Thread: Can Anyone help me?

Originally Posted by stressed

Let's find some ideas:

- The lips issue: try to often moist your lips with lipcare material, you know, the kind used for cold weather and so on. Use light lipstick to keep yourself from picking your lips. If they are dry then this will tempt you to do it, but if they feel smooth and soft you will think twice before you do. I do that from time to time some times out of boredom or when I watch a very interesting film (and I always regret it). Another idea is to chew gum, as this will keep your mouth busy. I like this Idea. Although I think tried it but i usually don't chew gum in the winter but I'll give it a try. Usually wh en i chew gum i bite the insides of my cheeks lol. just as i started reading this post i was picking my lips.

- The fingernails: I used to do that a lot as a teenager, now I rarely do it. How I got over it: I started polishing my nails. When you polish them they become harder and look so much nicer that first it hurts your teeth to bite them and secondly you see how bad they look if you bite them compared to the polished ones.

I think I've tried it all tape, glue, nasty nail polish any kinda nail file. It's hard to really STOP. i tried putting colored polish on them but it just makes them look shorter rather than nicer but i will try.

- The toe nails: Wear socks all the time and don't take them off. If you do take them off just to pick on them then wear shoes for a while, just anything to make the whole process less convenient for you. Polish the toenails also.

Usually in the summer I will paint them like a hot color like pink or red. They usually grow out in the summer because their out in flip flops and are seen.

Another idea is to use tape on the nails or band aid until they grow back. This way you won't bite them (or you will bite the tape/band aid instead and not the nails) and you will give them time to heal. Also, use a nail file a lot to make your nails as smooth as possible, as when there is an edge it is very tempting to bite it off and ruin the nail instead of just making it smoother with a nail file.

I mean I sometimes bite them until they bleed and pick my cuticles too. Whenever i have emotional stress i take it out on my fingers. been doing so since i was 7 i think.

I hope this has given you a few ideas, as I've had those issues before and managed to deal with them like that. It's so worth it, you'll love it when you stop picking on them

Thank You i will certainly try them all. I've even put the bandaid and tapes and socks anything you name it. Just going through a really hard and emotional time this year. I should have your screen name Stressed.