What is your bad habit?

United States
October 21, 2008 11:52pm CST
I think everyone has a habit that they consider a bad habit. Mine is biting my nails, especially when I am stressed out. I try to keep from doing that, but sometimes I find myself doing it anyway. What is your bad habit? Have you been able to break yourself from it? What did you do?
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• Pakistan
22 Oct 08
hi friends i think my bad habit is that i m an employ in a company and till now i am a sportsman and that is my bad habit. while i am spending my time in sports. and if i give my sports time to my office time it effect me more and can give me more benefit to me. Prince Sad
• United States
22 Oct 08
Do you wish you had more time to do what you like, like your sports, or is it the other way around?
• Pakistan
22 Oct 08
i think and i wish that where would be 48 hours in one day that i have to complete my both work . my sports as well as my office work Prince Sad
• United States
22 Oct 08
Ahh I see. There are times that I wish there was more time in a day to get things done. I've learned to time manage as best as I am able and often multi-task. I hope you find a balance that will allow you time for both office and sports. Good luck.
@rbhuiyan (66)
• Bangladesh
22 Oct 08
everybody has his own some bad habits.i have a bad habit and it is smoking.i addicted to smoke by one of my friend.at first i dislike smoking.now i know that smoking is very harmful to me. i also know that smoking is my bad habit. i often try my best to give up this bad habit but i could not.i hope i will give up my bad habit as soon as possible.
• United States
22 Oct 08
I've tried smoking twice and both times coughed so hard that I felt like I was coughing up a lung. The majority of the adults in my family smoke, and my mom recently quit. She did it cold turkey. I know it's not that easy for everyone though. Good luck with breaking the habit. *hugs*
• India
22 Oct 08
I had a very bad habit of tearing my hair! Yes, strange as it may sound now, I was actually obsessed with it. Later on I found that it was actually a medical disorder called Trichotillomania but at that time I did not know of this. A certain point in my skull would itch for no apparent reason (in hindsight, I think it was more psychological) and tearing hair from that particular area gave me immense pleasure. Things became so bad that I actually became bald in that particular spot. Being a girl, I could manage to cover it with hair but could not stop the habit. My mom was appalled, she tried everything, even rubbing cream onto my fingers so that the hairs slipped and could not be plucked! However, post marriage I think it was a conscious decision from embarrassment and strong will that made me give it up. I still do it, but rarely. Some hair has grown back but it wont be the same. However, I have been able to kick the habit.
• United States
22 Oct 08
Congratulations on kicking the habit. I have heard of others with that disorder. I'm not sure if they were given medication to take care of it or if they did what you did to over come it.
• India
22 Oct 08
biting my nails!
• United States
22 Oct 08
Yay! Someone who knows my pain. hehe Have you tried to break the habit of biting your nails? I've heard that there is a nail polish of sorts that you can paint on them to help you stop, but I'm not sure if I want to do that.
@Munchkin547 (2778)
22 Oct 08
My worst habit is sucking my thumb! i have done it ever since i was a chld and used to have my thumb constantly in my mouth! now i only do it if i am really tired and i would never ever do it in public, but sometimes when i am really tired it creeps into my mouth without me even realising it!! it's quite embarrassing really!! xxx
@prudhvi27 (414)
• India
22 Oct 08
i don't have physical bad habits like smoking or alchol, but i have a bad habit that is i use to forgot some matters very quickly why i dont know ?????????
• United States
22 Oct 08
I forget things to so don't feel bad. hehe What's bad is when you get up and go into the kitchen and forget why you went in there. lol I've done that a few times.