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I've been a lifetime nailbiter, I chewed them down until they hurt and then I would start to work on the skin around the nails. They looked pretty gross, but I never really cared enough to make it past a couple days of trying to quit. The GF likes nice hands though and nails are a part of that, so I figured Id give it another shot. Now I'm on a 2 week kick of not biting my nails and they are the healthiest they've ever been. My method right now is to obsessively care for my nails constantly to stave off the biting compulsion. Once I had a little growth I constantly cleaned under my nails, and that kinda scratches the itch I get to pick at them. I also oil them up with jojoba oil which has helped my cuticles not look like poo poo, but more than that its just a little ritual that reinforces my mindset of taking care of them. I could definitely gently caress up at any point, I still put them in my mouth as a nervous habit but I havent bitten them yet. Any fellow nail biters or former nail biter out there looking to try and knock a bad habit with me or share some tips, products, pictures etc.? Before(not a great pic dont have many old hand pics)/Current  Its not much, but I am super proud.
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I've never been a nail biter. But good on ya op for taking charge.
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May 18, 2022 01:20
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Thank you! It feels weird on my hands, but I can pick the stickers off of apples really easily now so I feel pretty powerful
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May 18, 2022 01:25
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what I did is start putting nail polish on them because it tasted bad. then eventually I didn't want to chew them also because I didn't want to mess up my nice nail polish job
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May 18, 2022 01:26
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Congrats op! It’s hard has hell to stop, especially since you can do it anywhere. I’ve caught myself doing it when I’m half asleep.
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May 18, 2022 01:27
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Farg posted:what I did is start putting nail polish on them because it tasted bad. then eventually I didn't want to chew them also because I didn't want to mess up my nice nail polish job Niiice, I was thinking of picking up some of that stuff that tastes bad for nails so I stop resting my nails on my teeth Nuts and Gum posted:Congrats op! It’s hard has hell to stop, especially since you can do it anywhere. I’ve caught myself doing it when I’m half asleep. Thanks, still got a ways to go before I can really confidently say Im done with it. I keep a nail file on me if I get any urges
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May 18, 2022 01:28
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i haven't bit my nails in ten years. put small nailclippers on your keychain and keep them clipped short all the time.
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May 18, 2022 01:30
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Its never "Not much" to fight against a habit thats really ingrained, and breaking/leessening that habit is great, sometimes we can take that energy and apply it to other bits of our life we want to change as well, so awesome! carry on!
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May 18, 2022 01:33
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Hell Yeah posted:i haven't bit my nails in ten years. put small nailclippers on your keychain and keep them clipped short all the time. Gonna be me in ten years. Right now Im not clipping, just filing a bit until they are nearly flush with my finger tips. I want to give the nailbed a chance to heal a bit staberind posted:Its never "Not much" to fight against a habit thats really ingrained, and breaking/leessening that habit is great, sometimes we can take that energy and apply it to other bits of our life we want to change as well, so awesome! carry on!  Thank you, I will stay strong
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May 18, 2022 01:35
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I chew on my foreskin.
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May 18, 2022 01:37
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Flowers for QAnon posted:I chew on my foreskin. Try a foreskin clipper if you find its getting too long.
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May 18, 2022 01:38
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Better than chewing on someone else's foreskin I suppose
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May 18, 2022 01:42
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Flowers for QAnon posted:I chew on my foreskin. The flexibility is impressing, unless you've got a really long foreskin. Then I am less impressed.
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May 18, 2022 01:43
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As a former foreskin chewer this stuff is all you need to stave the cravings
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May 18, 2022 01:50
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Linux Pirate posted:The flexibility is impressing, unless you've got a really long foreskin. Then I am less impressed. I’m circumcised. It’s reusable, you know
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May 18, 2022 01:52
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I used to chew my nails pretty obsessively as a kid. I never made a conscious effort to quit, just sometime in my teens I lost the desire and now it seems gross. having nails rules. you can pick poo poo, scrape poo poo, scratch poo poo. the possibilities are endless
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May 18, 2022 01:57
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I dont bite my nails
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May 18, 2022 02:51
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Farg posted:what I did is start putting nail polish on them because it tasted bad. then eventually I didn't want to chew them also because I didn't want to mess up my nice nail polish job I eat nailbpolish
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May 18, 2022 02:52
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I won't stop, OP
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May 18, 2022 02:53
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i have quit smoking a pack a day and it was miserable, just a volatile rear end in a top hat for like 3 months, but I quit biting my nails for a week once and the urge to bite them was incredible. I felt like I was going crazy. It was some Cronenberg poo poo.
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May 18, 2022 02:54
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Elentor posted:I won't stop, OP Lemme bite yours then WILDTURKEY101 posted:i have quit smoking a pack a day and it was miserable, just a volatile rear end in a top hat for like 3 months, but I quit biting my nails for a week once and the urge to bite them was incredible. I felt like I was going crazy. It was some Cronenberg poo poo. I still cant kick the nicotine :/
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May 18, 2022 03:06
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Uriah Heep posted:Lemme bite yours then That's the worst of both worlds
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May 18, 2022 03:13
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Elentor posted:That's the worst of both worlds Bite someone's corns off
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Elentor posted:That's the worst of both worlds c'mon just a nibble maaan that's it I gotta clean mouth bro I promise
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May 18, 2022 03:16
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I bite my nails too OP. I'm always trying to stop, but I don't realise I'm doing it 99% of the time. I've had luck with the polish you put on that makes them taste like a nintendo switch cartridge but sadly as soon as I stop using it, I go back to biting them without fail.
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May 18, 2022 03:16
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Beartaco posted:I bite my nails too OP. I'm always trying to stop, but I don't realise I'm doing it 99% of the time. I've had luck with the polish you put on that makes them taste like a nintendo switch cartridge but sadly as soon as I stop using it, I go back to biting them without fail. Yea it becomes such automatic thing that its really hard to catch yourself doing it and stop. I've found that doing the ~overly caring and grooming them~ thing when I want to bite them is helping switch the unconscious nail-biting to a more positive habit. Also I put enough time into taking care of them that I feel like more is lost than if I was just passively growing them out.
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May 18, 2022 03:24
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Hell Yeah posted:i haven't bit my nails in ten years. put small nailclippers on your keychain and keep them clipped short all the time. This was along the lines of how I did it, I just made sure to keep some way of keeping them trim around at all times and haven't done it in about seven years
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May 18, 2022 03:25
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Flowers for QAnon posted:I’m circumcised. It’s reusable, you know That is some dedication. You have my respect.
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I stopped biting my nails when I got my wisdom teeth removed and my jaws realigned in a weird way that make it hard to do. Maybe try that.
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staberind posted:Its never "Not much" to fight against a habit thats really ingrained, and breaking/leessening that habit is great, sometimes we can take that energy and apply it to other bits of our life we want to change as well, so awesome! carry on! Hell yeah. I attribute a lot of the confidence I have in my day to day life came from learning how to have control over my own behaviour. Having the power to change something in your life for the better can just really make it so much easier to continue doing more things that make your life better!! Also, with an addiction every time you try to quit you increase the chances that the next time you try, YOU WILL!!! So even if you don't make it this time, just trying is enough to get your brain working toward the goal of stopping that behaviour!! So yeah, OP. 
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May 18, 2022 03:58
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No.
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May 18, 2022 03:59
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get a cone collar so you can't fit your hands to your mouth
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May 18, 2022 04:02
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start playing guitar so you have to trim them down to nubs every 2 days
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May 18, 2022 04:08
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i quit smoking but i cant stop biting my nails
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May 18, 2022 04:12
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i pick and peel my nails and then if i get a good sturdy one i use it to clean underneath the other nails. i dont think it's noticeable from looking at my hands tho
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May 18, 2022 04:54
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I was a nibble-on-them-until-it-bleeds nail biter as a kid. Then at 13 I used that foul-tasting nail polish stuff for a month or two, and it worked! Decades later, haven't bitten them since. I do have a nasty habit of picking at my cuticles though.
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May 18, 2022 06:13
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Come visit the YLLS nail thread and develop a new addiction to mattes, holographic top coats and multichromes.
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May 18, 2022 06:19
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I used to bite my nails, but never really out of anxiety, I think, but eventually I stopped? It was more just a lazy way of grooming than something I did to the point where I couldn't pick up coins. I still bite at hangnails and cuticles occasionally.
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May 18, 2022 06:22
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I quit biting my nails after having a chipped tooth repaired and being worried I'd wreck the dental work if I kept biting my nails.
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what I did is start putting nail polish on them because it tasted bad. then eventually I didn't want to chew them also because I didn't want to mess up my nice nail polish job
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