Does anybody else here bite their fingernails?

I cannot stop biting my fingernails and I have been nibbling away at them for longer than i can remember and i don't know why!

Does anybody else here have this same terribly disgusting habit/addiction?

I wonder if it is hereditary - since my mother and aunt both bite their finger nails?

Is it caused by mind altering / traumatic / fear induced experiences?

Or maybe it is something silly and simple.

Your stories please

 

no but I bite DP noobs that are lame and retarded

 

If you're not going to participate in the thread, don't post.

9219 posts of nonsense I suppose?

 

If I didn't want to participate I wouldn't have posted in the thread.

 

I alway bite my nails I did try a few times to stop but after a day or two I just had to do it. I have no idea why I bite them sorry.

 

No, but I do see many in locality doing this time to time. I just ask them to stay away from biting or you are inviting several germs.

 

Biting nails is a bad habit.

 

I used to do it for years... I started putting gel on them to harden them. The gel hardens them enough so you can't get your teeth through them. It's been over two years now since I've bitten them. If you can't afford to get them professionally done, you can buy gel (not the same stuff and not as good but it'll work) at Wal-Mart, Wal-Greens, CVS etc...

 

Hello scoopdacy,

That may be a sign/action of distress and anxiety. I somewhere read that women are more prone to these actions than men. Also, some faint, and some even pick their own hair....i mean, its just a normal way of how your bodies handle and deal with changes like depression and etc.

I do lot of finger twisting when in stress or sometimes cannot stand at a point, need to move continuously.

Thanks

 

At small age i did that.. but now i fully controlled

 

Biting nails is bad habit but i can't stop doing it. I chew it like i'm hungry and its not just right anymore.

 

I used to bite my nails a little, but I don't anymore. My brother used to bite his fingernails all the time. When he was up for election, someone brought up that he shouldn't do it anymore and now he doesn't bite his fingernails at all. He stopped just like that, I think it was because someone noticed that it was a problem and brought it up to my brother -- he realized that people could see that he was doing it and he had to stop.

 

Nail biting is a habit that is not easy to quit. I often do it when I am nervous.

 

check with your nearest psychiatrist.

 

when i feel bore i bite my nails because i dont like finger nails....

 

I do,when i'm tensed or no work to do!!

 

Psychiatrist? Really? For nail-biting? I hope you're joking.
This is a mind over matter situation. When you feel yourself about to bite your nails, stop yourself! If you really want to quit, you can do it!! It's discipline.

 

Thank you all for your posts, opinions and stories very eye opening.

The weird thing is, i don't even know when i bite my nails - it must be in my sleep or something

I will try to discipline myself.

 

i don't bite my fingernails

 

I sometimes do it, but not my fingernails, just that skin that grows around them, you know what I'm talking about