Bitting?

[PapaSmurf]

DOes anyone else constantly bite the web of skin between there left thumb and forefinger?

I do when im anxious and have been for years. I can always tell if its been a bad day if my hand is bloody..... Ive also developed calices but still manage to break the skin somehow...

 

[max111]

no, i never do that

 

[divethruhaze]

hmm no, never

 

[Lonelykitsune]

i bite the skin around my nails on ither sid of thm,and rip bits off the insid of my lip

 

[Miami]

i bite the skin around my nails on ither sid of thm,and rip bits off the insid of my lip

i do that too

 

[Meggerz88]

I actually do bite that fleshy part between my thumb and fore finger. I actually like the feeling of biting the looser-skinned parts of my hands for some reason... I don't know if it is related to my anxiety, but I never hurt myself by it or draw blood; just gnaw a little bit. I think it is kind of relaxing in some regards and it gives me something physical to focus on, so I think at times it may be spurred by anxiety but others I think it is just boredom.

 

[blue-roses]

I pull at the webbing between my thumb and forefinger sometimes and I bite the inside of my lips and cheeks all the time. I also grab what little rolls of skin I have around my waist when I'm really anxious; that started out just as an emetophobia thing and now I do it in SA situations as well.