NAil biting- what you think about it?

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i am a biter.....only in times of stress tho! and i dont even realise im doing it until its too late. no matter how much i try to quit, wheneer the stress levels rise, the length of my nails falls :frown:

Reply 21

Anonymous #1

HeStoleMyCrayon

bitten nails look better than claws

Certainly not, my love. :rolleyes:

Reply 22

Anonymous #1

ljlindley

that's creepy!

Reply 23

Anonymous #1

HeStoleMyCrayon

bite them, then transfer to the bin. if there is no nearby bin, put them in pockets until later, then put them in a bin.

you kidding or serious?

Reply 24

Mrs_F

HeStoleMyCrayon

bite them, then transfer to the bin. if there is no nearby bin, put them in pockets until later, then put them in a bin.

Hehehe - ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. :biggrin:

Reply 25

Sephrenia

I bite them, and chew pen lids, almost chewed blue tack once :redface:

I just kinda put anything in my hands in my mouth to chew :redface:

piano doesn't help me biting them - I bite em to keep em short..same for flute...and stress means my nails go down as well :p:

Reply 26

HeStoleMyCrayon

lol, im totally serious

Reply 27

pikaboo

I've never bitten them...not properly anyway. I used to pick all the time but at the mo I've got no stress so they're long and pretty. That'll last about a week :p:

Reply 28

Hashem

i bit my nails til i got 16 then things changed

Reply 29

Satine

I've bitten them for as long as I can remember, and got much worse in the past couple of years. They look awful and hurt all the time, but I don't seem to be able to stop.

I could put it down to a manifestation of my anxiety, but in actuality I think it's more that I'm just a bit of a prat with no self-control.

Reply 30

LadyEnglish

I've developed a nail biting habit, it's really annoying because I used to have nice long nails :frown:

Picked it up from my brother I think. Apparently biting your nails/picking your nose (I don't do the latter! :puke:

) Is 'good' for you and your immune system because you are digesting germs in small dosages that allows your immune system to recognise them. I dunno, something like that lol, so bite away! :biggrin:

*nash*nash* xxx

Reply 31

Talya

I bit til December 2005, then I stopped, then i started again a bit but still had whites. atm, I have not bitten them AT ALL for 1.5 weeks by appling BLACK nail polish.

Reply 32

matt@internet

I bite them off, chew them into about a hundred little pieces and swallow them. I want to stop but it's damn hard :frown:

!!!

Reply 33

tanusha-tomsk

By the way, biting your nails ins't good for your teeth either. :frown:

Reply 34

Talya

tanusha-tomsk

By the way, biting your nails ins't good for your teeth either. :frown:

I did it for years and my teeth are fine...

Reply 35

lolly83

Biting your nails is the how you get worms. urghh

http://www.ajtmh.org/cgi/reprint/65/5/558.pdf#search=%22intestinal%20parasites%20biting%20nails%22

Reply 36

supernova2

I have a fake tooth because I broke mine a few years ago and I bite my nails as well. Problem is my fake tooth isnt very strong and I keep breaking little bits off when I chew my nails. Its slowly getting shorter....

Reply 37

Talya

lolly83

Biting your nails is the how you get worms. urghh

http://www.ajtmh.org/cgi/reprint/65/5/558.pdf#search=%22intestinal%20parasites%20biting%20nails%22

..Yeah, in TAIWAN.

Reply 38

trixx

supernova2

That should really be enough to get me to stop - but unfortunately it isn't. :frown:

Reply 39

lolly83

rife in britian too.
Mostly passed round playschools by children.
Which is why your parents told you not too.

http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=362

unfortunately couldn't find any uk based research on it.