I have this horrible habit?

Question

I've bitten my nails as long as I can remember & I really want to stop. I've tried the clear polish that stings you every time you put you fingers in your mouth & that didn't seem to stop me, I don't even realize that I"m doing it until someone tells me to stop. Anything helped to make you quit that I could try? I'm sick of my fingers hurting because I bite them too short.

Answer 1

Found this one on the web. Kvite interestink..

Oral Receptive Personality

Stemming from the Oral stage, a child who becomes fixated due to under stimulation transfers his or her unmet oral needs into smoking, drinking, talking, biting fingernails, or sucking one's own thumb, for example.

Get some stimulous.. maybe a BF?

Answer 2

Hi Jessica,

The problem may not be with your nails, but with your thoughts. You probably have a lot on your mind or it could be things such as life concerning you, relationship etc...

Keep a small note pad and pencil with you at all times. When you get the urge to bite your nails write what you are thinking at the moment. Make sure you spell and use excellent grammar. At the end of each week spend sometime along and read your personal journal.

Began adding the situation of when, the day, time, and mostly what was you're thinking before you begin to bite you nails. If your thoughts are consistence with several continue issues, you need to work on it and it may help from you biting your nails.
Good luck and God Bless

Answer 3

I have that habit as well. Everytime i do bite my nails, my parents give me this ultra evil stare and i stop :P Get your friends to help you by doing that. Maybe wear gloves all the time, occupy your hands some other way (not smoking). Maybe draw alot more, play video games or something else. Always do something wtih your hands. And if you have nothing to do, tap on something to stop yourself from biting your nails. You can wrap your fingers with tape or something so you cant bite it too. I suggest gloves though. Maybe cut your nails shorter so that you CANT bite it, but not too short that it hurts.

Answer 4

I have the same problem. I bite my nails constantly. What I'm trying now is chewing gum all the time, but I still bite my nails with gum in my mouth. You could try finding something to keep your hands busy, like with a ring or something.

Answer 5

Ok, you said tell u something to make u stop biting ur nails so here it goes. Your nails are so ugly and short, no man is going to want to marry you because u bite ur dirty nails and ur never going to have a future or find love. Your going to die alone with 27 cats. I hope u cry when u read my answer....

[sorry, i didnt mean to say this but i thought it was the only way to make u stop biting ur nails, i didnt mean all of it] =]

p.s. your problem might not be biting ur nails, maybe its what ru thinking, maybe its a nervous habit?

Answer 6

Yea, the worst thing about biting your nails is that you have a great chance at getting hang nail. If i were you, if you get the urge to bite, then just think about the future consequences and how painful it is to have hangnails. Those things aren't fun and they just seem to haunt you for days. I used to do the same thing as you, and although sometimes the feeling to do it comes back, i realize it and stop myself before damage is done. It's all a mental thing, you just need to realize when you do it and tell yourself to stop it before any damage is done.

Answer 7

I dont know how old you are but this habit goes away with age but it does require serious attention because you could end up with an infection in your fingers or even stomach problems.Chewing gum most of the time is one answer,plus reminding yourself all the time how ugly your chewed up fingers look as compared to the other girls' nice smooth nails.

Answer 8

what i did
is i put a bandaid on just one finger
until the nail was a little bit long
then i put the bandaid on another finger
and i wouldn't be used to biting the nail that had the bandaid
and eventually i stopped
if that doesn't work...
try the stuff for thumbsucking
it's stronger

Answer 9

i had that same problem. what worked for me was nail clippers. i always have a pair around me when i get the urge to bite them i just clip them. i havnt bitten my nails in about 7 months.

Answer 10

Try putting arificial nails over your natural ones for a bit. I found that helped me. You can't bite your nails and they grow out and strengthen under the artificial ones.