered by sxibuni 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
give a heavy slap on your cheek whenever your thumb goes inside your mouth.
2006-08-02 22:12:26 · answer #9 · answered by sunil kumar shah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Dipping it in something gross.. like hot sauce or something.. i bite my nails all the time.. so i paint them so i wont want to chew on them because i dont want to loose the paint job..
2006-08-02 20:07:15 · answer #10 · answered by ♥OnCloudNine9♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋