Do you bite your nails?
@rosekiss (30413)
Eugene, Oregon
September 7, 2015 1:42pm CST
I bite mine constantly. I don't know why, but I guess I get bored, have nothing to do so I bite them. I think it might come from being nervous, at least that is what I have een told. I am trying to stop myself from biting them, as it is a very bad habit that I need to break. I don't know what to do except to put something bitter on them, and I know that would stop me for sure. The thing of it is, I have been doing this for years, and now that I am 67, I should know enough not to do it anymore. I keep telling myself no, but I lost as I keep on doing it. I know that habits are hard to break, and this one sure is, but I will do whatever I can to stop, as I have done it long enough, that is for sure.
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@besweet (9831)
• Ireland
7 Sep 15
I bite my nails as well. I've never used bitter nail polish or oils but I have managed to control it for some time. It comes from stress in my case, I stopped smoking three months ago and I have more stress than usual.
Maybe you can control it if you pay attention and notice when you bite them the most. Is it when you watch tv, when you have akward moments, when you are getting stressed? The first step for me was to become concious and realise that I am biting them while I do it. Because most of the times I don't realise that until someone tells me.
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@TexanTornado (5573)
• United States
7 Sep 15
No, that I don't. It's a habit I never had, and glad I didn't.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 Sep 15
@TexanTornado You bet I will. I love it to much not to.. It is the best site ever.
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@TexanTornado (5573)
• United States
7 Sep 15
@rosekiss Any habit after years of doing something is hard to break. What works for one, doesn't mean it will work for another. You will have to find something that works for you. If typing here does that, then really get busy typing. 
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
7 Sep 15
I dont rosekiss.
I hear though that is a very hard habit to break.
Maybe someone will know an answer for it that they have used.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 Sep 15
@TiarasOceanView Yea, that would be an idea, except it would be hard to type with them on. I might end up typing one mistake after another.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
7 Sep 15
I bit mine when I was younger. You can quit. It just takes some time.
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@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
30 Dec 15
I don't have this habit. I think it is not very difficult to get rid of it? Perhaps you can put some medicine oil on your fingers and you will not bit your fingers for sure. As it will already smell strongly and you will keep away from your mouth.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
31 Dec 15
@youless Well, as far as my kids are concerned, they are adults, marrried with children of their own, so not sure if any of them bite their nails or not. All I know is, I am ttying my best not to do it, as it has been a habit for way to long, and I certainly need to correct it.
@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
30 Dec 15
I do know there is something that can be put on the fingers, that is very bitter, and I know once I put that on my fingers, I wouldn't put my fingers in my mouth ever again. I have been doing better lately though, and I think before I put them in my mouth.
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@owstalaga (4825)
• Philippines
8 Sep 15
Never got into that habit. I used to stretch my wrists a lot as a kid until I was told to stop doing it.
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@owstalaga (4825)
• Philippines
8 Sep 15
@rosekiss No it didn't hurt at all that's why I kept doing it until they told me stop doing it. It took me a few days but I got rid of the habit.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
8 Sep 15
@owstalaga That is good to hear. I have been doing good today, so far, as I hevent' even tried to bite them at all.
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@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
8 Sep 15
I don't bite mine but if one of them chips off I pick at it until I have it torn down to the nub. I try to keep them painted so that they don't chip off as much.
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@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
8 Sep 15
@rosekiss Keeping those fingers flying on the keyboard works wonders.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
8 Sep 15
@Shellyann36 It sure does. It keeps me from even thinking of even putting my fingers to my mouth.
@cgalavia (1436)
• Philippines
15 Sep 15
@rosekiss Yes,an addiction.she used to tease with her habit but then she didin't stop doing it.It's hard to deal with addiction,must have a self-discipline.
I'm happy to hear that Mylot has help you enormously to forget your little habit and I also say mylot helps me in some ways.
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
8 Dec 15
I was a nail biter until a few years ago and then I just forced myself to stop. I found that putting my fingers in my mouth was related to my always getting sick with colds etc. Once I stopped biting my nails I no longer got sick. Weird isn't it
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
8 Dec 15
That really is strange, as I have never put the two together at all. I have been trying to keep myself busy so that I won't put my fingers to my mouth. I do have a clippers, and now I am starting to use those so I won't bite them.
@birjudanak (14316)
• India
6 Dec 15
yes its automatically happened while i watching serious cricket match and in critical situation now i not bit but while i am child i done its lots of time and my mom became very angry and said you not feed enough food that you have to eat this.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
6 Dec 15
It happens for me when I get nervous about something, or I get worried. It is a bad hair that I do need to break, and it will happen in time.
@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 Dec 15
@birjudanak If I am worried about something, then I will bite my nails, but I find that coming in here and typing, keeps me from doing that. It is a habit i certainly need to break.
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@birjudanak (14316)
• India
7 Dec 15
@rosekiss yes same with me while i am nervous then i bite and its really bad habits but we cant stop it because in some situation its start automatically.
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@shellyjaneo (1076)
• United Kingdom
7 Dec 15
I do it, I don't even realise I am doing it I have really short nails but luckily I don't bite them so low that they hurt or anything like that. It is a bad habit that I should stop x
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 Dec 15
Yes, me too. I will bite them without realizing that i am, and I know I need to stop too, and I hope that I can break the habit soon, as I have been doing it for years, so it will be hard to break, but I know I can do it if I put my mind to it.
@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
9 Sep 15
My exhusband used to bite his nails so bad, that he ended up with nubs. I find, that by being in here, I just don't think about biting them, so I don't do it then. I try to be in here as much as possible as I love being here, and so I don't bite them so much.
I find, that by being in here, I just don't think about biting them, so I don't do it then. I try to be in here as much as possible as I love being here, and so I don't bite them so much.
@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
8 Dec 15
I never thought about doing that, but maybe that would work as well. I have been trying lately to keep my hands as busy as I can, so that I won't put my fingers to my mouth to bite my nails. I know that in time I will break the habit for good.
@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
8 Dec 15
It has a very been habit, that I certainly need to break, and I will in time. I am trying to keep my hands busy so that I won't put my fingers in my mouth. So far, it is working as I am keeping busiy in here at least in the morning, and at night I will color so that I don't bite them, which is the main thing.
@wetnosedogs (1533)
• United States
10 Sep 15
I do and still. Just a silly habit
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
10 Sep 15
Yes, it sure is. I have tried for so long to stop biting them, but to no avail. The only that stops me is being in here, as i interact and don't even think about biting them, so I will have to be here more often.
@AnanthuVs (394)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
7 Dec 15
Me too bite when i got nervous or watching cricket or football match and also bite when got tensioned
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