What if you are very nervous and bite your nails? How to get rid of this bad habit?

I chewed my nails for a very long time. As soon as I did not try to unlearn. And he smeared with special varnishes, and watched the videos about the animals living on the hands. At one time, even my mother offered to give money for each grown nail cut off. Nothing worked. And I really wanted to get rid of the bad habit. In the end, it went away somehow by itself. I was just trying to notice myself doing this. I noticed that I was gnawing a nail - I removed my hand from my mouth. And so every time. It's hard at first, because a habit is a habit, that in most cases the action is performed unconsciously. The main thing is just to realize what you are doing, why you are doing it and what it gives you. Then everything will work out. Good.

In childhood, I really loved to bite my nails, I caught a high. As a result, the nails certainly looked terrible. Once, I heard on TV that my bad habit is bad for not only nails, but also teeth, and My teeth were not very beautiful, I didn't want to aggravate the situation. So, in addition, a bunch of microbes enter the body from the hands. Then it was just like beating off, from that moment, not a nail in my mouth: D Of course, I'm not sure if this will help, but I shared my experience)

In most cases, the solution to the problem with nail biting comes down to tracking unwanted behavior (in fact, nail biting) and replacing it with any desired one aimed at achieving the same result (if you yourself associate nail biting with stress, then it may be suitable a couple of deep breaths or muscle relaxation). If this does not help to reduce the frequency of nail biting, then perhaps this behavior is more than just a habit and, therefore, an option of anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder should be considered, which only 1 in 20 people can get rid of on their own. / p>

Therefore, try the option with direct modification of the habit into something relaxing, and if it does not help, look for a specialist (psychologist or psychiatrist). Stress disorders do not respond well to drug therapy, but CBT treats well. Good luck in overcoming nail biting :)

Since childhood, I have been gnawing my nails hysterically, to the point of blood. Nothing helped - neither sitting on my hands, nor varnishes against gnawing, nor regular manicure (although every time I wildly apologized to the manicurist, I was ashamed) ... That was until the course of the second or third institute, when everything somehow passed by itself. Have you become less nervous? Hardly. Has it outgrown? Maybe. Now the nails are long and very strong, but sometimes in the heat of a nervous situation I catch myself nibbling at barbs, if they are found.

The answers are always very simple: just stop doing it. It is difficult to overcome a habit, but believe me, if you begin to understand that a bad habit should not be higher than your fortitude, then it is easier to win. Every time you catch yourself thinking that you are biting your nails again. If it doesn't work out humanly, winning by willpower, then you can do it like an animal ... Just punish yourself every time you catch yourself chewing your nails.

If you are a guy, just cut them short, then there will be nothing to bite, you will not get used to the modern one, but if you are a girl, then you can do an expensive manicure, it will be a pity to spoil it. Or use all sorts of gel polishes and shellacs.