Morgan01
Well-known member
I have an awful problem with biting my lip.. constantly trying to make it even.
I have done it since I was younger but sometimes I go a while without having a problem with it and then in times of stress it comes back reallllly bad.
It stops me from getting things done. I will just sit there knowing I have to do something but just think that I need to get that one part even and then I will do it.. and then I'm there for another hour. I will avoid talking to people if I am dong it. I think I have to concentrate and hurry and get it even then I'll be fine.. but I just keep finding parts to make even.
I know some people do this when they aren't thinking about it. well that's not my problem.. I can't stop thinking about it!
It causes the inside of my mouth to swell up and get sore. It causes my teeth and jaw to ache. I get coldsores from touching my mouth constantly trying to move it into my teeth in the right spot. I get sores on my tongue running it over my lip so much. it makes me feel dizzy when I do it for too long. and I have heard that constant irritation in the mouth can cause oral cancer! not to mention it keeps me from doing the things I need and/or want to do.
I don't know what to do I have tried so many things.. I have tried to not think about it, I have put tissues in my mouth to keep me from doing it and I just chew up the tissue or bite around it. I try to apply chapstick over and over. Tried chewing gum all the time doesn't work I'll still do it with the gum. I've tried lollipops.. and even putting lemon juice on my lip throughout the day so it hurts a lot if a bite it but I either just keep doing it despite the pain or lick my lips until it wears off thinking I'll just bite it a little more and fix it.
ahhhhhh!
I have done it since I was younger but sometimes I go a while without having a problem with it and then in times of stress it comes back reallllly bad.
It stops me from getting things done. I will just sit there knowing I have to do something but just think that I need to get that one part even and then I will do it.. and then I'm there for another hour. I will avoid talking to people if I am dong it. I think I have to concentrate and hurry and get it even then I'll be fine.. but I just keep finding parts to make even.
I know some people do this when they aren't thinking about it. well that's not my problem.. I can't stop thinking about it!
It causes the inside of my mouth to swell up and get sore. It causes my teeth and jaw to ache. I get coldsores from touching my mouth constantly trying to move it into my teeth in the right spot. I get sores on my tongue running it over my lip so much. it makes me feel dizzy when I do it for too long. and I have heard that constant irritation in the mouth can cause oral cancer! not to mention it keeps me from doing the things I need and/or want to do.
I don't know what to do I have tried so many things.. I have tried to not think about it, I have put tissues in my mouth to keep me from doing it and I just chew up the tissue or bite around it. I try to apply chapstick over and over. Tried chewing gum all the time doesn't work I'll still do it with the gum. I've tried lollipops.. and even putting lemon juice on my lip throughout the day so it hurts a lot if a bite it but I either just keep doing it despite the pain or lick my lips until it wears off thinking I'll just bite it a little more and fix it.
ahhhhhh!
