Old habits are hard to break-even the nasty ones.
I bite my nails. I have periods when I break the habit, but during times of anxiety and pressure, I assuage my nerves with a dose of nail biting.
It’s gross, I know, but strangely stress relieving. Weird. Funny thing is, I hate looking at other people biting their own nails!
I had stopped the habit sometime last week but with the SAT just yesterday, I began to bite. I’m still biting because it’s very hard to stop once I’ve begun but I will try in order to let them grow and look prim for prom!
I don’t suppose I will be able to completely put an end to the habit until I get into colleges next year. Until then, I will battle the habit, temporarily stopping just to go back to biting again.
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I’m 43 and I’m still biting my nails….if you get any good tips for stopping post them here!!
It drives me crazy when I see other people doing this, yet I am a culprit. I hate my hands. Other people have slender fingers with delicate, pretty, girly manicured nails. I have farmer’s hands and in times of stress nibble my nails like corn cobs. I loathe this. If you find a way to stop, let me know.
Haha guess what I did for prom?
I got acrylics put on. Which give me flimsy nails.
Flimsy nails break unevenly and often which makes me bite more!!
The gross cycle begins again.
Apparently there is a nail polish that tastes ridiculous and helps people stop. I would rather not let myself ingest chemicals haha but I did stop the gross habit a few years back when I had braces. That seemed like the only solution that worked for me:)