/b/ does anyone else chew on their fingers like this? Ive had a massive problem with this since I was in early Middle school and its very embarrasing. Im 22 now and I think I chew on my fingers even worse now. My thumbs get the blunt of of the chewing, but I chew on all my fingers. Whenever I find loose skin, I chew it off. I make myself bleed and even if it hurts, ill rip the skin off to the fiber where its bright red. The picture in the op is not mine, but I will post a picture of my fingers in a few minutes to show you what im talking about. Everyone I know thinks its strange but I have to find someone else out there who does the same thing.
yup, not as hardcore as the picture you posted but to a point.
I do too. Just npt as bad as that pic tho. Goddamn that looks painful.
I only bite nails, im 34 now, i can not recall ever to have had normal nails.
I can not stop, I think it is some kind of insecurity thing, it gets worst at job when I have to do some major and complex programmering. Not that I am bad at my job, but it is just something deep inside that keeps going, what if you cant and then i bite my nails.
>>681969406
Sad thing is, my fingers have been in worse condition than my op before. As of right now my fingers are in an a less damaged condition. When theyre wet, you can really see the damage. Im waiting for my phone to charge so I can take a pic.
>>681969260
I've lately been trying to stop biting my nails. I've never done it as bad as that, but have often caused bleeding because I couldnt hold back. Main reason to stop is girls dont like to be fingered by Edward Hangnail-Hands.
It's called Dermatophagia. Good news, OP there is a cure!
Yeah, I'm trying to quit but its difficult af. Sometimes I find myself doing it without even noticing.
Luckily I don't do it as much now so my fingers are getting better.
people normally do it when they are nervous. Try to search for another tic. I had the same problem but now i have grown a beard and instead of biting nails iam tickle my beard ...
>>681969260
You have to consciously say you are not going to bite, and stop it. No trick, no oils, no bad tasting gew. I've done it all. You have to flat out tell yourself- no more.
I quit for about 15 months and have relapses with it. Currently bite the shit outta mine, hate it.
You should try applying skin lotion to your fingertips and the surrounding skin around your nails. The urge to bite your nails should hopefully vanish as they did with mine. You'll have to maintain them and apply it everyother day atleast, it did a tremendous help to me atleast hopefully it'll do the same to you!
>>681970180
Ive tried that man. I really have. I went a solid 2 months without chewing before, but one urge and I started ripping them apart again. Phone is almost charged. Ill show you the current condition in about 5 minutes. I cant stop. I feel helpless. I really do.
Servere mental illness.
Chewing my nails takes the attention away slightly of the constant I overwhelming anxiety flowing through my body
>>681969260
Yes, i used to until i started to smoke, then i stop smoking and start drinking coke, lie 1 lt, i stop drinking coke but now i drink lite 2lts of grape juice.
>>681970920
Shit. You're forever fucked
>>681970920
your fingers look like long toes what the actual fuck. stop deforming your body you freak.
>>681969260
I had that problem. Buy nail biting stuff and keep using it several times a day for 3 months. It will work
>>681969260
i do this to an extent. sometimes if it hurts after, you can dip them in hydrogen peroxide and it will relieve some of the pain
>>681969260
I used to take my thumbs all the way down to my palm and trigger finger and even rip off all my fingerprints skin since i can remember but at around 15 i stopped doing it that bad but i still rip skin off like OP's pic. I guess its just anxiety and nervousness, its not that bad op just try to limit yourself whenever you realize your doing it.
Yeah, not as hardcore as picture in op tho
>>681969260
I've done this since I was 6. I'm now 25
I pick at the sides of my fingers compulsively. The pain is soothing, relieves some anxiety that thinking about doing it brings up. I also pull on my earlobe and pick at the bottom. It can get pretty intense during some sessions.
....That sounds really bad.
>>681969260
Very good motivation to stop chewing even just my nails. Mine aren't anything like Picture but still i hate it when my nails hurt, especially when working with acidic food and shit.
Dermatophag reporting in
i do it all the fucking time, without noticing it. but i do with my figerprints
to the point it starts bleeding
>>681971130
Yeah
>>681971141
It doesn't matter. I'm too much of a mess to ever get a girlfriend. So I really don't care. Im sure it looks so disgusting to people.
But it couldn't be as bad as my personality.
>>681970920
Holy shit that looks just like my nails.
I really wish I could stop. I'm 24 and I can't remember not biting my nails.
Yup
>>681969260
alot more people do that u would think its an anxiety thing but this pictures an extreme case
I chew a toothpick instead now
I Stopped it 3 weeks ago, I think it's get better and better
Pic related
>>681970123
Beardtickeling is the best feel a man can feel
Had this scar since i was like 5 and i just keep biting
Alright guys I got a pic. OP here. As of right now theres a chunk on my middle fingers thats practically begging to be ripped off.
I've been doing it since I was about 12 or 13. Often they've looked as bad as OP's pic, especially when wet. They look like nasty zombie fingers. When I was still in school I'd peel it back too far and when it bled, I'd squeeze my fin her until it dripped down my wrist. I chew basically whenever I'm not doing something else with my hands, but I'll even still chew when I have a cig in my hand. I have massive anxiety problems. It sounds so fucking gay to say that.
>>681969929
Please tell me the good news, doctor. Does it involve killing myself? Mustard gas?
>>681974168
Dip your hands in boiling water, fucking please.
>>681974168
I see you soaked your fingers to show us how bad it is. I dislike the way it looks but appreciate the honesty. I have a scar on my thumb that goes down to my first knuckle. I chew all my fingers but mostly just the side of my thumb. My other fingers look mostly normal but look like I always get hangnails.
I also have anxiety and bite when I'm nervous or anxious.
>>681970920
Why don't you get that stuff that you put on your nails that makes them taste like shit? If you keep doing this, you're never going to be taken seriously by anyone.
>>681974313
Not op.
>>681974177
When I used to bleed to excess, I would wrap my fingers up in a small peace of paper and cup whatever finger it was that was bleeding, into my my hand with the rest of my fucked fingers curled around it. Classmates would alsways ask why I was bleeding. It fucking sucked. Only people who knew about it were my dad and certain teachers. This shit is literally making my life miserable and I just dont know how to stop.
I bite my fingernails all the time.
Sometimes I fuck up and strip skin off that hurts.
>>681974656
Didn't work for me. It burned like fuck when I put it on, and I just ate it anyway. I was just extra miserable because I had to taste the shit. This habit is embedded in my soul
>>681974473
Yeah I figured id soak them for a bit to show the severity. Usually you cant see how really bad it is when the fingers are dry, but when theyre puffy and wet, the amount of skin thats been ripped off shows more.
>>681974923
>>681974473
I NEED THIS
>>681974659
I'm going to a psychiatrist next week, and I'm holding on to hope that with anti anxiety meds it'll stop. Fuck, I just wanna be sedated. I'll let you know if it works
>>681974168
i want to bite it
lemme bite it
>>681969260
i do this. i just cant stop. I find i do it less when im happy. so be happy i guess
Yeah, bite until my fingers bleed.
I feel your pain, anon. Take a look at mine.
I have been chewing my nails since as long as I can remember but never has it been bad, my nails look fabulous, what the hell guys.
>>681975446
This
>>681975388
why so nervous?
>>681969260
>>681970920
>>681972989
>>681974168
>>681973414
>>681974740
>>681975388
Jesus fucking Christ
Just have some fucking willpower, stop biting things you shouldn't, put some heavy duty cream on those and gloves for the night, eugh
>>681975722
You have no fucking idea.
>>681974168
What the fuck man? Have you ever considered seeing a doctor or psychiatrist? Thats not healthy at all man.
Same problem with my hands. What really helped, was using a nail clipper to get rid of the loose skin and those crusts that sometime appear. Makes it much easyer and a lesser chance of causing more damage to the skin when removing.
>>681975388
I also have anxiety, but self-medicate with drugs and alcohol, which allow me to live a fairly normal life.
I can go out, have friends, meet girls. I even have a girlfriend. But i have to be drinking or stoned to be able to handle most things. Only time im really sober is at work.
My girlfriend hates it when i bite and pick my nails. Fortunetally, i dont think she will leave me over it. Like you, i literally cannot stop. I do it and im not even aware. Ill be laying in bed with lady friend, and shell say anon stop it! And ill be like stup wut m8? Anon, youre picking again... and i wont even realize it
>>681976041
Start wearing gloves all the time
>>681976041
I made the mistake of self medicating with meth. IV'd that shit. Panic attacks galore. Heart flutters. Constantly being prepared to die.
One thing about loose skin ive noticed, is that it bugs me. If i have some dangling skin, i bite that shit off. Even if the skin is simply healing from my last biting spree. Its a vicious cycle that just doesn't fucking end.
>>681976214
>I'm anxious
>meth will fix that
>>681969260
>>681970920
Yo. I'm 24 years old. Finger's are usually in tatters because I've been biting them like this since I was 4/5 years old.
At first I just thought I was weird, and believed it because most people don't do this. When people notice they ask why? And even come across as judgemental.
I only found out last year I have an anxiety disorder which makes sense really. It's always been at it's worst when I've been stressed or anxious, not as bad when I'm on a holiday or around friends or chilling out.
It's not going to stop by power of will or any varnishes that taste like shit (I tried this, you just end up tolerating the taste).
Talking to a cognitive therapist and being more open about my anxiety with friends has just made me more aware about my behaviour and it's not really as bad anymore.
Not sure how you do things in the states when it comes to mental health but find someone to talk to about it and you might find a way of quitting this gradually.
Hope this helps and sorry for being long winded.
>>681976363
In retrospect it does sound stupid. Weed and alcohol make me fall asleep so I made a weird jump in logic.
>>681976251
Using a nail clipper helps, so you won't rip extra skin off
>>681975388
looks like mine, I'm doing this too, don't know how it started, can't stop now
>>681976041
Oh god i know that feel anon. Same boat....
I used to do it too. I haven't in about a year or so now. Wear gloves or some shit op jesus christ
Crossdressing Fag here
Used to bite them but not the skin
I just paint them and try not to ruin the way they look
>>681976401
>finger bitin
>it's not going to stop bu power of will
fuck off faggot you must fail at life
>>681976837
Thanks for representing a dysfunctional and insignificant demographic.
>>681969260
I've done it as long as I can remember. It's even worse when I get a hold of nail trimmers. My fingers will bleed for days.
It's a compulsion. I can't stop myself even if I when to. It's a deep need.
I used to do this. Then I decided to stop. Then I stopped. Haven't bitten my nails in over a year.
>>681977035
Op here again. When my fingers start to get bad, i always try to tell myself no more. Im going to stop chewing. No matter how many times i tell myself, my teeth always find its way back to my fingers. It so complusive i forget that im doing it at times.
>>681969260
You've got anxiety fam and biting your fingers is how it manifests itself.
I used to bite my nails and lip, when it got really bad I would rip hair out.
You just have to train yourself to vent it in a less destructive way.
I have a ring, when my anxiety gets bad I fiddle and play with it. You just have to find something that works for you
>>681969260
Thanks for the encouragement to stop OP.
>>681974656
Tried it. Chewed through the taste.
Honestly I do bite my nails to try to deal with my anxiety and stress. The other option is to smoke but that's expensive in the long run. And I don't like gum.
>>681974168
try covering your finger tips with bandaids
Yep me too its fucking bad but I'm trying to kick it. I also do the same for my toes
>>681977015
I am the 1%
>>681976952
Well I'm about to become a solicitor, most I've my clients are simple like you and I was concious they would pick up on this. I'm sorting it out now, fingers look better.
>>681977826
Also I have self diagnosed ADD but I'm too afraid and poor to seek professional help.
>retards not seeing a doctor
typical /b/
>>681977999
why the fuck would you be afraid to see someone about ADD you fucking retard
>>681975446
>my nails look fabulous
pics? that's my fetish
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>>681969406
i havent been to a sauna or public bath forever because of this.
are any of you by chance left handed?
Yeah...
>>681971594
Sounds like tics
>>681978242
Have you heard of soap?
>>681978242
You just get done wiping your ass with your hand?
>>681969260
I chew the skin next to nails a little, and bait my nails a lot.
It's stress. Even though you don't feel stress, your body and your brain does, Either you stop the soruce of the stress, or you try to prevent yourself from doing this.
>>681969260
29 here, I do that too but never that badly, I also pick my nose, shits annoying and disgusting. I tend to bite fingers when I'm in stress.
>>681978322
>>681978350
too much hygiene is bad for you.
>source:not sick for once in 21 years.
>>681978242
I eat the skin around there when I'm stressed. Sometimes I don't even realize I'm doing it.
>>681978242
Do you fist yourself
>>681978350
Just Got done with PT
It's not nearly as terrible as your hands but i still hate this habit
Tea tree oil, will fix those fucked up nails and you wont bite/chew like you faggots do bc it taste like ass.
See the positives guys. Our nails never get dirty because they're too short to collect dirt under them. If some of you didn't chew, you would probably have long and dirty nails, which looks even worse.
>>681978720
It makes you smell like old people.
My fingernail peel away so I usually end up with no fingernails, been trying to stop myself from doing that.
I enjoy sniffing my finger tips. It's strangely calming
>>681979014
Other hand not bad but i can make my fingers look and feel awful..
>>681978447
Not washing at all is way beyond that point.
>>681978974
until you break the habbit, worth it imo
>>681978680
Seriously, everyone... Listen
Rich people and those in control always look at people's hands. If your hands look like this they won't want to:
-Hire you to work for them
-Let you marry their daughter
-Lend you money or give you a loan
It's a sign of self respect when your hands look clean and healthy. It's a sign of self neglect when your hands look like this.
It's seriously one of the best things you can do for yourself to make your hands presentable.
>>681971777
Nice trips.
I would say that all of your problems are linked to the same thing, your insecurities and your lack of willpower.
>>681969260
saved for next gore thread
I stopped when I got braces and never did it again when it I took it off
I used to bite them a lot, I stopped about 6 months ago when I realised that it seemed mentally ill bite your nails so much that you rip the skin attached to them and it starts bleeding.
I have social anxiety and I usually eat my nails before and after being in public
>>681969260
it's strange and unhealthy. Finding other people with the same complex as you is not validation, nor is it going to help you.
>>681969260
I kno dat feel bro
>>681979531
>Hire you to work for them
I work shit jobs. Finger nails won't have me up for any CEO jobs. The jobs I do you don't even need all your fingers, let alone nails
>-Let you marry their daughter
>let
It's not 1928. Sluts I fuck rarely have dad's anyway
>-Lend you money or give you a loan
Bank loaned me 80k. Fingernails not needed
>>681980153
Then keep doing what you're doing. Sounds like you have a perfect life.
Not as bad at skin biting but definitely nails. Might be able to notice on my little fingers nail I rip off a top half of the nail rather than an end slice that can rip off too far back that hurts.
>>681978152
Sorry anon my hands a bit dry and I ran out of lotion
glad I developed a chronic pain condition to distract me from my anxiety...
>>681979975
Fuck you nigger.
>>681979149
Oh my god, it's weird but I also like the smell of my finger after I bited my nails, I don't know, it's some kind of unique scent.
>>681980438
p-please?
>>681970920
At 44 my nails still look like this. Would have posted a photo myself, but the camera of my phone and my iPad don't have flash
>>681975388
Hurts when seeing
>>681980708
ceiling lamp?
>>681979975
You'd better have social anxiety, boy.
>>681979149
That's actually how mine look
yeah mine were really bad, i used to do it without realizing it. its only this year that i made a concious effort to stop, and my fingers are looking better now
Well OP, maybe you should go to /adv/, they can be pretty helpfull (if you listen and apply what seems logic to you of course...).
Posting on /b/ wasn't a bad idea, at least you're trying to do better.
Honstly you should invest (personnaly and financially) more on yourself.
>>681969260
James?
>>681980935
My Wagenfeld table lamp did the job
no wtf
>>681980622
well you said please
>>681969260
Was trying different anti depressants. Welbutrin did the trick first dose, too bad I was vomiting violently non stop.
>>681981576
perfect cut nails
>>681981576
oh wow, i really wasn't expecting that
your hands are so pretty
nice
thank you anon
>>681981604
>anti depressants
you fucking loser
Mine are pretty bad.
My wife does this on her thumbs and index fingers. Drives me nuts, I hold her hand every time I catch her doing it to stop her.
>>681981604
I think anti depressants for depression is worse
then just dealing with it, but hey what do i know i just do weed and coke
>>681969260
Actually I once thought of making a thread like this
myself
>Genius, OP
Maybe half a week of growth. I really only bite when the length bothers me. I don't want to fiddle with a nail clipper or break out the scissors on my multitool most of the time.
>>681982405
you're not helping her by doing this
just being a dick
>>681978242
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwW2lzOV_L0
