Skin Biting

[javoon]

wow i cant tell you how relieving it is to know that other people are going through the same things.i bute my nails too and when i tear off the nails ill start biting the little cuticle parts u know the little pieces of skin that stick up..and .like in the daylight it will be pink around my nails ..and some times my mom will grab my hand and be like omg what makes you do that..and one time my little cousin was looking at my hand and he goes ..does that hurt? lol i was like whoa ..its like i know i neeed to stop but its such a stress reliever

 

[Helyna]

I used to tear my nails. Worse than biting because it's uncontrolled. I don't remember how I stopped. It was a long time ago.
I pull my hair/eyelashes/eyebrows, but not enough for the hair lossto be very noticeable.
I bite my lips sometimes.

One suggestion I've heard is to wear a rubber band around your wrist, and every time you catch yourself doing it, snap the rubber band. It will remind you that you're not supposed to be doing it, and it will make you uncomfortable. Or use some other similar idea.
I had a kind of OCD thing I did with reading, and it was new, and since I already have had another habit too entrenched to get rid of, I decided this was not going to get firmly entrenched. Every time I caught myself doing it, I bit my lip pretty hard. It worked very quickly, and it wasn't obvious to anyone around that I was doing something.

And if you can, when you catch yourself doing it, tell yourself that you are NOT going to do it. Resist the temptation as lon as you can.

 

[Luke1993]

I dont like gum... and you cant chew gum in class
So im stuck with the lips and finger biting

haha yes you can you just have to be a little more subtle lol!

 

[Mermaid~81]

I chew my mouth inside, and it sounds so silly when im writing it out but thats what i do and my lips too and my tongue!!!!! i'm doing it right now, sometimes i dont even realise that im doing it! i've had a lot of stress the past few days and not been feeling great so my mouth is extra chewed! :-/

 

[BlueDays]

i like to peel the skin from my lips

What a relief to know others do this. My mother thinks I'm strange because I can't stop it. I find it relaxing and calming. I have been doing this for 21 years. I have tried to stop, but only manage a few weeks at a time, then something really stressful happens and I start again...::

 

[melsmood]

I chew my mouth inside, and it sounds so silly when im writing it out but thats what i do

i sometimes do this when I'm really stressed or anxious

my dad cured me of biting my nails when I was young.. everytime he caught me with my hand even going near my face he'd tell me not to chew my nails.. it annoyed me no end at the time but now I'm really grateful for it