shyness and nail-biting

lucifersam · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:50 am Post subject: shyness and nail-biting

I have been a chronic nail biter as far back as I remember. I don't really care how they look, and the only problems it causes are not being to pick up coins off the table or having difficulty opening soda cans. Or when I bite too much off and they start to bleed, that stings for a a bit.

But anyway, POLL! PARTICIPATE!

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dottie · Expert User Joined: Sep 06, 2007 Posts: 522 Location: USA

hardly at all, or never

BUT i used to be an avid nail biter and it was a huge deal to quit. glad i stopped though. my nails look much better and having your hands in your mouth isn't attractive.

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striker · Newbie User Joined: Jun 20, 2008 Posts: 51

You have anchored your shyness to nail biting.

Next time you feel shy, Start clapping. Now in order for this to form as a habit you need to do it for 21 days so your brain remembers the association.

Look up Pavlov's dog experiments.

SleepingBeauty · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:22 am Post subject:

I never bite them. Its hurts me teeth when I do. And I like to try to keep mine long anways.

Psychedelicious · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject:

All the time, everyday. I'll bite them until they bleed sometimes. So much, there isn't even anything left to bite. And once that is all finished I'll start biting and tearing off the skin on the sides of my nails.

Helyna · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:12 pm Post subject:

I hardly ever bite my nails. Mostly, it's only when I have a hangnail or something and can't get to a nail clipper. This usually means I'm biting the same part of the same nail all day at school because it won't stop bothering me.

When I was little, though, I tore my nails. I'd pick at one with another until it started to tear. It's a lot less controlled than biting, and it would hurt a lot! I don't remember how I quit. I think I just grew up and stopped doing it.

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bleach · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject:

I have been doing this so long it is completely unconscious. I can never remember doing it , but somehow my nails get bitten off anyway. Maybe someone is doing it in my sleep.. Shocked

theblank · Newbie User Joined: Jun 27, 2008 Posts: 54

I bit my nails my entire life up until a few years ago. I'm not sure if it was out of nervousness or whatever, but sometimes I would tear so much nail off of my thumb that I would get a painful infection and have to go to the doctor for treatment. Now I file my nails and they look much better and I am no longer tempted to bite them. It was hard to break the habit at first, but I would remind myself that I don't want to ruin the way they look and I definitely don't want to get an infection. Now it's a thing of the past.

sabbath92003 · Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject:

Never

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chris87 · Advanced User Joined: Jul 09, 2008 Posts: 337

I bit my nails for a long time, but I finally stopped. My parents were always bothering me about it.