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Posted by Haunted on Aug-06-2004 08:46:

biting nails

ive been biting my nails for a very long time, and ir eally need to stop, its not the most attractive thing and girls notice it, and dont like it

i also bit teh cuticles, so im pretty hardcore

i really gotta stop, anyone have suggstions?

Posted by davinox on Aug-06-2004 08:48:

have you tried not biting your nails?

Posted by Haunted on Aug-06-2004 09:01:

yes! its a bad habit, i just start back up again without even noticing it, its like learning to walk all over again

Posted by basd on Aug-06-2004 09:39:

Transparent nail polish? I don't think that tastes very well, and though being a bit girly, it might help.

Posted by Marcy on Aug-06-2004 12:35:

i would bite my nails but i dont have any at the moment. Nail-biting fury last week sometime, Chew gum that helps......

Posted by DJ Silhouette on Aug-06-2004 12:55:

Guilty

Posted by blazed it on Aug-06-2004 12:58:

they sell some bitter tasting concoction that you can dip your nails in to stop you from biting it.

Posted by TweeK on Aug-06-2004 13:01:

That shit is nasty,especially when girls do it.

Posted by dchaves on Aug-06-2004 13:22:

quote:
Originally posted by TweeK
That shit is nasty,especially when girls do it.

Why is nastier for girls?

I've never bited my nails, si I'm not too much help with this, but I think that chewing gum maybe is a solution.

Posted by madhattared on Aug-06-2004 13:34:

yeah i got the same prob, wicked bad habit to break

Posted by Lira on Aug-06-2004 13:45:

quote:
Originally posted by basd
Transparent nail polish? I don't think that tastes very well, and though being a bit girly, it might help.

Best advice - my uncle did this and it worked.

Posted by Trancealot on Aug-06-2004 15:18:

I could not wait until a thread like this was made. Yeah sometimes I don't even relize I am doing it I do it so much. My friends will bug me because I do it during class next to them. Its def a hard habit to break occasionaly never always!!

Posted by euphoria on Aug-06-2004 16:12:

There is actually a fluid made by Sally Hansen or probably other companies make it to but its not like nail polish its worse. Its called bite block or something like that. Its clear and it dries instantly and taistes disgusting. Biting is usually a nervous habit. Try something else like chewing gum, or smoking or something. I used to bite mine. Then started bitting pens, and its bad for ur teeth too. So i got a tounge ring and I play with that all the time and I dont bite anything but food

Posted by UWM on Aug-06-2004 16:26:

I chew gum instead. I used to bite my fingers nails all the time. It's the same reason I smoked, I just have some kind of oral fixation. I'll chew on pens, gum, etc ...

*insert immature joke here*

Posted by Slylee on Aug-06-2004 16:29:

sounds like you never grew out of Freud's psychosexual development "oral" stage... it's common. don't sweat it. but try not to bite your nails....all that dirt and germs...yuck.

Posted by Boomer187 on Aug-06-2004 16:31:

stick yer finger in yer bum. you won't wanna bite em.

but for really, the only good way is painting something on them that tastes like ass. then when you bite em you associate teh bad flavor you'll stop soon enough

Posted by Audigy7 on Aug-06-2004 17:01:

I used to bite my nails A LOT. But I can't now that I have braces. So, get braces if you want to stop biting your nails.

Posted by Trancealot on Aug-06-2004 19:19:

quote:
Originally posted by Audigy7
I used to bite my nails A LOT. But I can't now that I have braces. So, get braces if you want to stop biting your nails.

did help but...braces were 3 years. An addiction like I have lead me to bitting my nails after the braces were off! munch munch munch.....spit

Posted by Hawk240 on Aug-06-2004 19:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Haunted
yes! its a bad habit, i just start back up again without even noticing it, its like learning to walk all over again

Yeah I do the same thing man. It gets annoying because I'll catch my self doing it, and force myself to stop, and yeah I definetly have to find a way to stop hah.

Posted by GHOSH on Aug-06-2004 19:27:

Cut the end of your fingers off.

I'm sure you won't wanna chew on stumps.

But seriously, when i was a toddler, my dad put tobasco on thumbs to get me to stop sucking my thumb.

It'll stink, or maybe you'll start liking tobasco, but it'll get you attention long enough for you to realize to stop yourself from biting on them.

Posted by Turbonium on Aug-06-2004 22:09:

Don't wash your hands after you go to the washroom (even if it's not for piss...).

Should teach you eventually.

Posted by Emil on Aug-06-2004 23:30:

quote:
Originally posted by Audigy7
I used to bite my nails A LOT. But I can't now that I have braces. So, get braces if you want to stop biting your nails.

I agree. I used to bite my nails all the time, I had braces put on and stopped. You stop because you can't do it with braces, but ever since I took the braces off I don't do it anymore. Just doesn't feel right.

Posted by noikeee on Aug-06-2004 23:33:

never had the habit, but this thread is giving me the will to do it

Posted by DiMethGuy on Aug-07-2004 02:58:

i bite my toe nails...mmmm...fungus

Posted by Fancy Pants on Aug-07-2004 11:24:

I crack my knuckles... solely because i was on dexadrine (this hardcore ADD medicine) when i was ~ 11 years old. This stuff was so intense it made my fingers feel like they were in the wrong place, and they had to be shifted around in order to feel right. So i tried to force them to shift. Not pretty.