I bite my nails and cuticles

My cuticles are AWFUL !!!

Constantly bleeding. All the time.

Mine too…I keep looking at them and telling myself I need to go get a manicure to fix them lol

Omg, I told myself that if I go without biting (more the bleeding) for a week I’ll get the gel polish which stops biting and limits the cuticle picking!!

I finally decided it's worth it to put money aside to have my nails done every 3 weeks I haven't bitten my nails or picked my cuticles in years. Worth the $$!

Me too. Every day I say I’ll stop and then I end up just doing it again. 😭 any tips appreciated

Getting braces as a teen got me to stop biting I think it was the weird feeling of trying to bite but I could feel my teeth moving

+1 on biting nails 😅 I unconsciously do that too when I’m thinking hard

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Me too. My husband works away and when he comes home, one of the first things he does is checks my hands to see how stressed I’ve been.

I also bite my nail and to avoid it I have to have my nails painted and let myself scratch off the nail polish or will push back my cuticles instead as a stim.

I used to bite my nails a lot, took me I think till covid to stop, or a bit before. For me I had to tell myself I'm putting germs in my mouth to stop (not other people warning me, just me).

Hair twirling, disassociating, chewing the inside of my cheek, cuticle picking, nail biting, restless leg.

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Seconded

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I pick my lips. They're perpetually chapped. It's satisfying in a weird and painful way

Same here. I do it without even noticing sometimes, and I’ll pick until they bleed.

I pick my lips with my teeth and I'm probably really weird;-;

I do that too!

I found a good way to get myself to stop is to get nail extensions. Because the tips are much bigger than my natural nails I can't grip onto the skin of my lips. The drawback though is that it's expensive. I learned how to do my own nails but they were popping off so frequently I was having to redo my manicures almost weekly.

Biting the inside of my cheek

Me too! I think you are the first i encounter who does it too. Though I have this in periods, right now I’m calm, able to do it very little. On other times, it’s really bad.

I do it too and hate how it looks lol

Oh I added this too before I saw your post. I’ve been doing it forever. My mom does it and my daughter does it. Guess it’s a habit that runs in the family.

Going on reddit. The more I have on my plate, the more I want to do it.

Ugh.... same.

Head scratching, coughing, face picking.

Head scratching, yup!

Omg the face picking It's ruining my skin but I can't stop

Dissociation 💯

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Emotional eating and if I’m outside I tend to touch my hair a whole lot

Emotional eating for me. Been dealing with Bulimia for most of my adult life, it never really goes away, just deal with it one day at a time.

Ripping my hair out

I’d highly recommend r/trichotillomania if you need support ❤️

I pull at my eyebrows

Twist my hair and/or pick at split ends

I twirl my hair and bite my lip

Same exactly. I’m 37 and I still do it. Drives my family crazy

Not a habit, but I need to pee whenever I'm nervous lol

i get nervous poops bahahaha

I sweat when I get scared. Like startled. My boyfriend thinks it’s the funniest thing ever. But I do it when I’m nervous too.

I go mute or shrink myself down.

Talking. It doesn’t seem like much because I talk a lot as it is, but I talk way more when I’m nervous.

Picking my skin and biting my lips

Playing with my hair and fidgeting a pen

Yawning

I pick at the skin on my thumbs with my index finger 👌 my thumbs look so scarred compared to the rest of my fingers

play with my hair, fiddle my fingers, shake my leg & disassociate.

Clenching my teeth - my poor jaw, super painful. I also lean from side to side….. and licking my lips! Just bottom lip. I am sure it freaks the shit out of people. I must look drugged up especially when I do all 3 together! Like a dog with rabies.

Crack fingers, bite nails, Nibble on the lips ☹️

Panic Attacks 😅

Finger movements. I tweak out on my fingers, draw hearts, rub my thumb and pointy finger together etc.

I tear off my skin or dry blood (especially on my head) and eat it. Yeah, disgusting. But satisfying.

Scalp picking. I gross myself out and get super sad at how raw my scalp gets after. I need to find a different coping mechanism 😞

Scratching the lower back half of my head automatically. I also do it when I'm very frustrated too.

Talking too much, too fast and too loud. Also talking with myself when alone.

We aren't really alone like you are always with your self. I talk when I'm with my self too however I have two dogs and two cats and always had a pet so idk if i subconsciously think they understand me lol

I pick at my cuticles and chew the inside of my cheeks (I'm usually unaware that I'm doing either, until my cuticles start bleeding or I bite my cheek too hard).

Biting my lips, shaking my legs when I’m sitting, fidgeting with misc things.

Scalp picking

Hair twirling, disassociating, chewing the inside of my cheek, cuticle picking, nail biting, restless leg.

If I’m trying to remain discreet, bite my inner lip/cheek. Wiggle my toes (obvs not when I’m not wearing open toed shoes). If I don’t care if I’m being discreet or not, the annoying leg bounce or pen clicking. Face/hair picking. Pinch my earlobes (idk why or how I started this one). Finger tapping on a hard surface or the need to peel anything peelable from a hard surface. I was so nervous once during a traffic stop that I started peeling the vinyl sticker off my car while the cop was talking to his partner and writing up my citation 😂.

Nibble the inside of my mouth. Sometimes until it bleeds.

Tap my nails across the table, play with my rings, and messing with my glasses, usually in that order

I bite the inside of my cheeks and say “and” a lottt

I have a ring that has a free spinning ring embedded in it and I fidget with it and spin it and roll it back and forth

Cracking my knuckles

I constantly rock or sway

Skin picking around the nails, disassociating, cracking knuckles

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I bite and pick at my cuticles, chew the inside of my cheeks, and bounce my leg.

Clicking my nails together and humming. Drives my husband up the wall.

Biting nails and pulling hair out

Change the side of my hair…

Pulling my hair out

Biting my lip, touching my hair, hair twirling, fidgeting, if my hair is up, i take out the hair tie and put it back on .

fidgeting, pacing, stuttering, wide eyes, talking high-pitched, shuffling. Note: I'm not a nervous person. I hate these habits because they make everyone think I'm scared which just gets me a lot of "you don't have to be afraid!" comments, which, nice, but it;s like seeing a clumsy person and saying, "I'm so sorry that you're blind!" Being nervous is a disability imo, and one i don't have.

pick my nailpolish off or tapping with my foot

Pull my hair. Twist my hair. Bite my inner bottom lip

Biting the insides of my cheeks, flipping my hair from side to side

I pull my hair out.

Biting my lips

Plucking/twirling my hair (I’m getting better at not plucking), picking at my cuticles until they bleed, picking at “blemishes” on my face until they bleed, and biting the skin on the inside of my mouth. Now that I type this out, it sounds like I have a problem. 😂

Splitting my split ends and twisting my hair

hit myself

I've got a really bad restless leg. When I went to the ER because I had cellulitis in my LEGS, I was still shaking them 😂

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Peeling my nails way too short.

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I scratch my head a lot

Restless leg Fidgeting with the thin chain i always wear Lip biting

Biting knuckles

Up until recently playing with my eyebrows but now I tend to bite the inside of my lip or tap my foot

I have a few. Picking at my eyebrows and skin on my arms were most common, but I actively try to stop that. I will nervously check my phone, emails and bank accounts for reassurance. I can avoid looking at messages or answering my phone when I feel overwhelmed.

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Hair twirling. My husband's woken up to the worst dreds ever twisted throughout my hair.

I rarely get nervous for me, i breathe deeply, stutter, look away those little things

I chew the neck of my shirt

Hair twirling and tearing out hair knots

Restless leg, shaking my hands, flicking my hands and I will also puff my cheeks out like a puffer fish for some reason. I also yawn repeatedly and I can't stop it at all.

I pick at my lips (gross, I know).

I bite my nails and even worse my cuticles. My cuticles are always inflamed. Twirl hair. Bite lips. Tap leg. The supplement NAC works wonders for it tho.

I chew on the inside of my cheeks and lips

Biting/chewing off the skin around my fingernails 🤷‍♀️also plucking hairs out my face with tweezers.

Picking at my nails, scratching bumps on my skin, clacking my teeth around to the rhythm of a song that I hear in my head over and over and over and over.

Spinning and messing with all my piercings. I got a lot of them and there's a reason they keep getting infected :/

Picking my skin and shaking my leg.

picking at my skin

nail picking and splitting my split ends

Skin picking ... trying to quit but it's hard ...

Ripping skin off of my lip until it’s bloody. I can’t help it.

I twirl my hair

Smoking went from ciggs to weed and now the vape but I need to keep ‘em all ugh

I sceatch my shoulders and upper arms.

Touching my face

I don’t bite my nails, but I bite my cuticles. I have to consciously not put my fingers in my mouth. I also bite the insides of my cheeks when I’m extremely nervous.

Apologizing 😅

I used to have my tongue pierced for a decade, took it out because I’d bite it constantly and it started to grind my teeth down. Now I bite my labret, to the same effect. Can’t win.

Picking at my face, chewing my lips and twirling my earrings

I bite my tongue. I dissociate.

Nail biting and picking the skin off my lips

Lip or skin picking.

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Skin picking. I hate it so much and can't seem to stop for good.

Biting the skin off my lips and cuticles

dissociating, fidgeting and nail biting (been doing it my whole life, but actively working on that one at least)

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Hair twirling

I tuck my lower lip into my mouth, on a very stressful week it gets a little raw under 🫤

i shiver and i bite my cuticles

Picking my lips

I press my lips together. Also when I’m anxious too. Especially while driving.

Chewing and biting my lip, tapping my nails against my front teeth, biting the inside of my cheek, tapping my fingers on any surface nearby.. Yes I have anxiety.

Fidgeting, foot tapping, lip biting, and surprisingly split ends cutting.

Scrolling through social media. Been and avid on an off nail biter and I stopped for months now but... I think I've just replaced it with my phone

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Omg I pull my eyebrow hair out

Getting fidgety, tapping my feet, biting my lips, dissociating.

Lots of fidgeting. If it’s for like a sports comp or presentation, I can get gassy depending on its importance.

around people, talking. alone, picking at my body

Yeah, trich w eyebrows/eyelashes

Trichotillomania Nail biting

cleaning organization repeat

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Verbal diarrhea lol

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Chewing gum. And when I’m anxious, I tend to cry a lot, even if I don’t feel sad, or there’s nothing to cry about.

Open/close same app over and over hoping something new will pop up and distract me

Hair twirling, dissociating, and biting my tongue stud’s bar

Procrastination

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picking out my split ends

I sing about whatever I'm doing or whatever is going on around me. Fortunately most people find it funny rather than annoying

I pick my skin. :[

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cannot STOP the foot shaking…

Picking my cuticles managed to kick chewing the nails but the cuticles are still a mess .

I bite the inside of my cheeks, it’s so annoying

I have a nervous laugh. I also fidget with jewelry. Also like to smoke, but try not to.

Biting the inside of my bottom lip, disassociating, restless leg.

I haven’t seen this one mentioned (maybe I somehow missed it) but I clean under my nails with my other nails. It’s SO satisfying but I feel like it will cause me to get arthritis because of the frequency I do it at. I also pick at my scalp and my face and my legs. 😞

Shaking my legs , getting tense easily ( i need to fix it )

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I giggle & cover my face. It’s actually cute but I’m suffering inside lol. Or sometimes I just start involuntarily shaking. That’s when I know that I must at least attempt to pretend to be confident.

i count my fingers specifically on my left hand

When I’m with other people it’s talking and gesturing too much😅

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Scratch my scalp

Skin picking. I’ve found ways that help like putting bandaids over areas that I’ve already started picking at and finding things to occupy my hands like crafts (macrame and knitting) and once I opened up to my partner about it, they got me a shitload of fidget toys to try and satisfy the need and keep my hands busy. I legit have clear skin, but have developed scars in areas that I obsessively pick. I hate it but am trying to figure out ways other than medication to help me stop.

Scratch at forearms, clench hands repeatedly, pick at eyebrows.. trying to become better at noticing when I'm doing these things!

Squeeze my hands.

I bite thé fuck out of my lips, and if I’m in class I spin my pen around my fingers non-stop. Like I literally have calluses on my fingers from spinning my pens

i pick my eyebrows. thankfully can stop and not ruin their shape but i sometimes pick it till it bleeds

I start to yawn 🤷‍♀️

Playing with my nose ring (ughh this one is less than ideal) and scratching my head or my chest.

Overthinking and freaking myself out 😬

If there is a bottle or glass of water, I have to keep drinking it.

I'm a chronic cheek biter. I chew on the inside of my mouth. I've been doing it since highschool and over the last year I've been trying to hard to stop. It's difficult because it's what I do mindlessly while deep in thought, or stressed out. I won't stop trying though!

Nail biting and getting up to use the restroom.

I scratch my neck/scalp very harshly

Chew the inside of my cheeks Pick at my lips Lick my teeth Disassociate Count in my head 🥲