Will hypnosis help my biting?

Question

I constantly bite my nails, my lips, the inside of my cheeks, my tongue, and food. I seem to have an oral fixation, a sort of anxious habit, but it is becoming very harmful. My mouth is always sore and often bleeding, yet I cannot stop. My dentist told me that biting the inside of my mouth to extremes is, in a sense, self-mutilation. It has got to stop.

I'm wondering if hypnosis, such as at Positive Changes, could help with my stress management and get rid of my biting? I've read testimonials about people who have stopped biting their nails, but what if mine is more than my nails? I'm also afraid that if I get rid of biting, that my anxious habit will simply transfer to something else, like the people who stop food addictions and become alchoholics. What should I do?

Answer 1

How about instead of dealing with the symptom - the biting - you deal with whatever has lead you to feeling anxious all the time?
You need to find out what triggered it, and alternative methods of dealing with it. You may be helped by therapy, medication, meditation, etc. Then its far less likely that you will transfer to another form of self harm, if you do manage to conquer this one.

Answer 2

my suggestion is simple, but not as easy as it sounds. first i will tell you my story, then i will come to the solution. my father for as long as i can remember had a nervous tic, it was sort of winking, head twitching, and a sort of sneeze all rolled into one. this happened every minute or so. my brother developed the tic also, but rarely, every hour or so. no one ever mentioned it, treating it almost like a contagious devil decease. one day i twitched, and i was dumb founded, "oh no I've got it". and i could feel a sensation, like i needed to to it again, sort of like wanting a cigarette. (i don't smoke anymore). it continued for awhile (weeks), and a g/f asked "why you doing that"? i replied that "i don't know", and she responded with "well stop it then it looks awful". i had to conquer this thing and tried to analyse it. i had an urge to tic, if i ticked, it felt good or sort of "i needed that" feeling came. so i decided that when i got the urge, i tried for as long as i could not to tic. sometimes the feeling to tic went away, other times i just could not stop it. after a while i set time limits, and one day i decided not to tic today. it was agony but i never ticked, and now i have stopped it. writing to you now has given me the old urge again, but i will not allow it. good luck, and i hope this helps you. i know its like being addicted, you just have to fight it. good luck.

Answer 3

see a shriek.... buy a baby teether, paint your nails & if thes dont' work,pulll all your teeth out

lol

Answer 4

Shoot. Maybe you just bite.

Answer 5

no