Hey there people... sometimes I have something very interesting to write about, but today I just feel like writing about an annoying habit that I have and that I have had my entire life. I am biting my nails! It is quite disgusting, and I do not like it when I see other people biting their nails. But then, it probably doesn't look any better when I keep biting my own nails.
One thing is the fact that people might see me with my fingers in my mouth biting the nails. Then you have a group of people who actually look at the nails of the people they meet, and when you see someone with nails like mine, it probably doesn't give a very brilliant first impression.
So, what can I do about this?
I have often managed to stop biting nails for a couple of weeks, and in that time, they look really nice and grow a lot. But, then I often just end up with a finger near my mouth, and suddenly, I have been biting a little part of a nail. And what is more annoying than seeing that half a nail is larger than the other? Some shart edges remain, and of course, you need to get rid of those as well. Before you know anything, not only one nail is shorter, but often 4-5 nails.
So, here I am. Where did I get the idea for this article? While biting my nails, of course.
What can I do about it? I guess it will be a struggle that will last for a long time. I guess I could add something really smelly to my mails which would make them taste disgusting whenever they got near my mouth? Or I could use some nail paint which once again would make them taste very bad, but at the same time look normal?
I don't know.
Anyone else out there biting their nails? How do you cope with it?
I had a really bad habit of this as a child and into my 20's. It was so bad that my parents actually bought this clear nail polish that tasted terrible to try to get me off the habit. Once I ran out of nail I started chewing on the skin as well.
I didn't do anything to stop and the bad tasting nail polish didn't work. I do not bite my nails at all anymore and I don't know exactly when that stopped, I think it was somewhere in my mid to late 20's. Hopefully for you it will be one of those things that just switches off one day like it was for me.
Wow... that sounds awesome that you just stopped :) I hope that will happen for me as well sometime!
I know a lot of people that are well into their 30's or beyond that still chomp on their nails. I don't know what i did to stop I guess that part of my brain just switched off at some point. I hope it will happen for you as well because it is a rather silly habit.