I am doing everything in my power to stop. I have gone three weeks with only two set backs. 
However I am going crazy anyone here successfully stop?
However I am going crazy anyone here successfully stop?
Any reformed nail bitters?
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Posts: 14530 (06/30/2009 10:02 PM) |
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ThisIsErin |
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Posts: 20670 (06/30/2009 10:02 PM)
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Me! Braces made me stop
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kerlifries |
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Posts: 15281 (06/30/2009 10:03 PM) |
meee..not really sure how I quit, just did. Maybe trying painting your nails so they are too pretty to bite
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BlackStilettos |
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Posts: 26604 (06/30/2009 10:04 PM) JJB Fashionista '09
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Me! I was an extreme nail biter. I don't know how I stopped, I just did. My nail looked really gross.
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Toast is good |
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Posts: 2413 (06/30/2009 10:07 PM) |
Mine was mainly will power. I'd catch myself nibbling and instead nibble on sunflower seed kernels. Weird yes, but it kept me busy.
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muzikluver |
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Posts: 4594 (06/30/2009 10:08 PM) |
I was a bad nail biter and then I just decided I was sick of having nasty looking nails and wanted to grow them out, so I stopped. Now I have this thing where
I grow them out and keep them pretty for a while, and then they get too long and I get annoyed with keeping them looking nice, so I'll chew them all short
and start all over again.
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oohykitten |
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Posts: 14531 (06/30/2009 10:09 PM) |
Mine are painted. Is this strange, but when my nails start to "reattach" to the nail bed, it hurts so bad that I usually peel them off. it just hurts
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Batoutofheck |
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Posts: 13413 (06/30/2009 10:10 PM) |
Yes. I just quit cold turkey. Five years.
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guesswhatelse |
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Posts: 26638 (06/30/2009 10:11 PM) |
I haven't fully quit yet. Really, nail-biting isn't my problem anymore. I tear my nails now.
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Word2YAmutha |
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Posts: 1038 (06/30/2009 10:14 PM) |
Batoutofheck wrote: This, and I kept my nails polished a lot to defer me. |
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Juicy07 |
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Posts: 6917 (06/30/2009 10:18 PM) |
Batoutofheck wrote:Me, too. It's been forever since my nail biting days; I somehow just stopped doing it one day. |
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Chippy Chippy Shake |
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Posts: 8884 (06/30/2009 10:20 PM) |
I was gonna say keep your nails painted too. I kept mine perfect and I didn't want to ruin them, before I knew it...I didn't want to bite them anymore.
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Amy Via Hiptop |
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Posts: 2781 (06/30/2009 10:21 PM) |
I bit my nails from the time I was 4 until I was 24. I tried stopping like 2 times, but 'relapsed'. I just went cold turkey about a year ago and
haven't bit them since. I keep my nails manicured so I won't bite them.
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Jrtismine |
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Posts: 24263 (06/30/2009 10:22 PM) |
what about fake nails? get them cut down low enough so they aren't in the way but it would definatly stop you i would think.
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talksalot83 |
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Posts: 88765 (06/30/2009 10:26 PM)
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 It's been over a year and a half. I don't really know why I stopped about 23 years, I just did. Prior to that, I tried everything to stop...
I'd chew right through dipping my nails in nail polish remover, that's how bad I was.
I don't know how or why, but I did. My nails are pretty brittle after so many years of chewing the hell out of them. I get acrylics about three times a year now because of it. I know it's not good for my nails, but they look so much better than what I have. |
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sackellyfan |
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Posts: 1008 (06/30/2009 10:28 PM) |
I bit my nails for as long as I could remember, but once I finished high school, I stop without even trying.
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AudaciousAudrey |
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Posts: 27184 (06/30/2009 10:38 PM) Biggest Know It All '09
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I bit my nails my entire life. I just stopped one day because I wanted to be able to paint them and make them look nice.
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pariswhitney |
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Posts: 4708 (06/30/2009 10:44 PM) |
I bit my nails for 22 years. I am 2 years 'sober'. I stopped cause I was just so embarrassed of anyone seeing my hands. Nail polish helps a lot. I also
carry nail clippers and a nail file everywhere, because if I break a nail or anything, I know I am going to bite it.
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BehindMyHazelEyes |
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Posts: 10021 (06/30/2009 10:46 PM) |
I never bit them but I always had a bad habit of picking/peeling them. One day a year ago or so I decided I was just sick of short, gross nails and have had
nice longer ones ever since.
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SelfishlyInLove |
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Posts: 1493 (06/30/2009 11:17 PM) |
muzikluver wrote: Same here... I get aggravated trying to file them and end of biting them off. |
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taniaoakley |
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Posts: 3487 (06/30/2009 11:28 PM) |
I was a shocking nail biter as a kid. I used to bite them til they bled and they were always so painful. The first time I stopped by sheer willpower. I kept
them long for years after that but had a relapse. The second time I got acrylics. I learned to do them myself and kept them looking really natural. There's
no way you can bite acrylics!
I now have natural nails again. I tend to bite the skin around them when I relapse instead of the actual nail but have managed to keep that under control. I won't go anywhere without a nail file and I have them planted all over the house. The only thing that starts me off now is finding an 'edge' I have to rip it off if I do, therefore nail files are my saviour... 
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