nail biting
Hi everyone, I am 30 years old and I have always bitten my nails. I hate the way they look and would love to have nice nails, as it looks so much more femenine. But i cant seem to stop, when im deep in though I bite them without realising. Ive tryed various times to stop and they grow really quickly but are so weak they just break straight away, and I end up biting them again.
Any tips to help me stop and make my nails stronger??
Hi tapdance.
I used to grind my teeth.... always... One day I worked out there must be a reason, and so I worked that out and it stopped.
Point being, you have to work out Why? Why do you bite your nails? What are you frightened off?
Usually, it's phsycological, as to why... Something in the back of your mind, you worry too much for instance....
So there, I'd say find the reason, then right a post it sticker that counteracts that and place it where you can see it every day...
People who smoke will swear they do it because of stress... But, it's an addiction for instance.
Apart from that there is a nail polish available, "google it" that tastes like carp that stops you from bitting them, because you can't handle the taste, so try that in the meantime.
CW
Do we not realise that in order to find a soul
It doesn't happen over night
if truth were to be told.
Like everything in life that's hard to achieve
you must believe!
Thank you so much for your advice, I think you are so right, I do worry about things money problems etc.. and my brain is always going at 100 miles per hour trying to think things through to find solutions. I will try what you have said and see if it works!! At the minute im trying for a baby so thats another thing thats keeping my brain working overload thinking "am I? arnīt I?"Originally Posted by CHANDLERS WISH
have a good day!
You too sweethave a good day!
You are SO NOT alone.. Okay...
WC will give you books to read, rightly so
But definately try to change your mind pattern and with an aid such as that horrid nail bighting, formula... You will have a baby, when it's ready to happen, so no point bitting your nails and worrying, it will happen when it's meant to
Take care sweet.
CW
Do we not realise that in order to find a soul
It doesn't happen over night
if truth were to be told.
Like everything in life that's hard to achieve
you must believe!
CW has made a great point - when you catch yourself biting your nails, think about what triggered it, was it anxiety about money, baby-making, frustration, worrry, anger, etc... try to isolate what your triggers are and make a conscious decision to react differently.
There are items on the market that will help you.. at least help you realize that you're biting your nails, as it is sometime so subconscious one doesn't even realize they're doing it! They have product that you put on your nails like nailpolish that tastes very bitter and unpleasant. Try it, if anything it will alert you that you're biting so you can start analyzing the trigger...
As for the weak nails, once you quit biting them off they will get healthier. But you can also strengthen them by keeping them conditioned with vitamin E (if you get the gel tabs and open them, then rub the liquid into your nails and cuticles. Also, proteins and gelatins help the nails to grow strong from the getgo - peanut butter, jello, etc... all great sources of the vitamins needed to have strong, healthy nails.
Good luck beating the habit! I know it is tough - I used to be a nail biter myself!
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
My DH also bites his nails and he just does it as a reflex, he barely notices it. I feel bad for pointing it out or sometimes jokingly show him mine and say, here, have some more.
He doesn't do it as often if I am around, I figured he still bites his nails when he is alone because when we get back together during the weekend, he shows me his poor nails bitten away almost red-ish/bleeding.
What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility. - Leo Tolstoy
The clearest explanation for failure of any marriage is that two people are incompatible; that is, one is male and the other female. - Anna Quindlen
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Thank you so much everyone! Have a good weekend!!
Easy... Go to your local pharmacist and buy:Nail Care, stronger nail treatment. Put it on your nails once a day and when you bite your nails it will taste disgusting and you will instantly stop biting and you will notice your nails will grow fast and strong! Best of luck xoxo beauty exprt
hi, i used to bite my nails. i used nail eat and nail drink to grow mine
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