Hi,
I know this sounds crazy but I am 18 and still suck my thumb once in a while. I know a few people my age who still do it also. I talked to my psychology teacher and he said that we are fixed on our oral stage, which means we didn't suck our thumb enough as a child, or not at all. How can I stop?
2007-04-07 05:09:34 · 4 answers · asked by adnamarie 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
tell your friends to like slap your hand away when you get tempted to put your thumb in your mouth. my friend has a habbit of bitting her nails so everytime she does i just tell her to stop. it works. if you feel like sucking on your thumb then chew on gum or something when you feel like it. that might be a way too :) good luck!
2007-04-07 05:18:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, I still wake up sucking my thumb. I didn't stop fully until I was almost fourteen. I weened myself off it. I sucked it until I fell asleep for a week. Then the next week i only sucked it for twenty minutes and then I fell asleep. Then until I fell asleep the next week, then for 20 mins for three weeks, then ten mins for 3 weeks, then 5 for a month, and then for two weeks I didn't. Then for five the next week, then 3 weeks w/ none. Then a week for 5, then a month with none...then i made myself stop. I haven't fallen asleep with my thumb in my mouth since then!
It's a comfort thing. You can't quit cold turkey.
2007-04-07 05:32:57 · answer #2 · answered by Lola 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use tabasco sauce on it, or replace it with a lollipop.
2007-04-07 05:17:33 · answer #3 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
put some ugly cream on it.
2007-04-07 05:16:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋