nail biting

MyChocolateDiet

I don't know but i do know that the biting of them burns off the cals of the eating them and then though the stress it takes to do it packs on all teh lbs!!!!!!!!!!

neandermagnon

Oh well, There is something missing in all the comments I see here. Can you guess what it is?

in ..... for entertainment and curiosity



How many threads on nail biting have you started, OP?

latewinter

I remember years ago hearing about a product that you would put on your nails that made them taste foul - has anybody had any experience with such a product?

eww i friend gave me some back when i was in school i tried it once and threw up after trying to bit my nails it was so foul.but i stopped using it. i bite my nails basically for any reason lol i wouldnt know what else to do if i couldnt bite my nails lol mabey knit lol

GGDaddy

Don't forget to log those fingernails people!

(For reelz, found it in the database ).

QuietBloom

Nail biting could be good for you.

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The bugs we encounter when biting our nails could boost our immune system

It’s a habit most sufferers try hard to give up, but it may actually be good for you, says Dr Hilary Longhurst, consultant immunologist from the Bart’s NHS Trust.

‘Unless your hands are filthy, the bugs we encounter when biting our nails could boost our immune system.’

This is because our immune system has a memory, making a note of how to fight every bug it has ever encountered.

When a bug is encountered a second time, the immune system reaches into its memory and releases weapons — called memory lymphocytes — that it knows will beat it.

So, regular nail biting exposes us to small amounts of potentially immune-boosting bugs. (The same principle applies to picking your nose and consuming the result. ‘It won’t harm you, though you’ll be a social outcast,’ she says.)

Dr Longhurst suggests biting our nails might be an evolutionary hangover.

‘In caveman times, we wouldn’t have had scissors, so biting our nails would have been the only way we could keep them short and prevent us injuring ourselves.’

The added benefit was that our immune systems learned to deal with bugs we encountered.

http://www.drakezeke.com/the-bad-habits-that-can-be-good-for-you/

megan_h26

Thank you all, what else do you know?

ValerieMartini2Olives

Oh well, There is something missing in all the comments I see here. Can you guess what it is?

Oral fixation? I know I have one.

ValerieMartini2Olives

My compulsion to biting my nails is so bad. It nearly has killed me. No exaggeration.
I bit my pinky nail once and tore the hang nail off. It got infected and I had blood poisoning. I could see the purple line of infection up my arm.

megan_h26

Anything else you wanna mention?

crispsandwich

I used to pick the skin until it bled and bite my nails to the quick, but found having shellac on them helps tremendously!

crispsandwich

Don't forget to log those fingernails people!

(For reelz, found it in the database ).

ha ha how many for a whole hands worth ?

megan_h26

Thanks everybody for supporting comments. I am sure there are still people who would like to make a comment.

QuietBloom

I'd really like to hear from the nose pickers among us.

LunaInverse

I attempted to stop biting my nails.....been going strong a month now. I hope this time is the charm!!

megan_h26

Anyone else wants to make a comment?

megan_h26

Does any one else want to admit it?

Miss_1999

I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and say, fetish. I don't judge what another another adult (consenting adults) is/are into as long as a child or animals aren't being hurt or violated in the process. With that being said, this is probably not the best place to find like minded individuals. Most people don't come to fitness sites to pick up people for their nail biting fetish. They're here to get healthy, either by losing weight, gaining weight, or toning/bulking up. Yeah, everybody here's got their something, and some of us here may enjoy something others consider kinkier, darker, a fetish, or on the other hand vanilla and boring. It's all fine and makes the world go round, but that's NOT what we're here for. We're NOT here for our personal kinks, be them sexual or not, we're here to get healthy, and maybe make some friends along the way. I wish you all the best, but sugar, I've seen through this.

megan_h26

Well, everyone's opinion is respected even if they are not right.

lazurm

I let my girlfriend, an extreme nail biter, bite my nails. It started when she "ran out" of nails to bite while we watched tv. Over the years it's gotten so that, now, my nails are less than half the length they used to be and, because they're uneven, I ended up doing it and, most of the time now, I don't even realize I'm doing it. They're actually taking on the shape that her nails had, only a little longer.

megan_h26 wrote: »

Nail biters,
Do you like the feeling of biting your nails?

H_Ock12

I hated it! Especially if I wasn't paying attention when I started biting and there ended up being dirt under my nails...yuck. I broke the habit with fingernail polish. Now, I rarely wear nail polish, but I can't remember the last time I chewed my nails.