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My fingernails and I need some help

Posted 01-18-2016 at 08:12 PM by Alf Shall Rise

I'm pretty bored and this is on my mind right now, so I figured I'd see if anyone here has some good advice for this shit that I'm about to elaborate on.

So I pick and bite at my fingernails an awful lot. Always have, too. At this point it's developed into a really bad habit that I just can't help myself from doing. My fingernails are an absolute mess as a result, to the point where I feel really self conscious over it. I look at my nails and realize just how obvious it is that I pick at them. They definitely aren't nearly as bad as some of the extreme examples you could probably find online, but they still look pretty fucked up.

I just can't help it, though. Sometimes I'll start doing it without even realizing and before I know it, I've butchered the everloving fuck out of my pinky fingernail. Part of it is definitely anxiety, because I really go to town on them when I'm feeling super anxious, but I do it other times too. Even when I'm bored at work I sometimes do it. And the worst part about it? Most of the time, I actually like what it feels like. I think it feels good, to a certain degree.

The only kind of 'help' I've looked into is googling things by myself, and the best advice I've gotten online is that I need to keep my hands busy when I find myself feeling restless. I've read suggestions like playing with my hair, or twirling a pen around, but neither of those really cut it for me. I still fucking pick at my fingernails after a while.

Any advice?

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	Keep your nails tidy by trimming and filing them. If you are anything like me the compulsive nail biting starts when you notice a bit has come loose. Also try chewing gum, I find it to be stimulating enough. Do you ever find yourself pulling hairs out? I actually have a bald spot on my leg from a particularly stressful assignment.
	Posted 01-18-2016 at 11:18 PM by moxco

	I had a bald spot on my wrist when I was still trying to struggle through my music degree. I also bite my nails all the goddamn time, except when I'm travelling. Having cash to spend more time in Europe would be great for my nails, if anyone wants to help me out instead
	Posted 01-18-2016 at 11:33 PM by Phylum

	I bite the skin around my nails and as a result my fingers are all fucked up. My nails are pretty ok though.
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 12:27 AM by FrustratedAssassin

	I've learned to not do it when my wife is around. She hits me in the back of the head when I do.
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 06:24 AM by OANST

I've actually been thinking of asking friends and family to stop me if they ever notice me doing it.

Keep your nails tidy by trimming and filing them. If you are anything like me the compulsive nail biting starts when you notice a bit has come loose. Also try chewing gum, I find it to be stimulating enough.

Do you ever find yourself pulling hairs out? I actually have a bald spot on my leg from a particularly stressful assignment.

I do sometimes start picking when they're untidy, but not always. Sometimes seeing a clean is even more tempting. Fortunately I don't pull any hairs out, or at least not anymore. Sometimes I did when I had longer hair, but it wasn't compulsive at all.

Chewing gum doesn't sound like a bad idea either.

Posted 01-19-2016 at 06:46 AM by Alf Shall Rise

	Have you tried that stuff you put on your nails to make them taste really bad to put you off doing it? I'm not so bad with my nails anymore. I only bite them to trim them down because I hate clippers. I am bad for biting the skin around them though. My fingers are absolutely disgusting.
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 06:51 AM by Jordan

	No but that might help a bit, actually. Although I don't think it'll solve the issue completely since I do a lot more picking than biting.
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 07:00 AM by Alf Shall Rise

	The cheaper way of approaching this is to just get a bit of poo on your fingers while wiping your bum, and then not wash your hands.
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 08:18 AM by OANST

	Or cut off your fingers.
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 08:45 AM by STM

	There are people who dont mind shit. What about them? BTW. Greetings for Fallout 4 players
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 08:45 AM by Varrok

	Sup! I also bite my nails and I notice I do it a lot when I'm not doing anything, or if I'm feeling down. So I'd suggest just keep your mind active. Just be doing something to keep yourself distracted from biting.
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 09:44 AM by Crashpunk

	I dunno. The poo idea sounded pretty good.
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 09:55 AM by Alf Shall Rise

	I heard biting nails decreases over time as you age. I just trim them with the appropriate tool from time to time nowadays
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 09:57 AM by Varrok

	: Or cut off your fingers. 🔪👈
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 10:08 AM by FrustratedAssassin

	My Dad is 56ish and bites his nails worse than I do, Varrok. So bollocks to yer. FA that's scary. Stop. :B
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 11:41 AM by STM

	😝🔪
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 11:49 AM by Varrok

	You could try sucking dicks all the time. That might help your problem.
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 11:56 AM by Jordan

	If I suck a guy off while giving two other dudes handjobs, then, well... I think we've figured this out.
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 11:57 AM by Alf Shall Rise

	If you're reffering to what I think you're reffering to, I wouldn't have understood it a few days ago, because I almost literally just stumbled upon the video
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 12:13 PM by Varrok

	I have no idea what you're talking about. Were you watching porn?
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 12:53 PM by Alf Shall Rise

	If that counts as a porn Your post just sounded very accurate to it :X
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 12:56 PM by Varrok

	Wow... a lot of people bite their nails. This has never been a problem for me.
	Posted 01-19-2016 at 06:25 PM by Vexen

	I don't bite my toe nails.
	Posted 01-20-2016 at 07:01 AM by OANST

	You're too old and fat to even reach them.
	Posted 01-20-2016 at 08:08 AM by Varrok

	If I can't see them when I look down, they don't exist.
	Posted 01-20-2016 at 09:01 AM by OANST

	You should become a dictator.
	Posted 01-20-2016 at 11:16 AM by Varrok

	I've always wanted to be a dictator, can I be one instead?
	Posted 01-20-2016 at 11:47 AM by FrustratedAssassin

	Well I mean, it's Romania so yeah.
	Posted 01-20-2016 at 12:20 PM by STM

	In communist Romania the dictator deposes the people.
	Posted 01-20-2016 at 02:29 PM by OANST

	Will becoming a dictator help me with my fingernails?
	Posted 01-20-2016 at 03:15 PM by Alf Shall Rise

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