What's a seemingly harmless habit of yours that you struggle to break? (lemmy.ml)

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[-] guacupado@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Biting my nails. Been doing it for as long as I can remember. I think I stopped once but went back to it as soon as I realized I stopped.

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I have the same problem, except I'll sometimes end up chewing them so much that one finger will bleed in-between the finger and nail on the side. In fact, I'm pretty sure I have dried blood under one of my fingernails.

[-] Turbofish@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I used be a an absolute fiend for biting my nails. What fixed it was buying a little Swiss army knife nail set. It's got a wee little nail clippers and file. It fulfilled the need for nervous movement.

[-] moody@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago

Friend of mine solved this by using a sort of nail polish that tastes super bitter. Got her to keep her fingers out of her mouth.

[-] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

My parents got me one of those when I was a kid. It didn’t help me at all, back then at least :(

Glad it worked for her though!

[-] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Oh I can relate with this. I've recently managed to stop (hopefully for good) for the silliest of reasons. I want nice long nails.
I know it sounds silly, but I've switched from biting my nails to running my finger tip along one of my nails instead. I admire how nice they feel and it somehow takes the biting impulse away.
One thing I do need to do is an almost daily filing to keep them completely smooth. I know that I'll resume biting if I find an irregularity or a jagged edge.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

There is invisible nail polish that works well.

It makes nails taste horrible, and you will be reminded even if you bite your nails absent-mindedly.

Should give it a try if you really want to stop.

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