nail biting

angelavdavis

Hi all,

Please please please can I join in too?

I have been biting my nails all my life, many photos of me as a child with my fingers in my mouth. I have tried everything - stick on nails, welded on ones, manicures, will-power, hypnotism tapes, paint on stuff, etc etc and have stopped for upwards of 12 months at different times.

My biting is currently even worse than ever. I have no idea why. I bite them when I am bored, watching tv, in a traffic jam, on the computer - you name it! I wonder if I bite in my sleep too! One of my lower front teeth chipped and I know its down to the biting.

When I was working, I used to wear false nails practically all the time and when I took them off to give my poor nails a breather - I would bite them again. Now they are so low, I doubt false ones would even stick!

As you are doing so well I am wondering if a support network might be the way to go for me too?!

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

how is everyone getting on today? all good i hope x

Silaqui

Welcome Angela! It's worth a try to come and post on here!

I've made it to 4 and a half weeks so far, and - woohooo one of my nails is now past the end of my finger! :T But I'm gonna have to file it level again I think because it's REALLY doing my head in. How people cope with these huge nails I do not know. it keeps catching on everything!

Fernliebee thats inteesting about the cuticles, I never realised! I've never had those sore bumpos in all my years of biting though Jojo - must have been lucky! Although I've always bitten my nails to death, never really been one for picking at the skin around them.

Hope you are all still doing well!

xx

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Hiya Angela - welcome! I found that I gradually got used to having longer nails, but at first, they drove me crazy.

Just a quick visit, so night night to all x

Savvy_Sue

My new mini file arrived today, but I haven't had it out of the packet yet. It will definitely go on holiday with me!

Angela, I don't know about biting in my sleep, but I know that one reason I used to bite was that my nails were catching on my brushed nylon nightie. I'm sure you're not wearing brushed nylon in bed (whose idea WAS that?) but it might be worth making sure they're as smooth as you can get them each night.

babyhead

Well...i've made it a week then

Progress is as follows ..... on both hands its my thumb and first finger which haven't grown much and are yukky. The other three look okay just a little short.

I will keep moisturising and trying to resist! I'm finding though that instead of biting im now just OCD with the cleaning of them

Hope everyone is doing ok

myothercarisaferrari

can I join? :rolleyes:Bitten my nails all my life and I hate it! x

I've tried everything too (bar hypnosis!) and my mum always promised me £10 if I stopped :rolleyes:

Alizarin

babyhead wrote: »

I'm finding though that instead of biting im now just OCD with the cleaning of them

Same here! People at work must think I'm so vain about my nails!

Welcome, Angela and myothercarisaferrari - we'll help you get that £10!

I think I'm going to promise myself a manicure in mid-October if I haven't bitten my nails by then. I've never had one before because my nails have always been so short and I've been embarrassed of them. So should give me something to look forward to and aim for!

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

Hi gang - quick message, haven't bitten and now have white bits on end of my nails! Here's an updated pic for you - http://www.twitpic.com/ht1hm good luck for the rest of the day and welcome all new chewees! X x

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Well done and welcome to all new chewees!
Great picture, looking good, ocd cleaning is perfectly normal!

Have a good one, everyone

Jojo xxx